Industry Insights
From January 1, 2025, all EU member states and their municipalities will necessarily collect textile waste separately, and Stara Zagora Municipality, which was the first to start its participation in the TEXAD project, is already discussing how to practically implement this. The full name of the project is "TEXAD -…
Hundreds of people from Stara Zagora participated in the job fair organized by the Employment Agency and the Labor Bureau in Stara Zagora in the Municipal Sports Hall "Ivan Vazov". Jobseekers had the opportunity to meet 30 employers from various sectors of the economy who offered more than 450 jobs.…
The Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria, together with the Municipality of Stara Zagora, organizes a media event "Information Day" for the presentation of the ECP8 project "European Network for Authentic Cities", implemented jointly and co-financed by the European Union Office for Intellectual Property. The event was held at…
The Municipality of Stara Zagora and the Bulgarian Investment Agency (BAI) presented a class B investor certificate to the Dutch automotive company Nedschroef, which chose to invest in the region. The ceremony took place at the company's plant, where the representatives of the municipality and the agency gave a tour…
On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Bulgaria, the "Investment, Energy Efficiency and Green Transition" department visited the exhibition of Chinese goods and services in the National Palace of Culture. A special guest at the exhibition was the President of the…
The Bulgarian municipality of Stara Zagora, through its Investment, Energy Efficiency, and Green Transition department, is spearheading a project focused on enhancing entrepreneurship, innovation, and digitalisation (PID) within the region. This initiative is funded by the European Union under the Technical Support Instrument. The primary objective of the project is…
Digitisation and the energy transition continued to define the top-10 recipient sectors of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first half of 2024, according to preliminary data from greenfield investment monitor fDi Markets, but there are early signs that capital pledges in strategic industries such as batteries have tapered off. Between January…
This is the largest investment in the Industrial Zone, the shareholders of which are "National Company of Industrial Zones" EAD and the Municipality of Stara Zagora. The Government approved a Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria and "Smart Solar Technologies" AD for the implementation of…
Global capital pledges were strong last year despite higher interest rates, inflation and a challenging geopolitical backdrop. More than $1.33 trillion in greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) was announced by companies worldwide in 2023, up nearly 4 percent from the previous year, according to fDi Markets. However, fewer FDI projects…
