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Is Bulgaria as a member of the EU richer than Serbia?


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Most of the serbs think, their country Serbia is richer than Bulgaria. but I think, the investitions in Bulgaria are ten times more than in Serbia, and not only this. Let me know what is richer generally. Thank you!

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Maybe the investments are bigger in Bulgaria right now but I visited it twice in last few months and it doesn't look any richer than Serbia. Belgrade is five times bigger (and better) metropolis than Sofia. Salaries are smaller in Bulgaria than in Serbia and their roads and cities look really depressive. From economical point of view I think Serbia is more ready for EU than Bulgaria.
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I think Bulgaria, it has a MUCH better tourist trade.

the stain of all the civil wars is only really just starting to leave Serbia in the world's eyes, but Croatia has gone on to become a very popular tourist destination so perhaps there is hope in the future for them.

but on the whole Bulgaria is seen as a much more desirable place, you get not only tourists but a lot of Western European expats coming to Bulgaria to start businesses in the hospitality industry and I really can't see that happening in Serbia just yet.
After winning the City of the Future for South-East Central Europe, the Serbian capital has won the second round of this prestigious competition. The award was presented to the mayor of Belgrade Mr. Nenad Bogdanovi膰.

Financial Times has organized European cities and regions of the future for 2006/07 and, after winning the second round, Belgrade was awarded the name City of the future in Southern Europe. SIEPA, together with the USAID鈥檚 project 鈥?SEDP has nominated Belgrade for this award. The region of Southern Europe, where Belgrade is the City of the future, includes Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Turkey and Mediterranean islands (Cyprus, Malta, Sicily, Crete, etc.).

The awards were also given to London (City of the Future in Northern Europe), Paris (City of the Future in Western Europe), Brno (City of the Future in Central Europe), and Baku (City of the Future in Eastern Europe). These five cities are competing for the final award of being named the European city of the future for 2006/07.

The competition for city and regions of the future is given on all continents and is organized by the specialized edition of the Financial Times for foreign and direct investments, FDI Magazine. The title carries a recommendation for the biggest future investment location, by the most recognized financial newspaper in the world. Categories and criteria by which the judges have made their decision are based on economic potential, cost effectiveness, human resources, IT and telecommunications, transport, quality of life and FDI promotion. The final winner of the "European city of the future for 2006/07" contest is London.
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I would say Bulgaria. Frankly speaking, Yugoslavia was a prospering country , so the capital of nowadays Serbia Belgrade was a rich place with a lots of investments coming in. but after the war the country suffered a lot and hasn't recovered yet. So judging by my experience visiting both, i would say Bulgaria is richer by far.
Without any long motivations I say Bulgaria ( and I have to correct my mistake, Bulgaria IS a member of EU, sorry). Bulgaria is already quite a good country for tourists to visit.
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