News May, 2008

2008/05/21

Bulgaria will host a round of the European Rafting Cup from 31 May until 1st July. The competition will be held at Kresna Gorge. In connection to that the governor of Blagoevgrad Vladimir Dimitrov and the major of the municipality of Simitli Apostol Apostolov gave a special press conference, FOCUS Radio – Pirin reporter informed.

Pirin region governor expressed his satisfaction that there will be a competition of such quality on the territory of the municipality for the first time. Bulgarian...

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2008/05/21

Over 300 million EUR could potentially be invested in golf courses in Bulgaria if the state provides private investors with plots suitable for golfing.

This statement was made by Krassimir Gergov, Chair of the National Tourist Board at the Fourth International Meeting of Bulgarian Media in Madrid, Spain.


If in 5 years golf courses were not built on the plots provided by the state, such plots would be automatically recalled, Gergov specified.

Gergov gave the example of Turkey...

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2008/05/21

The largest mall in Bulgaria will be opened in the Black Sea city of Varna on June 12 with a four-day program including music performances and fashion shows.

Mall Varna has a total all-out build-up area of 70 000 square meters, including 33 000 square meters of commercial space. Its 150 stores have already been contracted for the maximum period of ten years.

The mall in Bulgaria's Sea Capital will also have a parking lot with 800 spaces, a children's center named Capella Play, and an ice...

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2008/05/20

The EU has earmarked around €50 million for the restoration of 26 cultural heritage projects in the Western Balkans region as part of the EU's efforts to integrate the region more deeply with the EU.

EU hopes funding for 26 sites will encourage further investment into tourism.

The money will be spent from 2008-2010 on restoring archaeological sites, churches and mosques in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia, European Voice...

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2008/05/20

The final round of “Europe's Best Sommelier '2008” competition took place in the National Theatre “Ivan Vazov” at 14 o’clock on the 19th of May. The winner was announced at the official ceremony. Isa Ball from Turkey took the great prize. Paolo Basso from Switzerland and Eric Zwiebel from France took the second and the third position. The contest was arranged like a spectacular show. Representatives of Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, France, Norway, Finland, Portuguese, Turkey and...

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