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2007/09/17

The ferryboat between Bulgarian Silistra and Romanian Calarasi is planned to start working from the beginning of October 2007.

This has been the result of a meeting on Thursday October 13 between Regional development and Public Works Minister Assen Gagaouzov and his Romanian colleague László Borbély, reported Bulgarian National Radio (BNR).

Not yet decided were the taxes which would be levied for the use of the transport.

Prices are expected to be equivalent to those on other Bulgarian...

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2007/09/15

Within the framework of Bulgaria's presidency of the Central European Initiative (CEI), the Bulgarian State Agency for Tourism (SAT) will host a work meeting of heads of tourism administrations of CEI member countries.

The meeting will take place September 14 in Evksinograd, Focus news agency reported.

Anelia Kroushkova, head of SAT, Harold Kreid, director general of the executive secretariat of CEI, and national CEI coordinator Svilen Iliev would officially welcome the participating...

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2007/09/13

Second National Tourism Forum ‘Nature and Tourism' will be lead on September 20-22 in Uzana area (the geographic centre of Bulgaria), municipality of Gabrovo.
Natural Park ‘Bulgarka', Gabrovo municipality, tourist association ‘Gabrovo', State Agency of Tourism (SAT) and local association of Tour Agencies will organize the event.

Main purpose of the forum, dedicated to the ecotourism, will be the discussion of problems, related with the rational use of environment as tourism recourse; with...

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2007/09/13

In Russia, the sales of Bulgarian wines are way ahead of the wines from Moldova.

Russia announced that the Bulgarian wines held place N 1 in sales in the country. Russian National Association of Alcoholic drinks reported that the figure of wines imported from Bulgaria held the record sales at present. Import of Bulgarian wines and other alcoholic drinks increased by 70 percent in the first seven months of 2007, compared to the same period in 2006. The Russian newspaper Novye Izvestiya...

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2007/09/12

For third time in a row Bulgaria's State Agency of Tourism (SAT) organizes Bulgaria's participation in the international tourism expo JATA WTF - Tokyo.

For third time in a row Bulgaria's State Agency of Tourism (SAT) organizes Bulgaria's participation in the international tourism expo JATA WTF - Tokyo.
Samples from Bulgarian wine and Bulgarian yogurt will be presented on the event. There will be also foreseen national musical folklore performance.

The informational stand will be...

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2007/09/12

A photographic exhibition entitled Earth From The Air, which includes 117 pictures, will arrive in Sofia on September 17.

More than 100 million people from 70 countries have already seen the exhibition, organisers of the event said, as quoted by Bulgarian news agency BTA.

The photographs are by French photographer and ecologist Yann Arthus-Bertrand and will be on display on the pedestrian bridge behind the National Palace of Culture for two months till Nov.18 2007. Entry to the exhibit -...

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2007/09/11

Connection between Black Sea and Danube gives very important, huge and additional opportunities for developing of Danube collaboration, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivaylo Kalfin said at the press conference of the towns situated on the bank of Danube River on Friday in the town of Vidin. What we are doing and have in mind, as an idea is to enlarge the opportunities that Danube collaboration is affording.

The Minister added that he really see the initiative, wish and activity of the Bulgarian...

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2007/09/10

The palace at the coastal town of Balchik reported a profit of BGN 1 M for the summer of this year, a 100% increase over last year.
"The number of guests that visited the palace was twice as many as last year's 650,000," Toshko Gyaurov, director of the cultural institute, boasted.
Foreigners outnumbered by a large margin Bulgarian tourists and accounted for 70% of the total number of visitors.

The management announced plans to turn the palace into a year-round tourism destination,...

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2007/09/10

The Rila mountains, hot mineral water, and the old Roman town Germaneya attract the tourists in Bulgarian resort of Sapareva Banya.

Sapareva Banya opened in 2006 an information tourism centre under the PHARE programme intended to provide information to tourists interested in visiting the sites on the territory of the municipality, Focus news agency reported.

The centre is located near one of the town's nature attractions; the geyser with the hottest mineral water in the continental part...

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2007/09/05

The fifth International Short Film Festival in Balchik, organised by Bulgarian university students, will take place between September 9 and 15 2007.

The event can be attended for free by all short film fans, according to Focus news agency.

The 2007 edition of the festival includes participants from 62 countries.

Two film challenges will take place as part of the festival. A 48-hour film challenge which consist of the complete production of a film, from scripting and shooting to...

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