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2008/11/20

Mountain rescue service announced hot lines in case of accidents in the mountain: +359 887100241, +359 749 88131.

The local authorities banned the traffic of heavy machines through the Predela pass during weekends and holidays, to provide easy access to the world famous ski resort Bansko.

10 cm fresh powder dumped for the last 24 hours in Bansko. The snow cover on the slopes in Bansko now reached 20 cm. The snow is still falling in the mountains and the whether is foggy.

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2008/11/19

A drag lift and a one kilometer long ski slope will connect “Nezabravka” and “ Dobrila” huts in Stara Planina near Sopot. This was announced by the mayor of the municipality Mr. Veselin Lichev. The construction of the equipment was officially approved by the Ministry of Environment and Water of Bulgaria. The mayor announced that the drag lift will be build and managed by the local tourism association “Ivan Vazov”. Thus this part of the National Park Central Balkan will be also attractive during...

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2008/11/14

A helicopter completes the installation of the new lift in Chepelare

The lift will renew the now existing old and slow cable car, which is almost 30 years old.
The modern high speed quad will start operating by mid December.
The new lift has a capacity for 2000 persons per hour and tourists from Chepelare will be able to reach “Mechi Chal” peak for just 9 minutes.

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2008/11/14

This year Bansko will host a number of inetersting competiotions that worth the attention of all ski fans. However the biggest and most awaited of all is the round of FIS World Cup for women that will take place: 28 February - 01 March 2009.
It's all up to you, simply choose from the list below and pack your bags, Bansko awaits you!

22 - 23 November 2008 - Todorka Cup - alpine disciplines, men;

16 – 17 December 2008 - Capi Cup - alpine disciplines,...

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2008/11/14

Three golf courses and an airport will be constructed near Sozopol Beach Resort in Bulgaria. This is foreseen by the new structure plan of the town.

The terrains for the golf courses will be located between the villages of Ravna Gora and Izvor. Each golf course will be constructed on a plot of approximately 1000 decares. The predominating part of the land is municipality owned, the mayor of Sozopol, Panayot Reizi stated. The municipality expects a big investor interest and therefore plans to...

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2008/11/13

Glavbolgarstroy (GBS), one of Bulgaria's biggest construction companies, is gearing to build Rila motorway, which will provide speedy access from the capital to the winter resort of Borovets and tie it to Struma, Trakia and Hemus highways.

The news was announced by the holding company’s executive director, Kalin Peshov, at a public-private partnership conference held by Utilities Services and sponsored by Holding Patishta.

GSB has expressed interest with the ministries of finance,...

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2008/11/12

The acceptance of documents under the functional program “Fishery” within which Bulgaria will receive nearly 107 million euro from the European Union starts today.

The program for support of the fishery field till 2013 will be officially opened by the minister of agriculture and food Valeri Tsvetanov.

The aim of the program is to secure sustainable development of the fishery branch, to develop the fish products market and to improve the quality of life in the fishing regions....

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2008/11/12

Bulgarian retail developer ZBS said it will take wraps off the country’s first open-air shopping mall in 2010.

The Strand shopping centre should open doors in Burgas, on the northern Black Sea coast.

Stores in open-air malls line pedestrian walkways in an area complete with recreation places. The shopping centres have lower construction and maintenance costs than regular malls permitting smaller rental prices, the investor said.

“The open-air mall concept is very suitable for...

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2008/11/12

Finish Atomic bought the ski factory in Chepelare for 5 mil EUR. 10 mil more will be invested in total modernization of the factory facilities and machines. The plan is the factory in Chepelare to produce 1 000 000 pairs of skiis per year or 50% of the whole Atomic production worldwide.

The ski factory in the Bulgarian town of Chepelare to become one of the biggest ski producers in the world.
Probably the ski lovers all over the world, who are fond of the famous ATOMIC ski brand, do not...

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2008/11/10

A five star congress centre and a mall, financed by Israeli funds, will be constructed in Veliko Tarnovo, announced prof. d-r Krasimir Metodiev, honored consul of Israel in Bulgaria. He also added that during the past few months numerous Israeli companies, businessmen, science and public figures were attracted to Veliko Tarnovo.

Several projects are already on the way – the contraction of a mall and a trade centre along the way Varna – Sofia. He pointed that the investors from Israel want to...

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