SOFIA (Bulgaria), September 2 (SeeNews) -Â Bulgarian diversified group Holding Varna [BUL:5V2] said that its consolidated net profit excluding minority interest soared to 6.8 million levs ($3.8 million/3.5 million euro) in the first half of 2019 from 618,000 levs in the same period of 2018, backed by a decrease in expenses.