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2010/08/17

Over 150 participants in the yacht Tour International Danubien (TID) have landed in the Danubean town of Vidin in northwestern Bulgaria. They will visit some of the local landmarks and attractions.

Over 150 participants in the yacht Tour International Danubien (TID) have landed in the Danubean town of Vidin in northwestern Bulgaria. They will visit some of the local landmarks and attractions.

TID is the largest rowing regatta in the world and for two months each year participants...

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2010/08/10

This year, once again, Spirit of Burgas is a supporter of two important social causes which ideas are supported by the responsible citizen, not only in Bulgaria but around whole the civilized world. Both are exceptionally human and refer to the handicapped children in our society, on the one hand, and striving for a more human attitude towards animals, on the other.

This is the second consecutive year SPIRIT of Burgas is standing for the ideas of I CAN TOO foundation, which, through the...

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2010/08/10

The seventh yearly manna honey festival kicked off Monday in the southern Bulgarian Black Sea town of Tsarevo.

“Manna” honey is a honey produced by bees not from the nectar of flowers but out of secretions left on leaves by other insects who have eaten on them. It is darker in color, reaching red-brown, and is famous for its nutritional and health qualities and unique taste. In Bulgaria it is produced almost only in the Strandzha mountains by the Black Sea in the country's remote south-east...

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2010/08/09

Varshets marks 160 year anniversary of its official announcement as a spa resort, 60 years of its announcement as a spa resort of national significance and 100 years anniversary of the contraction of the first national mineral bath in Bulgaria.

A festive ceremony will mark the three anniversaries in the resort.

Before 1989 the resort used to welcome 130 000 tourists each year. Nowadays it welcomes just 22000 guests per year.
According to the representatives of the local tourism...

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2010/08/06

The Bulgarian Culture Ministry will receive gratuitous financial help of almost BGN 11 M from the EU Operational Program “Regional Development” for renovating cultural institutes.

On Friday, the Culture Minister, Vezdhi Rashidov, and the Deputy Minister for Regional Development, Liliana Pavlova, will sign eight contracts, amounting to BGN 10 963 580, with which the operational program will help the renovation of some cultural buildings in Bulgaria.

The buildings of the National Polytechnic...

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2010/08/06

Bulgaria’s advertising agencies “Mag Advertising” and “Kres” have won a public tender to market Bulgaria as a tourist destination abroad, according to the public tenders registry.

The tender is for BGN 6.5 M and is financed by the EU “Regional Development” program. It is divided in three parts, corresponding to the concrete market to be targeted.

“Mag Advertising” owned by businessman Krasen Kralev is to promote Bulgaria in Russia over the next 14 months for the amount of BGN 1.5 M. The...

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2010/08/06

Eileen Nischik, who arrived at Burgas Airport on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast 11.12 EET from Cologne, Germany, turned out to be the airport's one-millionth passenger for 2010.

The 23-year-old German comes with her boyfriend Torsten Dormann to spend a week in Black Sea resort town of Obzor.

The lucky traveler and her friend were serviced in the airport's VIP hall and greeted by the airport director Georgi Chipilski in a special ceremony.

This is the eighth year that the Burgas Airport...

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2010/08/06

The new road to Devin spa and wellness resort is opened. The road is 21 km long and starts form the exit of the Mihalkovo village, reaching Devin. The new trace passes east of the old road and offers high quality road surface and a modern marking. Thus the access to Devin and its vicinities will be easier and the travel time to the resort is significantly shortened.

The new road passes high in the mountain hills and offers incredible views towards the mountain.

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2010/08/05

The Bulgarians can now fly from Plovdiv to London's Stansted Airport for just 33 euro, as Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair has included the airport in Bulgaria's second largest city in its flight destinations. The first flight from Plovdiv to London is scheduled for November 2. Ryanair will carry out two Plovdiv-London flights a week. The airliner's management expects annual turnover of over 30,000 passengers. The new airline will also open thirty job positions.
"This is the first visible result...

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2010/08/03

The World Heritage Committee meeting in Brazil extended Sunday the World Heritage statute of Bulgaria’s Pirin Natural Park.

The Committee also inscribed three new cultural sites, including two in Mexico and one in Brazil and three natural sites in China, Kiribati, and Reunion Island (France).

The Pirin National Park in Bulgaria spreads over an area of over 27 000 hectares, at an altitude between 1008 and 2914 m in the Pirin Mountains in southwest Bulgaria. The site comprises diverse...

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