EDUCATION

Over 10,200 foregin students enrolled in Bulgarian universities the majority from South-east European countries in one year. You are always welcomed to explore the potentials of growing your educational the remarkable varieties of this country.Reasons?

Let us through very few reasons from one of the Bulgarian Universities:

Sofia University:

•25,000 students.

•Won prestigious regional and global competitions.

•Laboratories run by IBM ,Oracle; affiliate center of Harvard University.

•Faculties of Modern languages, Philosophy ,Law, Pedagogy, Journalism and communication ,Economics and Business Administration ,Mathematics and Information ,Natural Sciences.

•Double Diploma programs with Paris Sorbonne and Bordeaux IV,City University of Seattle ; Business and technical majors taught in English ,French or German.

BUSINESS

Some of the reasons why you should choose Bulgaria as your destinations for business establishments in Europe are:

• Bulgaria has highly qualified and cost effective labour force, low
rental costs and Top quality offices which results in low overall
cost of doing business.
• Bulgaria has the lowest corporate and personal income tax rate
in the European Union, at 10%.
• Sofia ranked 11th least expensive out of 73 cities in a survey of
UBS Wealth Management Research, comparing cost of living
based on weighted shopping basket of goods geared to western
European consumer habits.
• Bulgaria has a very well developed Internet Infrastructure. And
it is ranked the 7th fastest place in the world by both household
download and upload speed according to Netindex.
• Bulgaria ranks among the top outsourcing destinations in the
world in terms of atiractiveness.
• In 2011, there were about 64,000 graduates from 53 universities and colleges, out of which, 30,000 are potentially suitable for
employment within the BPO industry – Business, Economics and
certain Social and Technical science majors. This number has
been rapidly increasing during the last 5 years.
• An estimated 80,000 Bulgarian students abroad add to the
talent pool for the BPO sector.
• The reflection of the healthy business environment reflected
through the choice of international companies like HP, IBM and
Coca-Cola HBC for Bulgaria as their main center of distribution for
the entire area

employment within the BPO industry – Business, Economics and
certain Social and Technical science majors. This number has
been rapidly increasing during the last 5 years.

• An estimated 80,000 Bulgarian students abroad add to the
talent pool for the BPO sector.
• The reflection of the healthy business environment reflected
through the choice of international companies like HP, IBM and
Coca-Cola HBC for Bulgaria as their main center of distribution for
the entire area.

In a meeting with His Excellency, Mr. Bojidar Pavourdjiev ,the Bulgarian Consul in Dubai ,he enlightened us with the following lines that enriched our knowledge about this wonderful country:

“Bulgaria is one of the oldest European states with
over 13-century-old history and traditions and a
great tourism and investment destination.”

Together with the excellent climate, natural scenery, food and beverages verity and welcoming hospitality, Bulgaria can offer a distinguished investment as well as touristic climate and this is
mainly because of the efficient efforts excreted by the government and the steps made to encourage investment that today we can proudly present Bulgaria through the following lines:

• Stable political environment & low risks.
• Macroeconomic and financial stability.
• Highly skilled, multilingual work force.
• Europe’s lowest operational costs.
• Free movement of capital.
• No restrictions on atier-tax repatriation of profits
• Government financial support for priority investment projects.
• Bulgaria has one of the EU’s most favourable taxes, including
10% corporate income tax rate (0% in high-unemployment
areas); 10% flat tax rate on personal income; 2-year VAT exemption for imports of equipment for some projects.
• Government assistance through providing information and
faster administrative servicing; preferential treatment.
• Financial support for vocational training of employees for the
needs of the investment project and in some cases reimbursement
of labor costs paid by the employer and, as men􀆟oned previously

•priority investment projects benefit from the special incentive package provided by the government.

Bulgaria’s strategic geographic location serves as a bridge between the EU and the rapidly growing markets of Russia, Turkey, the Middle East and CIS countries, placing the country in the
centre of transit between these regions. Furthermore, five pan-European corridors pass through our territory.

The agenda of the government includes emphasis on the modernization of infrastructure in the coming years, placing the
country in a pole position for atiracting new investors who are interested in creating a solid ground to expand their businesses
in these geographies.

Some of the focus areas for us are the food, agriculture, IT, energy, telecom, electronics, healthcare and medical tourism, BPO, transport and logistics in addition to the chemical and related industries.

In 2016 over 8.2 million of foreign tourists visited Bulgaria. And we are proud to say that today, the image of the country is of a preferred year-round destination, offering a high quality tourist
product and atiracting a greater number of tourists.

The accumulative years of History has enriched the Bulgarians’ minds with knowledge and experience that are reflected through their daily lives. While looking forward for a successful
and happy present and future, family and traditions have no
lesser values in the process. It is an invitation to know more about this country and enjoy the welcoming potentials it has to offer. Welcome to Bulgaria, the Gateway of Europe.