and has already informed the Bulgarian government about its intentions, former mayor of Varna Hristo Kirchev, now MP of the UDF, said yesterday. This is the seventh company to show interest in the shipyard. Swedish 'Fisson Invest - AB', Greek 'Kiriakou Group', German 'Odendorf', Norwegian 'Cleven Holding', 'Hogan Marine' and a Bulgarian consortium, had submitted business plans to the Economy Ministry. Meanwhile, today expires the deadline, given by the employees to the government before they start protests.