The direct foreign investments in share capital in Bulgaria have increased by 237 million Euros in the fist six months of this year in comparison with the same period of last year according to Stoyan Stalev, the director of the Bulgarian Investment Agency.

According to the Bulgarian National Bank, the investments in share capital has increased to 2.029 billion Euros in the first seven months of 2008. This increase is due to the low taxes in Bulgaria, the monetary board and the fixed Euro-BGN rate, Stalev explained.