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2007/03/26

The mayor of Samokov Mr. Angel Nikolov was the first to try the new equipment. The head of the executive company “Total” – Mr. Emil Nikolov also attended the event. The ride to the ridge and back went perfectly well, despite of the strong wind. The equipment was constructed at the end of the last year. Its total cost is 250 thousand BGN and it is 1100 metres long. It is part of the project for winter complex over the southern neighbourhood of Samokov – “Boricho”. A brand new electricity system...

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2007/03/23

Bulgarian jazz fans will have the opportunity to attend the concerts of jazz bands Mezzoforte and DePhazz and that of bassist Marcus Miller during the traditional spring jazz festival Sofia Jazz Peak 2007.

Icelandic funk fusion band Mezzoforte will stage a concert in Sofia’s National Palace of Culture on April 18 2007, avtora.com said. The band has already visited Bulgaria twice.

Mezzoforte was founded 30 years ago and had released 11 albums so far.

The concert of German DePhazz...

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2007/03/23

Bulgarian competitors in the Eurovision song contest Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov rank second in the preliminary voting on the Eurovision website.

Cyprus occupies the first spot. Its representative has 2474 points, while the Bulgarian duet accumulated 2381 points.

Todorova and Yankoulov will present their song during a concert in Italy’s capital of Rome on March 25 2007, avtora.com reported.

The concert will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the EU and each EU member state...

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2007/03/23

Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski won for the second time in their career the world champions title.
Denkova and Staviski defeated competing ice dancing couples in the World Figure Skating Championship in Japan’s Tokyo.

The Bulgarians took the lead after the second phase of the competition, the original dance. They increased the score difference through the free programme, Focus Sport agency reported.

The score of 201.61 points gave them lead over Canadians Marie-France Dubreuil and...

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2007/03/19

Bulgaria will take part in Moscow’s tourism expo MITT’2007 with a national stall. It will take place March 21 – 24, 2007, the State Tourism Agency has announced. Unprecedentedly, the stall will be a two-story one with a span of 608 sq m. MITT is the world’s fourth biggest tourism exhibition.
In 2006 2,700 companies from 111 countries, 65 international organizations, 6 international regional structures took part in it. It is organized by ITE. The expo offers all kinds of tourist services.

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2007/03/16

The mobile communication company Vivatel have organized “Vivatel Snowboard Tour”, the first amateur snowboard competition in Bulgaria. The contest will take place at “Yulen” in Bansko track on 17th of March and at “Zaeka” (The Rabbit) track in Vitosha on 24 of March.
The manager team of Vivatel has decided that it is enough time to give chance of the amateur snowboarders to show their skills, to win a lot of prizes and to have a lot of fun.
The competitors are divided in 4...

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2007/03/06

Authentic Bulgaria is the name of an independent trademark for quality in tourism, awarded to small hotels, private lodgings and catering outlets, complying with set regulations for authenticity and original tourist product.
The VEGA Consortium (Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance), financed by USAID (US Agency for International Development) is in charge of the project which covers development and implementation of an independent trademark for tourist quality and a private system of...

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2007/03/05

World famous bands from the near past Europe, Eruption, Supermax, Hot Chocolate and Hermes House Band will come to Bulgaria in May 2007.
They will all take part in the Lovech Music Fest from May 6 to 11, avtora.com said.
All concerts during the fest will be free of charge for visitors.

Bulgaria’s famous bands Shtourtsite, Familiya Tonika, Mastilo and BTR will also take part in the fest. Only Shtourtsite will stage a separate concert. They will open the fest on May 6.

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2007/03/05

Thirty plots with total area of 260 acres in the region of Bosilkovo, Davidkovo, Zagrajden, Riben dol villages have been bought by a Bulgarian-Irish company. The contractors intend to invest more than BGN 100 million in the construction of summer houses and chalets, spa centre and a small oil refinery to produce essential oils of thyme, juniper, raspberry, black currant.

A couple of Bulgarian companies are interested in building of resort complexes in the region of Zagrajden village. A...

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2007/03/05

The project “On the road of the Thracians” of the Zlatograd municipality has won 190 000 euro from the Phare program - crossborder collaboration. The town applied for the subsidy together with its fraternized town of Hrisopulis in Greece, said the vice-mayor of Zlatograd Krasimir Mladenov.

The project will be realized in 18 months. "Our intentions are to bring into the world what our Thracian ancestors have left to us near the village of Strashimir", said the vice-mayor. The native people and...

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