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Feeling Fantastico – ESM Meets Fantastico Group's Svetoslav Gavrilov

Bulgaria’s Fantastico Group has marked its 30-year anniversary with the opening of a splendid new flagship store in Pernik. ESM caught up with execut...

Tate & Lyle Expands Distribution Partnership With Azelis

Tate & Lyle is expanding its partnership with distributor Azelis in Europe into three new countries – Greece, Bulgaria, and the Republic of N...

Bulgaria's Fantastico Group Unveils New Multi-Use Outlet In Pernik

Bulgarian retailer Fantastico Group has unveiled a new multi-use retail and entertainment complex in Pernik, near the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. The loca...

Maxima Grupė Sees Growth Despite A ‘Challenging’ 2020

Maxima Grupė has reported a 5.8% growth in revenue to €4.2 billion in its financial year 2020. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdow...

Russian Discounter Svetofor To Open Stores in Serbia

Russian discount chain Svetofor will commence operations in Serbia from January, with initial plans to open 15 stores. The company, which trades in West...

Bulgaria Reports Two New Bird Flu Outbreaks

Bulgaria's food safety agency authorities have reported two new outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu in the southern part of the Balkan country...

Bulgaria To Cull 24,000 Pigs In African Swine Fever Outbreak

Bulgarian veterinary authorities said they are to cull 24,000 pigs after detecting an outbreak of African swine fever at a pig farm in the northeast of the...

Strategie Grains Raises EU Wheat Harvest, Export Outlook Again

Strategie Grains increased its forecasts sharply for EU soft wheat production and exports for the second month in a row, pointing to strong harvest re...