- Bulgaria: The Bulgarian Privatisation Agency has announced the conclusion of 195 privatisations in the first quarter of 2000; foreign investors participated in only two of the operations, however. Earnings from these operations for the first three months of the year totalled USD 160.9 million. In 2001, the Government of Bulgaria plans to sell another 377 enterprises in which the state owns shares, most of which operate in trade, tourism and industry. In 1999, there were 1,224 privatisation...