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2007/07/03

About 300 children from six countries are to take part in the international dance festival in Bulgaria's Danube town of Silistra to be opened on Monday.

The event, which will continue until July 6, is to be held under the motto "Tomorrow's Peace Begins with Today's Friendship."

Young professionals from Russia, Romania, Ukraine, Hungary, Georgia and Bulgaria are to represent their countries' traditional dances in the concerts to be staged in the local theatre.

More than 4,000 children...

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2007/07/02

Archaeologists from the National History Museum (NHM) in Sofia found a 5000-year old treasure near the village of Dubene in the region of Karlovo.

Decorations are in the form of spirals made of a thin tubule of almost pure gold, Focus news agency reported.

The find was made during excavation works in small pre-historic mounds.

The spirals are the only ones of their kind among all pre-historic discoveries in Bulgaria. They were found together with eight different ceramic vessels on...

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2007/07/02

The interest of foreign investors in the acquisition of property located in areas having mineral springs is growing, consultants from Home for You said.

Velingrad, which has already established itself as a spa destination, is growing in popularity. Research shows it is among the top destinations for both foreign and Bulgarian investors.

Agents said that Velingrad had the potential to develop into a European resort and into one of Bulgaria’s best spa resorts.

Foreigners also continue...

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2007/06/29

Six lifeguards will patrol along the stripe of the popular Bourgas beach from 10 PM on 31st of July to 7 o’clock AM on the next morning.

The concessionary of ‘”Bourgas North” will take care of the safety of everyone who will welcome the sun rise on the coastline. During the “July Morning” the lifeguards will observe the whole perimeter of the north stripe, equipped with radio stations and powerful lighters. The head of the lifeguard bureau Nikolai Ivanov appealed to all of the participants of...

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2007/06/29

August 7 2007 is considered to be a lucky day, which affected the decision of various couples willing to get married.

Sofia will witness the weddings of 170 couples on that date.

All possible civil marriage timeslots have already been booked. A maximum of few more couples will be given the chance to get married on July 7.

Similar developments occurred for the date 06.06.2006. This year, however, the number of weddings on July 7 is expected to be significantly bigger.

The town of...

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2007/06/29

Bulgarian villages will receive additional funding of 10.5 million leva from the SAPARD programme aimed at infrastructure renovation.

Infrastructure projects to apply for SAPARD funding have to evaluated at up to 100 000 leva, state agriculture fund head Dimitar Tadarukov said as quoted by Focus news agency.

The requirement will allow more than 100 Bulgarian municipalities improve their infrastructure within the next three months, Tadarukov said.

All projects and contracts have to be...

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2007/06/29

Nearly 250 million euro have been invested in the Bulgarian Black Sea resort of Golden Sands in the past six years.

The resort will mark its 50th anniversary with a number of festivals, investor.bg reported.

Money has been invested mainly in hotel construction and the setting up of luxurious vacation complexes in the resort.

The number of hotels there was only eight in 1957. Now their number exceeds 90. Almost 80 per cent of the beds have already been booked.

Nearly 15 million...

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2007/06/28

Fire dancing, a ritual having its roots in the Bulgarian Strandzha Mountain, was revived in the centre of Sofia as part of a campaign to protect the mountain area, which is a state natural park.

A coalition of 17 eco activist organizations organized the event, making it a symbolic summoning of the Supreme Administrative Court so that the magistrates focus their attention on the protection of the national park from destruction.

The eco activists want to preserve Strandzha's nature from...

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2007/06/28

A group of Russian bikers, making a trip across Bulgaria, dedicated to the coming 130 anniversary of the Russian-Turkish War of Liberation, will be officially welcomed in Sofia's centre by the vice-chairman of the State Agency of Tourism (SAT) and representatives of the Russian Embassy in Bulgaria.

The initiative is part of the program that presents to the Russian young auditory the new, untraditional and informal face of Bulgaria - attractive tourist destination directed to the most active...

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2007/06/27

This year is the second edition of ‘Girls Go Windsurfing', supported by Vivatel mobile operator.
The event is now taking place from June 26 till July 1 on surf base ‘Siroko', ‘Zlatna Ribka' (Golden Fish) camping site, Southern from Sozopol.

During these 3 days, professional surf instructors will launch free windsurf course to ladies.

The course will end with a competition between the participants. The initiative is part of the international program ‘Girls Go Surfing', on which till now...

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