The new ‘Your Europe - Business’ portal gives entrepreneurs easy access to information on doing business in other EU Member States; it has been established in close cooperation with Member States and is part of the implementation of the Small Business Act
The Czech Presidency of the EU and European Commission will officially launch the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009 on Wednesday 7 January with the slogan “Imagine. Create. Innovate”
Bulgaria’s ruling coalition decided to go keep the macroeconomic framework of next year’s Budget and the planned investment and social spending in spite of the global economic downturn
Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev admitted that the slowing Euro zone would have dire consequences for the Bulgarian economy, and ruling coalition members hinted at changes to the 2009 draft budget
Bulgaria's Minister of Energy and Economy Petar Dimitrov ruled out Saturday the possibility that the troubled steel-maker Kremikovtzi might be nationalized
The authorities in Bucharest and Budapest plan to apply together for European funds to finance a pre-feasibility study for a high-speed railway linking the capital of Hungary to the Black Sea
The European Parliament, meeting in plenary session in Brussels, has supported the Commission proposal that 2009 be designated as the European Year of Creativity and Innovation
The third quarter could see record economic growth for Romania - 10% or even higher, based on a peak contribution from the agricultural sector, which means GDP growth could come close to 9% at the end of the year
The number of foreign tourists on the Romanian seaside decreased by 20 percent this year, while the number of Romanian tourists who spent their holidays outside the country increased by 25 percent, according to Romanian Travel Agencies National Association (ANAT) officials