[1] [2] [3] [4] Health: After Pleven and Turgovishte state of flu epidemic in Yambol, Stara Zagora, Bourgas, Lovech and Gabrovo District Yambol >> Tuesday, 2009-11-03 02:00 Source: BTA The local epidemiological authorities declared Monday a state of flu epidemic in Yambol , Stara Zagora , Bourgas , Lovech and Gabrovo . Bourgas municipality called off all mass cultural events. From today until November 7 school classes have been suspended on the entire territory of the municipality by decision of the regional team of experts responsible for the fight against flu and severe respiratory conditions. In Yambol , the flu incidence is last week was 362 per 10,000 population. Students...
Health: Flu epidemic declared only in the municipality of Nikopol Municipality Nikopol >> Friday, 2009-10-30 15:40 Source: Focus Agency There is no serious change in the spreading of the flu virus in Bulgaria, the Ministry of Healthcare announced. Up to the present moment, there is flu epidemic declared only in the municipality of Nikopol . There is high sick rate in the regions of Yambol , Stara Zagora , Gabrovo , Burgas , Pleven , Montana , Shumen and Lovech , where the sick people run to around 100-150 per ach 10,000. The sick rate in the municipality of Tryavna has started gradually decreasing.The epidemic situation in th...
Lifestyle: Sofia is The Best City to Live In for 2009Rated City of Sofia >> Tuesday, 2009-10-27 18:01 Source: News Guide Bulgaria For first time Sofia wins in the poll "Best city to live in", organized by Darik Radio, DarikNews.bg and the Bulgarian daily "24 Chasa". In the last two editions the big winner was city of Varna . In the ranking of 44 cities and towns in Bulgaria, each one was evaluated using 32 criteria. The capital Sofia won the first place with 234 points, Varna came in a close second with 233 points and Burgas was third with 219 points. Sofia received the maximum number of points in the areas of: investmen... Business: 2008 was difficult for Balkanpharma plants in Troyan, Razgrad and Dupnitsa Town of Troyan >> Wednesday, 2009-07-15 07:00 Source: Dnevnik.bg The drug makers in the Balkanpharma group, owned by Iceland’s Actavis, have worsened their financial performance in 2008, showed the reports filed with the commercial registrar. Balkanpharma Troyan lowered its loss but sales slipped to BGN 28.75 million, the bulk of it generated by exports and only BGN 1.6 million from the domestic market. Balkanpharma Razgrad ended the year with a 28% drop in profit as revenue slid 24%. The lion’s share of almost 92% of the receipts came from ten major customers an...
Culture: Thracian Sanctuary - Chuchul Summit in region of Troyan passage Town of Troyan >> Wednesday, 2009-04-29 11:20 Source: BIA This Thracian sanctuary is situated in the highest part of the Chuchul summit (1379 m), in the region of today’s Troyan passage. The Chuchul summit is a crossroad of two paths – one of them leading to the Ad radices station (Kamen most region), and the second one leading to the Troyan monastery. The sanctuary is considered a place of religious cult. During its research, fragments of badly baked ceramic vessels have been discovered. Obviously, the vessels have been prepared for ritual laying. The ceramic...
Travel: Kozya Stena Reserve near village of Chiflik Village of Chiflik >> Tuesday, 2009-03-31 12:23 Source: BIA Kozya Stena (Chamois Wall) Reserve is the smallest reserve in the Central Balkan Mountains national park. It was declared reserve on December 22, 1987, to preserve the endemic species edelweiss and the beech-fir woods aged over 100 years. Kozya Stena is situated in the steep part of the Balkan Mountains, near the village of Chiflik , Troyan municipality . The reserve spreads on area of 904 hectares and the rock phenomenon Kozya Stena, as well as other weird rock formations, is found here, which ma...
Business: Lessoplast JSC Troyan reported drop of sales income Town of Troyan >> Monday, 2009-03-30 10:10 Source: Pari Daily Lessoplast JSC, the wood mill of Troyan, reported drop of sales income for 2008 to BGN 47.7 million. The main reason is the drop of production. Expenses also fell by 11% to BGN 6 million. Profit of the plant decreased by 56% to BGN 669,000. Company’s management expects neither another drop of sales in 2009 nor rise of production. Owner of Lessoplast is Austrian Welde with 77% of the capital. Culture: Sostra Fortress near village of Lomets (Troyan province) Village of Lomets >> Friday, 2009-03-27 07:00 Source: BIA The Sostra Fortress is located near the village of Lomets , Troyan municipality . This is best protected Roman military post in Bulgaria and is a unique monument within the entire Sostra Fortress Empire because of its architecture. It was explored for the first time by the Austro-Hungarian archeologists Felix Philipp Kanitz in the second half of 19th century. Sostra was built over the ruins of a Thracian settlement and it was a fortification of a military cohort of 1000 people. The settlement was s...
Weather: Weather and road conditions in Bulgaria on March 18, 2009 Town of Troyan >> Wednesday, 2009-03-18 09:07 Source: touristmedia.info Roads in Bulgaria are accessible. Temperatures vary between -5 and five degrees Celsius. Rain is falling in the regions of Ruse , Shumen , Turgovishte , Byala Slatina and Elena . Visibility is good. Snowy regions at higher altitudes are currently being processed. Etropole - Zlatitsa , Tvurditsa - Elena , Prohod na Repiblikata, Troyan - Kurnare and Vurbishki passes are closed. Falling rock danger exists in the regions of Troyan - Kurnare pass, the Iskur and Kresna gorges and on the Sofia -... Business: Troyan based manufacturer of motors and generators resumed production Town of Troyan >> Tuesday, 2009-01-13 10:12 Source: Pari Daily Elma JSC manufacturer of motors and generators for domestic and industrial usage located in Troyan stopped work at the end of 2008 due to decreased sales and lack of finances. From the beginning of 2009, it resumed production. For the nine months of 2008, the company reported drop of consolidated sales incomes to BGN 8.4 million year on year. Losses in 2008 amounted to BGN 950,000 against BGN 256,000 profit a year earlier.[1] [2] [3] [4]