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2007/09/20

"Arsenal" folklore ensemble leaves on two week tour in Japan. From ten years already Bulgarian folk dancers perform concerts in different Japan cities, teaching those who wish to Bulgarian dances.

In the next two weeks the boys and girls from ‘Arsenal' will dance in front of citizens from Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Fukuoka.

They will perform in Asia's biggest sport complex ‘Globul Arena'.

All expenses of the Bulgarians in Japan are taken by the complex owners, supported by Bulgarian...

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2007/09/20

New unique finds at Perperikon attract an increasing number of tourists. After three months of excavations, yesterday Prof. Nikolay Ovcharov officially announced the end of the archaeological summer at the cult site near Kurdjali.

"For these 90 days of intensive work the team has achieved highly interesting results. After three years of hard work the whole western part of the Perperikon acropolis was unearthed, the archaeologist said.

Dozens of altars from the Bronze and Early Iron age -...

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2007/09/20

Super luxurious, sport cars will participate in the rally in st. Vlas on 22d September. Organizers are “Neptune Motor Sport”, the company “Dinevi Group” and the Automobile Sport Club SBA – Varna.

This was announced by the press centre of “Dinevi Group”. Only serial sport cars with engines over 3000 CC. Limousines, Jeeps and professional race car will not be allowed. The teams will consist of two adult participants. The driver has to have valid driving license and the automobiles should have...

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2007/09/20

3600 companies from 48 countries have applied for participation in the International technical Fair in Plovdiv, its director Ivan Sokolov told media. The expo will take place September 24-29 in Bulgaria’s second largest city and leading companies will present innovations and high technologies. Emphasis will be laid on tools for EU funds’ absorption.

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2007/09/19

After Bulgaria had lost large number of German tourists that visited the Black Sea resorts in the past two to three years the number of bookings increased again in the 2007 summer season.

Representatives of the large tour operators that bring German tourists to Bulgaria said that the number of bookings made by Germans is expected to reach 350 000 to 400 000 which is a slight increase compared to 2006, Dnevnik daily reported.

Tour operators said that the German tourism market had come out...

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2007/09/19

Bulgarian company Golf Club Ibar said it plans to add a second golf resort to one it is already operating near the town of Dolna Bania, in the Sofia region.

The project, with a cost of around 75 mln levs, was presented Tuesday by Golf Club Ibar co-manager Ilia Lazarov and Paul Stringer, senior vice president of business development for Nicklaus Design, to the local investment promotion authority.

The golf resorts are developed in partnership with the Dolna Bania municipality which owns a...

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2007/09/19

A six-seat lift and two new ski runs will be constructed between the Pamporovo winter resort and the village of Stoikite.

The route for the lift has already been prepared and trees have been cleared. The route starts from the centre of the village and reaches Snezhanka peak, Focus news agency reported.

Stoikite mayor Ivan Malkochev confirmed news of the construction, but said that the procedure was “complicated and slow.” Public discussion on the environmental effects evaluation of the...

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2007/09/19

Energy, rhythm and light – these were the forces setting in motion life, even though for 5 days only, for the hundreds of participants in the Balkan Youth Festival staged for the 12th time in Bulgaria. This year the event was held in the town of Sandanski, Southwestern Bulgaria.
Directness and the pleasure of close communication were everywhere – among the street arts performers, singers on stage, and participants in the round table tackling the issue of informal education. So in the course...

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2007/09/18

Sofia Mayor Boiko Borisov opened officially the reconstructed lake ‘Ariana' situated in the centre of the capital, right next to Orlov most (Eagle's bridge).

Borisov turned the tap and the water filling of the lake started. Bulgaria's President Georgy Purvanov also attended the opening.

‘Ariana' will be filled in 14 days with 65,000 cubic meters of water.

From March to December there will be boats and water wheels, while in winter time the lake will be used as skating-ring.

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2007/09/17

On September 17 the Christian world honors the Holy martyrs Viara, Nadejda and Liubov (Faith, Hope and Love) and their mother - St. Sofia.
Legend says that in the first decades of II century, in Rome had lived a woman, named Sofia, that freely professed her faith in Cheeses Christ.

She brought up her three daughters - Viara, Nadejda and Liubov (Faith, Hope and Love) in trust in Christ too.

When the emperor by that time - Adrian understood about them decided to torture them until Sofia...

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