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2008/02/29

Walltopia, the Bulgarian manufacturer of artificial climbing walls and holds, said it has broken ground for the construction of a new factory in the town of Letnitsa, Northern Bulgaria. Total investment is seen at 8 mln levs. The investor said production area of 3,800 sq m will be delivered during the first phase of construction at an estimated cost of 2.5 mln levs. The factory should be operational in 18 months. The production area will be expanded to 10,00 sq m in 5 years' time. Walltopia has...

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2008/02/29

The annual traditional folklore festival in the Rhodopi Mountains village of Shiroka luka will be held on March 1-2 this year. The festival is known worldwide and well-attended by Bulgarians from all over the country and foreigners from all ends of the world.

The event is held annually in March, with "koukeri" dancers (traditional Bulgarian mummers) gathering from many villages and performing in the picturesque Rhodopi village of Shiroka luka.

It is believed that the koukeri chase away the...

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2008/02/29

Varna will be presented with its own stand on the tourism market expo in Berlin, which will conduct from March 5 -9.
The Berlin Expo is the most significant tourist forum in world wide range, addressed as to professionals, so for the mass audience.

The mayor of Varna Kiril Yordanov will leave for German capital to attend personally the opening of Varna stand on the expo.

After the visit in Berlin, mayor Yordanov leaves for Israel, where he will take part in a meeting of mayor from all...

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2008/02/28

215 million EUR for tourism development are previewed by Operative program ‘Regional Development', the executive director of National Tourism Board Polly Karastoyanova announced.
One share of these resources will be used for building and modernizing of infrastructure in Bulgaria. First projects are expected to be approved in a month, and the realization to start in a month and a half.

The National Tourism Board and the National Municipality Union signed a cooperation agreement in the...

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2008/02/28

Museum centre for Thracian Art, a free aid by the Japanese government will be built in Eastern Rhodope Mountain.
The auction for execution of the project was won by Iwata Chizaki Kensetsu company, based in Hokkaido.

According to the preliminary plan, representatives of the consultant firm and of the company executor will start work on the project in Haskovo area at the end of march.

The town's mayor Georgy Ivanov promised the support and cooperation of the municipality for successful...

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2008/02/28

100 mln GBN will be invested in Pamporovo mountain resort till 2010. The last investments in the resort were at total value of 40 mln BGN and all lift stations and facilities in Pamporovo were renovated. The rope line connection and ski slope between Snezhanka peak and Stoikite village are in process of development. The new piste will be 3 km long. 1.5 mln BGN was put into the ski wardrobes and equipment.

About 9200 organized tourists and 3500 individual visitors used the services of the ski...

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2008/02/27

One of the wildest and most remote areas of Bulgaria – the Strandzha Mountain on the border with Turkey, seems to be turning into the next major destination for individual adventure tourism. With the growing number of travellers interested in ecotourism, this wild, preserved area, abundant with unexplored ancient and medieval ruins was a highlight of last week’s international tourism fair, Vacation – SPA and Expo 2008, in Sofia.

Situated in Bulgaria’s south-east and continuing deep in the...

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2008/02/27

33, 897 people have visited AGRA 2008 - a record in the 17 -year history of the International Agricultural Exposition.
The visitors' raise is 13, 5% compared to last year when guests were 29, 853.

The most of the foreign attendants were from Greece, Turkey, Serbia, Macedonia and Romania.
That's how AGRA has already turned into the most successful agriculture exposition on the Balkans.

Plovdiv, Stara Zagora and Sofia are the cities with biggest share of Bulgarian visitors.
The biggest...

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2008/02/26

Construction on the second bridge across the Danube river between Bulgaria and Romania would start in April this year, Transport Minister Petar Moutafchiev told reporters on February 25 2008, reported Focus news agency.

Moutafchiev's statement came before the scheduled meeting of Bulgaria's council on coordination, control and implementation of infrastructure projects of national significance, attended by Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev.

Spanish company FCC (Fomento de Construcciones and...

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2008/02/26

Bulgaria Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin opened Monday a round table as part of the "Bulgarian Symbols" National Campaign.

The themes of the forum, which took place in Grand Hotel Sofia, were: "The Bulgarian Symbols in Support Our Identity and as Bulgaria's Emblem Abroad", and "Bulgaria - Successful European Business and Tourist Destination."

The participants at the forum were also welcomed by Bulgaria's Deputy PM and Minister of Education Daniel Valchev, and by Deputy...

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