News December, 2008

2008/12/03

The legendary skier Marc Girardelli gave Bansko his fifth and last Crystal Globe. He made this historical gesture during the TV show Sports Fever, which was broadcast live from Bansko.

"This is my most difficult earned World Cup, said Marc Girardelli. I hope it is an incentive for all Bulgarian skiers. Girardelli won his fifth World Cup in season 1992/93.

The historical trophy will be put in a conspicuous place in the lobby of the 5-star

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2008/12/02

Mall Vidin officially opened doors yesterday. The mall is situated in close proximity to the town’s cathedral. It offers four floors on a total area of 9000 square metres. According to the investors more than 50% of the trade area is already rented.

Visitors and residents of Vidin will be able to enjoy more than 60 shops, offices and restaurants in the newly opened Mall Vidin.
Technopolis and Technomarket chains also plan to open trade centres in the town on the Danube river.

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2008/12/01

Bansko will become a favourite destination for tourism, managers of the top ski resorts of Wengen and St. Moritz say.

Bansko will hosts events of the men's world cup win skiing, it becomes clear from the FIS preliminary calendar, which was announced by the director of the ski resort of Wengen. The managers of the Swiss ski resorts of Wengen and St. Moritz conducted a seminar in the town of Bansko, the agenda is the benefit from the organization of FIS ski events in the resort.

The...

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2008/12/01

Ski stars, including Olympic champions Hanni Wenzel and Gustavo Thoeni as well as legends such as Andreas Wenzel and Marc Girardelli gave the official start of the ski season in Bulgaria's winter resort of Bansko on Saturday.

They all made demonstration ski runs on the Alberto Tomba slope, accompanied by ski students and competitors from the "Yulen" ski club in the town.

After the demonstration, the ski legends gave a special press conference and praised the conditions and the...

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2008/12/01

A dug-out boat, most probably form the Prehistoric times, was found at the bottom of the Black Sea. The boat was discovered during fishing, 15 miles into the sea, east from "Maslen" Cape between Primorsko and Sozopol, BNR reports.

The boat is 2, 60 m in length and 0, 70 m in width. The prehistoric discovery was made by a fishing boat from Sozopol, Dimitar Nedkov, director of the Archaeology Museum specifies.

He says, that dug-out boats of that type, as well as all sea vessels, older than...

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