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Bulgarian Construction Chamber Presents Annual Awards

Sofia, October 27 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Construction Chamber
(BCC) presented its annual awards in Sofia on Sunday. The
winners are 36 construction companies in four categories,
selected from among 3,268 nominees.

The ceremony was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Regional
Development and Investment Planning Minister Ekaterina
Zaharieva, Deputy Prime Minister for EU Funds Iliyana Tsanova,
Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova and members of Parliament.

Zaharieva said she hopes that next year will be better for the
construction sector than this year. She noted that there is a
considerable amount of EU aid available to Bulgaria in the
2014-2020 period. "I hope that next year will not be a zero year
in terms of absorbing new funding, because this year was a zero
one," Zaharieva said, sharing her expectation that the number
of construction business start-ups will be larger than the
number of shutdowns.

BCC President Svetoslav Glossov said this year has been a hard
time for the construction sector as EU-supported programmes have
been suspended and even the weather seemed to be conspiring
against the builders. He thanked the companies which donated
resources to flood victims. Glossov urged the politicians to
rise above their narrow partisan interests and put together a
stable government which will unblock EU funding and allow the
construction business to return to normal.

Sofia Mayor Fandakova noted that 2014 has been a rather robust
year for Sofia despite the difficulties in the rest of the
country. Sofia City Hall remains the most reliable payer, she
said. Many ambitious projects have been completed recently and
the programme for next year is not less ambitious, Fandakova
said. Construction companies can expect new offers from the
local government in Sofia, because the city has been selected as
European Capital of Sport in 2018.