Bulgarian manufacturer Vazovski Mashinostroitelni Zavodi (VMZ [1]) was founded in 1936 and is located in the town of Sopot. It is the biggest enterprise on the military and industrial complex. [1] http://www.vmz.bg/
International online information network Healthgrouper [1] has published a report (in Bulgarian, 1.5Mb PDF) [2] on job satisfaction among doctors in Bulgaria. The survey, intended to identify factors that determined doctors’ job satisfaction, was conducted in March 2012. [1] http://healthgrouper.com
In October 2011, Finance Minister Simeon Djankov announced that the Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ [1]) had a total debt of BGN 771 million (€392.7 million). This followed an announcement in September 2011 that the World Bank [2] had withheld a rescue package for BDZ worth BGN 600 million (€305.6
Bulgaria’s largest paper factory, Mondi Stamboliiski SPJSC – owned by the international paper manufacturing Mondi Group [1] – announced that it would temporarily close its plant in the central part of southern Bulgaria on 31 May 2009 until market conditions improve. The Mondi Group started
Since December 2008, police officers in Bulgaria have held several meetings to discuss how to pursue their demands for a 50% pay increase and improved working conditions. As police officers are by law banned from taking part in strike action and can only take part in protests when off duty, they
On 5 February 2009, the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (Конфедерация на независимите синдикати в България, CITUB [1]) and the Greek General Confederation of Labour (Γενική Συνομοσπονδία Εργατών Ελλάδας, GSEE [2]) signed a protocol for cooperation in Athens, aiming to achieve
The National Council on Equality between Women and Men to the Council of Ministers welcomed the discussions which took place during a meeting on 19 November. Participants in the discussion included nationally representative employer and trade union organisations, nongovernmental organisations
On 11 April 2008, the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria [1] (CITUB), the Labour Confederation ‘Podkrepa’ [2] (LC Podkrepa) and the Trades Union Congress [3] (TUC) signed an agreement aimed at supporting migrant workers. At an official ceremony at the TUC congress centre in London
In mid-2005, Global Steel Holding Ltd (GSHL) acquired a 71% stake in Kremikovtzi AD (set up in 1963 under the communist regime) for USD 110 million from the previous, Bulgarian owner. The latter had bought the formerly state-owned debt-ridden steel producer, with all its liabilities, for just USD 1
Recent years were marked by a series of teachers’ protests as a result of demands for a 100% pay increase. According to statistics, the average monthly wage of Bulgarian teachers is BGN 370 (about €190 as at 9 February 2008), thereby being among the lowest wage rates in the public sector/./ Teachers