Construction sector shrinks 20% Y/Y in July 2010 Building and infrastructure construction in Bulgaria has plummeted nearly 20% in July 2010 compared with the same period of last year. Eurostat, the European Union's (EU) statistical office, pegs the decline at 19%. According to Bulgaria's National S...... Over BGN 2m EU projects to get first-class investor status EU-financed projects worth more than BGN 2 million should be considered first-class investments, a move that would double the speed of administrative servicing, according to Tomislav Donchev, Bulgaria& rsquo;s minister in charge of EU funds absorption...... Household deposit rates fall faster than consumer loans The annual decrease in Bulgaria's local-currency household deposits was nearly thrice that on consumer loans in July, according to the latest data by the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB). Interest rates have been melting away for around a year now but o...... EUR 600 million for municipal sewage finally heads for Bulgaria Bulgarian municipalities can finally tap into over EUR 600 million under the EU's Environment operational programme for sewage systems after the scheme's administrating body invited them to file project applications. The financing will be utilised t...... Bulgarian construction sector remains among EU& #039;s worst For a tenth month in a row, Bulgaria ranked in June's top 3 of the European Union (EU) countries with the sharpest drop in construction output, show the latest data by Eurostat, the EU's statistical office. Bulgaria's construction output shrank by 1......