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2008/02/07

A very rare orchid “Malipoen Venus' Shoe” (Paphiopedilum malipoense) has blossomed in the Botanical garden of Bulgarian academy of science, informed BNR.

The Chinese call the flower the “Nephrite slipper” orchid.

The orchid is described in 1984 under a herbarium model collected in 1947. The flower could be found in very difficult to access areas in China and in the most northern regions of Viet Nam. It inhabits steep rocky limy hills between 570 and 1600 m above sea level.

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2008/02/06

A total of 722 firms from 39 countries had applied for participation at the most prestigious agriculture forum of South-Eastern Europe.
The forum will take place in the fair complex of Plovdiv city starting from February 19 until 23rd.

The booked area for Agra 2008 is with almost 40% more compared to last year. The event will be opened by Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister Nihat Kabil.

The foreign exhibitors are 378, as the most companies are Italian (81), followed by Germany (60),...

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2008/02/06

Srebarna Nature Reserve was announced for protected area according to the Law for Biological Diversity, after the Environmental Ministry published on Wednesday, February 6 about 6 zones that goes under NATURA 2000 ecology network.

The other five protected areas are: 'Island next to Gorni Tsibar', 'Tsibar's marsh', Gorni Dubnik - Telish', 'Chairya' (near Dobrich city), 'Breeding pool - Orsoya'.

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The Srebarna Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in North -...

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2008/02/05

The mayor of Bansko, Mr. Alexander Kravarov, and the head of the municipal council, Mr. Gerogie Ikonomov, met the British ambassador in Bulgaria, Mr. Steve Williams and the deputy consul Denis Baker. The meeting took place yesterday and was initiated by the British ambassador. The mayor of Bansko announced that the British ambassador was interested in the perspectives of Bansko as a tourist destination, because many of the tourists visiting Bansko are British.

The future investments in...

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2008/02/05

Bulgaria will present a virtual tour of Perperikon at the Holiday, Tourism and Leisure Fair in Brussels, held on February 7-11 2008.

Students from two schools in Kardjali in southeastern Bulgaria, the region where Perperikon is located, designed the virtual tour, Dnevnik daily said.

The virtual tour includes full information on the ancient rock town, from its establishment, through the early Iron Age, until the late Middle Ages.

During the fair, Kurdjali town hall and the local Centre...

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2008/02/05

A national meeting of Bulgarian cultural community clubs (known as chitalishta) from rural areas is to take place Tuesday at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia. It is sponsored by the Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture and Food Supply.

The main objective of the meeting is to coordinate and enhance the participation of the cultural community clubs in the application of the National Program for Development of Rural Areas for 2007-2013.

Tuesday's meeting is to put an emphasis on the...

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2008/02/04

This year for the first time Bulgaria is officially announced as a tourist destination in China and our country can expect much more Chinese tourists in the summer of 2008, The State Agency of Tourism (SAT) director Anelia Krushkova announced.

According to Krushkova, Chinese tourists are interested mainly in gambling and Bulgaria has 4,216 officially registered casinos and gamble houses.

This year the summer season in Bulgaria will start earlier and this is a tendency, which will be...

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2008/02/04

Italian historians will take part in the rescuing of the only temple-well in Bulgaria.
The unique monument is called ‘Pusto Gurlo' (‘Vain Throat') and is located in Gurlo Village, Pernik area.
Scientists dated it from XIV century before Christ.

Together with Pernik Municipality, the specialists from Italy will make a project to apply for EU funds granting.
The received resources will be used to be constructed new road to the temple-well, to restore the surrounding objects and a hotel...

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2008/02/04

The president of the State Tourism Agency, Anelia Krushkova will present Bulgaria as an attractive tourist destination at tourism seminar in Tokyo – Japan. The event, which has started today, lasts till the 8th of February. Representatives of the tourism administrations of Albania, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Monte Negro, Moldavia, Serbia and Ukraine will take part in the seminar too. The participants will present their communication strategies to attract more tourists...

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2008/02/01

Round 250,000 Russians are expected to visit Bulgaria during the coming summer season.
This was informed by the consul general of the Russian federation in Varna city Anatolii Shtelkunov, quoted by the Standart daily.
According to his words the number of the Russian holiday makers is increasing every year. In 2007 their number reached 200,000 people.

The diplomat commented that an excitement in the tourist stream is expected after the passed visit of President Vladimir Putin to Bulgaria and...

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