News January, 2007

2007/01/31

Holiday Inn plans to invest in the construction of hotels in the Bulgarian coastal cities of Varna and Burgas. Recently Holiday Inn opened its first hotel in the residential complex Mladost in Sofia that was rated as the best city hotel for 2006. Some 15 million euro have been invested in the project. Seventy long-term contracts for 100 nightstays per year have already been made with various corporate clients. The Holiday Inn hotel in Sofia has 130 rooms, 10 conference halls, wireless Internet...

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2007/01/30

The agreement for the construction of a bridge connecting Bulgaria's Vidin to Romania's Calafat over the Danube river will be signed in Sofia on January 30.

Focus news agency reported that the construction of the combined road and railroad bridge was among the most challenging infrastructure projects the Cabinet decided to undertake.

Work on the project began in June 2000, when Bulgaria and Romania signed an agreement on the technical, financial, legal and organisational issues of the...

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2007/01/29

Bulgaria joins an international hunt expo "Hunt & Dog" for the first time from January 30 until February 4 in Dortmund, Germany.

The expo is among the most prestigious hunting and fishing ones in Europe. With nearly 500 exhibitors from over 20 different countries, the exhibition attracts around 70,000 visitors, Bulgaria's Ministry of the Agriculture and Forestry boasted.

The Bulgarian exhibition area will be 244 square meters and Bulgaria's culture and history will be represented as a...

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2007/01/22

A ferry complex connecting the Bulgarian town of Silistra to the Romanian Calarasi would start functioning by March 1 2007, Silistra deputy regional governor Ivan Nedev said.

Vessel mooring infrastructure as well as the internal infrastructure of the complex was finished in the end of 2006, Bulgarian news agency BTA said. Equipment for the various services to be offered at the complex is still to be provided.

Silistra-Calarasi ferry complex had to be opened more than a year ago, BTA said....

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2007/01/19

A recreation of a Thracian settlement will be constructed near the coastal town of Tsarevo.
The settlement would be built on the road between Tsarevo and the village of Varvara on more than 14 000 sq m of municipal land, Dnevnik daily said.

Life of the Thracian tribes would be recreated there. According to the project some Thracian rituals would also be revived.

Mainly Tsarevo citizen would take part in the recreation. The project must be carried out in the active tourism season, Dnevnik...

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