News Full listing

2007/06/26

Rose oil prices in Bulgaria could reach 5000 euro per kg, according to predictions of producers.

The current price varies between 4500 to 4700 euro per kg but it may increase if the global market faces shortage of rose oil, investor.bg reported.

Bulgaria is the only European Union country which produces large quantities of world-quality rose oil, representative of rose oil company Natural Aromatic Ivan Dimitrov said.

Despite floods and the drought in 2007, rose oil produced in Bulgaria...

[ more... ]

2007/06/25

Archeologists have uncovered a unique find close to the village of Ohoden, Vratsa, northwestern Bulgaria, a journalist of FOCUS News Agency reported.

It constitutes an agricultural instrument that was used as a gunflint in the past. It was found in the excavations that are made in the region after archeologists found a fully preserved skeleton from the early neolith. It is kept at the Regional Museum of History in Vratsa.

Georgi Ganetsovski, head of the archeology group has said the find...

[ more... ]

2007/06/25

The State Agency for Tourism (SAT) proposed dividing Bulgarian tourist attractions on a regional basis as a way of presenting the country’s treasures to the foreign market. According to tourism specialist Diana Bozhkova, this would be the best way to show foreigners what Bulgaria has to offer in terms of tourism. She said that tourism needed to be divided regionally because of the wide range of local tourism products. Because each region has its own specific appearance and landmarks, the...

[ more... ]

2007/06/25

Passengers, who prefer to use the most pleasant means of transport - the yacht - now have the opportunity to enter Bulgaria through the seaside resort of Saint Vlas.

This became possible after the inauguration of the country's first private and biggest yacht port "Marina-Dinevi" on Sunday.

The modern yacht port has 300 yacht places including those for the big king class vessels, which are longer than 25 meters. Each of the places is supplied with electricity, water, cable TV, telephone,...

[ more... ]

2007/06/22

The town of Razgrad plans to develop its own tourism zone, the construction of which will cost nearly 300 000 euro.

The zone will include 14 tourism routes with total length of 46km, eight walking routes, two bicycle paths and two horse riding routes, Bulgarian news agency BTA reported.

Deputy Regional Development Minister Dimcho Mihalevski will launch work on the zone on June 22.

The new tourism zone is part of a project for tourism development in the region of Loudogorie and part...

[ more... ]

2007/06/22

During their first day of exploration in the Vratsa region, archaeologists found an important artifact.

The team of Nartsis Torbov found a silver Roman coin, dating back to the first century BC.

Finding such item during the first day of work confirmed the archaeologists’ theory that Vratsa existed before Slavic tribes settled there.

The terrain has been well-known but never fully explored, Focus news agency reported.

Archaeologists are currently uncovering a construction, which they...

[ more... ]

2007/06/22

Rila Monastery will open its renovated ecclesiastical and historical museum on June 23, 2007 at 5.30 pm, the organizers announced for FOCUS News Agency.

The museum was closed for eight months, in which the exposition was enriched and underwent some improvements.
Many of the expositions have been restored and conserved. Museum visitors will see unique church garments and belongings for the first time ever.

The electric, AC and security installations have been replaced as well as the...

[ more... ]

2007/06/21

Buscalo magazine commends Bulgarian beautiful resorts and cheap real estates.

"What culinary temptation could we sample in Bulgaria? Of course, tripe soup. This is a traditional dish, made of beef tripe, milk, red pepper, garlic and vinegar, the Bulgarians believe to be the best remedy for hangover. Don't miss the opportunity to taste the so-called kebapche (spicy grilled minced-meat rolls) and mlechna salata (thick yogurt with cucumbers dill and garlic,) Buscalo magazine...

[ more... ]

2007/06/20

This summer, a team of Bulgarian archaeologists will search for proofs to the thesis that Vratsa was the capital of the Tribali tribe where generations of Thracian rulers lived. The excavations will start in the region of Vratsata pass where the experts expect to find a 2,800-year-old settlement. If their hypothesis is proven true, they will disprove the widespread assumption that Vratsa was founded by the Slavs in 6th century AD.

The town will become as famous as Troy or the Valley of Kings,...

[ more... ]

2007/06/20

A total of 73,000 tourists visited the Old Bulgarian capital, the city of Veliko Turnovo (Central Bulgaria) in the first six months of 2007.
The statistics say that almost 24,000 visitors went sigh seeing in Veliko Turnovo from January to March, 2007.

In the next 3 months (April - June) nearly 49,300 tourists visited the city.

Considering the tourism visits for the year till now, the expectations are that the interest to Veliko Turnovo, compared to 2006 will be...

[ more... ]

Pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188