Over EUR 100mn Qatari capital expected to flow to Bulgaria

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nickolay Mladenov and his Qatari counterpart Khalid bin Muhammad al-Atiyah are drafting a framework agreement for investing an initial EUR 100mn in different projects in Bulgaria, BTA news agency reported. At a meeting in Bulgaria last week, the officials have discussed investment opportunities in the infrastructure, health care, agriculture, real estate, tourism. Of particular interest for al-Atiyah is the country's project for the construction of 300km-long motorway from Northern town of Rousse to the border of Turkey, for which the regional ministry will be selecting an investor by the end of the year.