News July, 2007

2007/07/25

Turkish entrepreneur Sudi Ozkan has just opened a $4 mln casino in Bulgarian city Svilengrad, near the border with Turkey and Greece. The casino occupies a former youth center. The businessman plans to build a hotel to accommodate the casino clientele. Ozkan is a key player in Bulgaria's gambling industry. He owns casinos in Sofia's Princess and Rodina hotels. The Trimontium hotel in Plovdiv is also property of the Turkish businessman.

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2007/07/23

The sixth edition of the Yoghurt Fair and the Festival of folk traditions and art crafts will be held from today till 25 July in Razgrad, informed Radio Shumen.

During the first day, producers and distributors of the traditional Bulgarian product will have a meeting. A scientific forum “Traditions in the processing of Bulgarian milk and challenges to the milk producers in the context of the European requirements” is also scheduled in the framework of the fair.

During the event there will...

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2007/07/23

Bulgarian Ministry of Regional Development informed that is ready to start talks on the award of a concession contract for the Black Sea highway in March 2008.
The road will link the two biggest seaside cities - Varna and Burgas.

Asen Gagauzov, Regional Development Minister said that by now the route of the highway is under detail discussions.

The motorway will start (from South to North) from Burgas through Kableshkovo, St Vlas, Bania, Obzor, Priseltsi and reaching Beloslav will link...

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2007/07/23

The Orpheus Shrine near the village of Tatul in the Eastern Rhodopi Mountains, Southern Bulgaria, is more ancient than the Egyptian pyramids, evidence found during four years of archaeological research held by the team of Prof. Nikolay Ovcharov, suggests.
“This place originated as a point of worship six thousand years ago – at the end of the Copper Age in 4 millennium BC,” Prof. Ovcharov explains. “We presumed this but had no evidence. Finally, however we came across a massive layer...

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2007/07/23

Specialists scanned the bottom of “Koprinka” Dam, to make the borders of the ancient town Sevtopolis, which is situated under the water.

Experts from the Thracian Institute and the Oceanology Institute from The BAS participated in the studies.
The ancient Sevtopolis was built during the IV th century BC by Sevt III.

The experts managed to find the walls of the Thracian town and marked its corner points.

“We are almost sure, that it was not demolished by the water. In 1984 the dam was...

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