Ambassador Marcie Ries welcomed AmCham members during the barbecue cocktail organized Oct. 2, 2012 at the Marine House of the US Embassy in Bulgaria with the kind support of the U.S. Commercial Service. She vowed to further develop US-Bulgaria trade relations hoping that the businesses will cooperate actively in this endeavor.

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AmCham launched a Quality Management Working Group on September 25th, 2012 at the initiative of the AmCham member Intertek-Moody. A dozen of AmCham member companies were presented at the meeting. Vyara Stankova, deputy general manager, South Eastern Europe at Intertek and Boyan Gyuzelev, business development manager at Intertek were elected chairs of the working group. Valentin Georgiev, AmCham executive director welcomed the group.

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AmCham Bulgaria in partnership with German-Bulgarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce and the Austrian Business Council sent a letter to the Prime-Minister Boyko Borissov with regard to the Decision No. Ц-33 of 14 September 2012 of the State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) setting provisional charges for access to the grid, applicable to the producers of electricity from renewable energy sources (RES).

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Topic of the Day

10.10.2012

Europe must do more to tackle its fiscal crisis, which is heaping extra pressure on an already-strained global financial system, the International Monetary Fund warned in a new report Wednesday, AFP reported. Despite some new policy measures, among them a bond-buying programme aimed at helping debt-riddled nations tame their borrowing costs, the risks of a world credit crunch and recession loom, the IMF said, Focus wrote.

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Politics

10.10.2012

United States homeland security secretary Janet Napolitano and Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov are to sign a bilateral agreement on October 10 2012 on strengthening co-operation between the US and Bulgaria in preventing serious crime. The agreement, endorsed recently by Bulgaria’s Cabinet, will be signed during a visit to the Bulgarian capital city Sofia by Napolitano, The Sofia Globe wrote.

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Economy

10.10.2012

Bulgarian government is to discuss the idea of launching a new procedure for natural gas and oil exploration in the Black Sea. At today’s sitting the Council of Ministers will examine the opening of a public tender for issuing an exploration permit for Bloc 1-22 Teres, Focus wrote.

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Business

10.10.2012

The Bulgarian Organic Products Association has suggested that shops should keep organic products separate from conventional ones, while retailers insist that the items should be displayed alongside other food products in order to make it easier for customers to choose. A discussion is yet to take place of amendments to the Common Organizations of Markets in Agricultural Products of the European Union Implementing Act, Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) wrote.

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International

09.10.2012

Two pioneers of stem cell research have shared the Nobel prize for medicine or physiology. John Gurdon from the UK and Shinya Yamanaka from Japan were awarded the prize for changing adult cells into stem cells, which can become any other type of cell in the body, BBC wrote.

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09.10.2012

Confindustria Bulgaria in partnership with the Atlantic Club Bulgaria organize a discussion on Oct. 16th, 2012. The event will take place at the Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan, Serdica Hall, starting 15h. R.S.V.P. 02/ 969 30 06

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04.10.2012

Key areas through which Dale Carnegie Training Bulgaria helps companies satisfy their needs are: - Leadership Development - Team Member Engagement - Sales Effectiveness - Process Improvement - Customer Service - Presentation Effectiveness. The next Dale Carnegie Course will start at the 15th of October.

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