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1986
Between 1986 and 1990 Vassil Vassilev is a correspondent for the National Television and the National Radio for the region of West Europe, headquartered in Paris, France. There he establishes contacts with many western political and public leaders. He had meetings with François Mitterrand, Margaret Thatcher and François Fillon.
1974
Vassil Vassilev begins his carrier as a journalist. He is a correspondent for the BTA (Bulgarian Telegraph Agency) for the Near East, headquartered in Beirut between 1978 and 1983. He authors hundreds of articles on the civil war in Lebanon, the Iranian revolution, the Iran-Iraq war, the Lebanon war during 1982 and other important events ...
2007
Vassilevi Brothers establishes the first temporary employment agency in Bulgaria. The company recruits personnel willing to work on a temporary basis and lends it to other companies and/or employers. The markets of the company expand and reach France, Italy, Belgium and Greece.
2007
Vassilevi Brothers invests in the remaining real estate of MRAZ JSC. Previous manufacturing facilities are reconstructed and joined in a single business complex, while retaining its original industrial authenticity. Office and retail spaces are rented out.
1999
Vassilevi Brothers participates in the UN program «Oil-for-food» during the Iraq embargo. Over 7 000 000 barrels of oil are traded.
1998
Vassilevi Brothers enter the retail sector for luxurious brands, a segment that has no prior history in Bulgaria. Cartier, Bvlgari, Chaumet, IWC and Montblanc are amongst the brands offered.
1996
Vassilevi Brothers privatize 67% of the capital of the Bulgarian factory for refrigeration equipment MRAZ JSC. Stiff competition by Liebherr, pressure by the government and a failed joint venture with the Chinese manufacturer Hayer in 2000 due to the numerous claims for parts of the property by recent restitutes, completely choke the development of any ...
1992
The Vassilevi Brothers company becomes an official importer and reseller of the Automobiles Peugeot brand for Bulgaria. The company offers sales, licensed service and maintenance.
1991
The first duty-free gas stations open along the exit highway corridors from Bulgaria leading to Turkey, Serbia and Romania. Ivan Kostov, minister of finance under the government of Phillip Dimitrov at that time, signs the license for this type of trade, which up until this day remains the only grant of such license in the ...
1990
Vassilevi Brothers organizes import, sale and distribution of foreign press in Bulgaria. Amongst the first clients are the American embassy and the Sheraton Hotel in Sofia. The newspapers are delivered on the day of their issue, daily, via flights by “Austrian Airlines” from Vienna. Since the company abandoned this activity, even today in 2012, in ...
1990
The Vassilevi Brothers company is restored following court decision number 1211 from the 4th of October 1990 by the Company affairs division of the Sofia Regional Court.
1950
At the end of the 1950’s Panayot Vassilev creates, with the support of Todor Zhivkov, “Rhodopa” – the largest state trust in Bulgaria, which allowed Bulgaria to overcome the crisis in the agricultural sector and to become a net exporter of meat and dairy products. The formula, devised by Panayot Vassilev, relies on the private ...
1948
The assets of Vassilevi Brothers are nationalized. Much of the family property – the perfume factory, the sausage factory, two inns in Varna, land, real estate and gold – is seized. The family moves to Sofia in 1949 in order to avoid further repression.
1924
In 1924 the brothers establish one of the first meat processing plants in Bulgaria and later equip it entirely with German machinery. Their retail store is located on Varna’s main street and is one of the richest meat shops at the time, delivering directly to the royal residence in Evksinograd and to most of the ...
1922
In 1922, after the business had grown enough, the Vassilevi Brothers sell the Marseille workshop and use the earnings to purchase and import the first mechanical thresher in Bulgaria from the USA. This helps them develop excellent trade relations with many farms from the Dobrudzha region
1920
Slavi Vassilev creates a workshop for the packaging and sale of red pepper in Marseille, France. He mixes Spanish red pepper, which has bright red color, but doesn’t have a strong flavor, with Bulgarian red pepper, which is rich in taste and aroma, but lacks the attractive appearance.
1918
Slavi Vassilev and his Brother Yordan, head the Vassilevi Brothers company and engage in the rapid economic growth following the end of the First World War.
1894
Vassil Nedev founds Vassilevi Brothers in the city of Varna. The company is named after his numerous sons.