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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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2008/05/19

The Bulgarian song on the Eurovision ‘DJ, Take Me Away' by Deep Zone и DJ Balthazar was declared for the most modern song of the contest on the official website of Eurovision.
The band's singer Joanna was invited to a nude photo session, covered only with the national flag of Bulgaria.

The Bulgarian girl was chosen for one of the 6 most beautiful performers of the contest. She receives the opportunity to pose in front of the camera of the famous photographer Zoran Ilic.

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2008/05/19

Burgas-based company Sun City said it is start the construction of shopping mall in the coastal city. The shopping center will have a occupy a 13,000 sq m lot in the Meden Rudnik neighborhood. The plot was bought from Burgas Center Invest, a Sun City subsidiary that will invest in the project. The mall will have a build area of 60,000 sq m, including 40,000 sq m of leasable floor space. Sun City will also deliver a second shopping mall in Burgas with an area of 42,200 sq m.

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2008/05/19

The capital of Bulgaria, Sofia, hosted the 39th regular general assembly of Association de la Sommellerie Internationale and the 11th issue of the “Europe's Best Sommelier '2008” competition. The event went on under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria, Georgi Parvanov.

Early in the morning on the 17th of May 31 sommeliers from Europe took part in Europe's Best Sommelier '2008 competition in Kyoto Hall in Kempinski - Zografski Hotel. They tried two sorts of wines and...

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2008/05/16

The world-famous Bulgarian rose oil is to be registered as a geographical name with the EU institutions by the end of 2008.

The news was announced by the Chair of the Bulgarian National Association for Ether Oils, Perfumery, and Cosmetics Evgeniy Ivanov on the Cosmetics Day, which was marked on Thursday as part of the Plovdiv International Economic Fair.

Ivanov announced that the preparation for the registration of the rose oil had continued two years.

In his words, the name of...

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2008/05/16

6 cities from the country will participate in a culinary competition organized at the Plovdiv Fair. The competition is the first of a kind and started yesterday, on May 15 in the 18th Chamber of the fair. Twelve teams from six cities will take part in the competition. On the first stage each team will have 2 hours to prepare unique warm and cold appetizer, main dish and desert. The second round foresees preparing of a meal of various, unknown by the participant products until the last moment.

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2008/05/16

'08 is shaping up as a banner year for Bulgaria and Greece as holiday destinations on the Russian market, reports the Rosiiskaya Gazeta newspaper. The tour operators selling Bulgarian holiday packages on the Russian market share the rosy outlook, anticipating a year-on-year growth of 25% to 30% in '08. According to the Russian media, the rise in popularity is due to the efforts made by the hospitality industries in either country to lure more tourist...

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