Bulgarian Posts
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| Company type | Joint stock company (state-owned) |
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| Industry | Postal services |
| Founded | 1879 |
| Headquarters | Sofia, Bulgaria |
Number of employees | approximately 13,000 (2016) |
| Website | bgpost.bg |
The Bulgarian Posts (Bulgarian: Български пощи, romanized: Balgarski poshti) serves as the official postal operator of Bulgaria. Founded in 1992 and restructured into a state-owned joint-stock company in 1997, it continues to be entirely government-controlled.[1]
History
Tracing its roots back to the Bulgarian Posts and Telegraphs established following Bulgaria's liberation in 1879, Bulgarian Posts became a member of the General Postal Union that same year.[1] Throughout the 20th century, postal and telegraph operations were overseen by various governmental ministries, including the Ministry of Transport and Communications. In 1981, postal services merged with telecommunications under a single state enterprise named Bulgarian Post and Telecommunications.[2]
After the communist era ended in 1992, the postal and telecommunications sectors were separated: Bulgarian Posts assumed responsibility for postal services, while telecommunications evolved into an independent company (currently Vivacom). On March 31, 1997, Bulgarian Posts was converted into a joint-stock company.
By the year 2005, Bulgarian Posts managed a network of 3,008 post offices and administered a comprehensive postal route system extending over 80,060 km. It retained exclusive rights to provide universal postal services until the sector was liberalized in 2006.
As reported in 2016, Bulgarian Posts operated 2,981 post offices along with maintaining 4,814 public mailboxes.[1][3]
See also
References
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