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2007/12/20

Bulgarians will see thick fog during their Christmas holiday and are to enjoy a snow blanket to cover the ground in the first days of the New Year, according to the forecasts.

Mountain holiday-makers will be able to walk and ski in sunny weather with temperatures set at between 2C and 7C.

A cold spell is to be felt across the country on December 26 and 27 due to strong winds.

It is expected to start snowing on December 28 and the thickness of the white blanket on the mountain...

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2007/12/20

The reorganised and enriched Third Bulgarian Kingdom 1878-1946 exhibition would open on December 21 at the National Museum of History (NIM), a NIM media statement said.
The exhibition consists of more than 850 exhibits, most of which are being shown for the first time. New exhibits would supplement each one of the themes presented.
A new aspect of the exhibition would be the separate displays dedicated to each of the Bulgarian monarchs of the period – Alexander I, Ferdinand I and Boris III,...

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2007/12/20

Today Bulgaria celebrates the Orthodox holiday – the day of Holy Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-bearer. According to the folklore legends the housewives should not sew, wash or knit on this day. The maids and the pregnant women showld not work to give an easy birth.

One of the most important sagas about this holiday says that the New Year depends on the first guest who steps in the house on the day of Holy Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-bearer. If this is a good person full of good thoughts he...

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2007/12/19

Winter Fiesta with Snowmen for the Official Opening of Ski Season 2008 in Borovets

The ski season in Borovets will be opened on Sunday – 23 December with unique celebration in the winter resort. Everyone is welcomed to participate in the competition for the creation of snowmen. The organizers from Borosport will provide snow blocks; build on a special technology, as well as instruments and accessories for decoration. Consultant and representative of the jury for assessment of the...

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2007/12/19

Obzor Beach Resort won the anual award for Apart-hotel of Bulgaria for 2007 at the Annual Ceremony of the Bulgarian Hotelier and Restaurant Association.

The Bulgarian Hotelier and Restaurant Association awarded its most prestigious prizes to the best owners and managers in the tourism on the official ceremony, which took place on December, 05, 2007 in the boutique

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2007/12/19

The official opening of the new winter season in the mountain resort of Chepelare takes place on the 21st of December in the newly opened Borika hotel. There will be a press conference in the conference hall of the hotel. A solemn ray accompanied by Rodopean bagpipe sounds and a holyday cocktail in Borika restaurant will mark the beginning of the new winter season 2007/08 in Chepelare. The event is organized by the society of the hotels and restaurants managers and the merchants – “Chepelare”,...

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2007/12/19

A charter service between Balaton and Bulgaria is to be launched next summer, FlyBalaton airport in Sármellék, on the western edge of the lake, has announced.

Hungarian tour operator Robinson Tours will start its first charter flight from FlyBalaton to Bourgas on June 18 2008, bringing Bulgaria's most popular beach resorts (including Sveti Vlas, Sunny beach, Nessebar, Sozopol etc) within reach of a one-and-a-half-hour flight, the Budapest Sun reported.

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2007/12/19

Sozopol is awarded with Golden Seal for being ‘Unique European Settlement'.
The award is given by European experts' forum and Official Agency for unique settlements in Europe.

The ‘Golden Seal' will be handed to Sozopol's Major Panajot Rejzi on an official ceremony on December 19 in Sofia City Art Gallery.

From now on all official documents of correspondence with European cities and countries and inside Bulgaria will be stamped with the unique golden seal.

Sozopol gains this award for...

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2007/12/18

A Christmas village built with the sponsorship of Bulgaria's first and largest GSM operator, M-Tel, will open doors today near the National Palace of Culture, Sofia.
Sofia City Mayor Boyko Borissov himself will be there to cut off the red ribbon.

The International Fair Plovdiv will also have a Christmas village of its own as of tomorrow. Both the Sofia and Plovdiv Christmas villages will have slides and ice-rinks and little shops selling sweets and drinks. Once a week, M-Tel will bring...

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2007/12/18

Borovets mountain resort management expects the occupation of the hotels in the complex to reach 100 per cent in the 2007/2008 winter season.

More than 82 per cent of the preliminary bookings in the resort were made by foreign tour-operators, mainly from the UK. Numerous tourists from Russia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Serbia and Macedonia were also expected.

Currently, Borovets had a capacity of 5 500 beds and resort management planned to increase the capacity to 8000 beds, BTA said. All...

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