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2008/04/14

The bridge spanning the Danube river at Vidin-Calafat should be commissioned into operation by the end of 2010, top European Commission officials told the Bulgarian side during a meeting on the project late last week.

The EC officials said the progress evident at the construction site is satisfactory but that the commission expects better results from the implementation of the project.

The bridge will be ready by April 2010, there is a new construction timetable that will make it...

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2008/04/14

On 11 April, one of the attractions of Sofia, the Ariana lake in the “Borissova gradina” park re-opened again, the press center of Sofia municipality informed.

Pedalos and boats will be in use again in the lake offering entertainment and opportunity for relaxation of young and adult.

This year, a children center will function in the area of the Ariana lake. It will be divided in two: for children under 5 and for children above 5 years.

Acoustic fence has been built, which to prevent...

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2008/04/14

Number of Russian tourists and business trips to Bulgaria in the following couple of years are about to increase, prognostikates Andre Gribi from Switzerland on a meeting with the Board of Directors of the Union for Investments in Tourism.
According to his words number of British tourists who visit the country will drop but the interest of Bulgarians towards local resorts will jump.

The potential ‘Europe' is not used enough, and this is a reserve that hides considerable possibilities for...

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2008/04/14

Pop star Elton John will make a private VIP concert in Bulgaria in October.

Unfortunately to his thousands fans sir Elton John will sing in the hotel of Bulgarian businessman Stefan Sharlopov in Sandanski (Southwestern town) in front of limited VIP audience.

That was announced by famous Bulgarian VIP attaché Evgeny Minchev.

The reason for the special event will be the birthday of Sharlopov, owner of chain luxurious hotels in Bulgaria.

The hotel, which of Elton John will be...

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2008/04/14

90, 000 tourists from Ireland had arrived last year in Bulgaria and their amount I expected to double during this tourist season.
That was announced by the Irish ambassador Jeffrey Keating by his visit in Varna.

Bulgaria and Ireland have very good opportunities for academic exchange; in this connection the ambassador will meet in Varna the directions of Economical and Medicine Universities to achieve concrete contracts.

There also will be established partnership between the Varna...

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2008/04/11

A bicycle line consistent with European standards will be built between the town of Shabla, on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, and the resort village of 2 Mai on Romania’s coast, Romanian media reported.

The 500,000-euro project, financed by Brussels, will begin in May. According to the Romanian daily newspaper Adevarul, its expected completion date is in November.

Both the Bulgarian and Romanian municipalities have received approval for the project and will organise a tender for the...

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2008/04/11

Burgas municipality received on official ceremony on Thursday, April 10 the award ‘Green Municipality'.
The coastal city was bestowed with the prestigious prize in the category ‘Realized object in civil green system', due to the reconstructions site in front of ‘Theatre for drama, opera and ballet'.

The garden is now with new alleys, banks and lights. The total investments for the repairs that continued for two months were 240,000 BGN (120,000 EUR).

‘Green Municipality' award in category...

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2008/04/11

The development of the project “Construction of the new combined (road and railway) bridge over the Danube river between the towns of Vidin (Bulgaria) and Calafat (Romania)” is to be discussed today at a meeting with representatives of the European Commission.

The event will be held in the conference center of the Regional administration in Vidin, informs Vidin.info.

The officials to take part in the meeting include the deputy minister of transport Vessela Gospodinova, the mayors of Vidin...

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2008/04/11

A trans-border project that envisions the operation of passengers ships connecting the Danube Delta in Romania with towns along Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast was initiated by Romania, media reported recently.

Three Romanian municipalities, Constanţa, Mangalia and Tulcea – all of them located along the country’s Black Sea coast, will be included in the project. On the Bulgarian side, the Balchik, Varna and Burgas municipalities will be partners.

Authorities hope that the project, which...

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2008/04/10

A brand new hospital is to be constructed in the Bansko Mountain resort in southwest Bulgaria, the Blagoevgrad newspaper "Vyara" reported.

Thus the largest winter resort in the Balkans is finally going to have its own hospital as it has used so far the medical facilities of the nearby town of Razlog.

The press service of the Bansko Municipality announced that the team of the architectural bureau "Tsentar" Single Member Ltd made a presentation of the large-scale project before the...

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