News April, 2008

2008/04/18

Lodging company Marriott International will enter the Bulgarian market as a manager of a hotel complex in Obzor, on the Black Sea.

The information was confirmed by AKG 2000, the Russian investor in the hotel complex.

Marriott has been sounding out the Bulgarian market for years, taking a closer look at opportunities in Sofia. Market sources said the hotel chain is still interested in the Bulgarian capital.

The five-star Marriott-managed hotel in Obzor will be part of the Obzor Black...

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2008/04/18

International conference “Green areas – key to sustainable cities” is to be opened today in Sofia, Bulgaria.

The event is organized by Sofia municipality and international partners under a project “Green keys”.

The conference will be opened by the Sofia's chief architect Peter Dikov and will be held in the Central Military Club.

The main objective of the project is development of the cities' green areas as means for the establishment of sustainable cities.

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2008/04/17

Bulgaria's world-famous Panagyurishte gold treasure dating back to Thracian times is to turn into the sensation of this year's spring Plovdiv Fair to be held May 12 -17.

The nine unique gold artefacts, seven wine rhytons, an amphora and a food dish, will be kept behind armoured windows under exclusive security measures.

The fair's visitors will become part of the hundreds of thousands European citizens, who had the opportunity to enjoy the treasure's view.

Panagyurishte gold will then...

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2008/04/17

Sofia municipality had plans for setting up three new parks in the city, Sofia's chief architect Petar Dikov said, as quoted by Dnevnik daily on April 17 2008. Work on two of the parks was going to start in 2009, Dikov said.

This would included expanding the current Vuzrazhdane garden in Zona B-5 borough to a 12-hectare park, as well as setting up a 18-hectare park in Lozenets borough. The third park was going to be in Mladost borough under the name Iztochen Park (East Park).

Work on the...

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2008/04/16

Bulgaria is the only Eastern European country entered in the classification for preferred destinations by the Germans tourism .
Their favorites are Spain and Mallorca. This was announced in the analyze agency ‘GIATA-Ranking', informed from local Union of Investors in Tourism.

According to the agency Bulgaria ranks 9th. Bulgaria has improved its factor from 1.7 to 2.2 compared to March 2007.

Turkey and Greece are first in the classification followed by Egypt, Germany, Italy, Tunis and...

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