Town of Velingrad (Pazardjik District) is located in South-Central Bulgaria. It is part of Velingrad Municipality. Information about Town of Velingrad
[1] [2] [3] Finances: Alpha Bank With 14 New Offices in Bulgaria City of Sofia >> Thursday, 2008-10-09 17:36 Source: Novinite.com Alpha Bank has opened 14 new offices in Bulgaria since the beginning of 2008, the bank announced Thursday. Alpha Bank opened offices for the first time in the towns of Velingrad , Peshtera , Gorna Oriahovitsa , Kozloduy , and Belene and the total number of offices in Bulgaria has reached 90. " Our strategy aims at expanding the banking network in the country and considerably increasing our presence in major cities ," manager of the Alpha Bank in Bulgaria, Philip Petrou, said. In 2006, the bank, wh...
Travel: The State Tourist Agency Starts Massive Advertisement Campaign About Bulgaria Town of Velingrad >> Tuesday, 2008-09-30 13:13 Source: News.bg The Bulgarian State agency on tourism has started negotiations carriers for advertising the Bulgarian tourism on the T.I.R.s from the international transport. Thus successfully we can draw the attention, for example, over our golden treasures. This said the chair of the agency Aneliya Krushkova at a seminar in Velingrad , which marks the international day of tourism, informs “Yantra TODAY” newspaper. Till the end of the year the state tourist agency will start an advertisement campaign about Bulgaria on...
Accidents: Court Acquits Bulgaria`s Velingrad Former Bully Mayor in Trash Case Town of Velingrad >> Monday, 2008-09-29 09:47 Source: Novinite.com Sofia City Court acquitted Monday the MP and former mayor of the town of Velingrad Fidel Beev over trashing a man and threatening the victim`s family in a trial that dragged on for about a year and a half. The victim, Kostadin Piskov, who was beaten up and threatened in the incident in 2003 that occurred at a gas station, owned by Beev, filed a claim set at BGN 15,000. The judges however decided the defendant should pay him only BGN 3,000 compensation. After the end of the hearing, Piskov confessed he... News: Huge gas and oil deposits discovered in Bulgaria Town of Velingrad >> Friday, 2008-08-15 11:24 Source: FrogNews.bg The experienced radiesthesist Ivan Milev discovered oil deposits under the city of Svishtov on the Danube (north Bulgaria) and gas deposits near Velingrad (southwest Bulgaria). He found large quantities of uranium under an apartment block in Bourgas . There is an “oil sea” under Karnobat (near the Black Sea ), into which three arteries flow, reported radiesthesist Ivan Milev. The “black gold” flows toward Elhovo in the direction of northeast Greece and the European part of Turkey. There is an...
Travel: Velingrad - the spa capital of Bulgaria Town of Velingrad >> Wednesday, 2008-07-30 18:00 Source: Veneta Nickolova - BNR Velingrad is a town in Bulgaria and one of the most popular Bulgarian balneological resorts . It lies at the western corner of Chepino Valley in the Rhodope Mountain in Southern Bulgaria. Velingrad is situated at 750-800 m above sea level. Summer is warm and winter is mild. The average annual temperature is 10 degrees C, while the average July temperature is only 19 degrees C. Surrounded by age-old pine woods, the town favours abundant sunshine. The annual sunshine duration is about 2,000 hou... Society: Over 60,000 Companies in Bulgaria Are Run by Women Town of Velingrad >> Thursday, 2008-07-03 16:55 Source: Profit.bg Over 60,000 companies in Bulgaria are run by women, 63 per cent of whom have higher education, Deputy Economy and Energy Minister Anna Yaneva told a news conference on Wednesday, BTA reported. However, there are more companies run by men - the ratio is two to one, she said. Yaneva gave highlights of a forthcoming first international forum for women`s entrepreneurship. The forum will be held between September 26 and 30 in Sofia and Plovdiv. It is organized by the Association of Women Entrepreneurs in Bulg... News: Construction of three new dam lakes for drinking water under consideration Town of Velingrad >> Wednesday, 2008-06-04 10:48 Source: Focus Agency Project, which will be financed by the World Bank, about the construction of three new dam lakes, which main purpose will be to supply people with drinking water is under consideration. The dam lakes are Luda Yana, Balkovtsi and Plovdivtsi, Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, Asen Gagausov said before the participants in the 76th anniversary meeting of the International Committee of Big Reservoirs. Accidents: Murdered Sisters Bodies Exhumed Today Town of Pazardjik >> Wednesday, 2008-05-28 13:00 Source: Novinite.com The exhumation of the bodies of the Belneyski sisters is going to be executed today, as confirmed by the sisters` mother Fanny Belneyska in front of Darik radio. Belneyska has been informed about the exhumation yesterday by the Pazardzhik District Prosecutor Ivan Daskalov. Belneyska has stated that she was unaware of the reasons requiring the exhumation and was adamant that she would not attend it. " I gave my permission since my hope that my children`s murders would be found is the last to die ", the m... Travel: Bulgaria rates second in Europe by its number of mineral springs Town of Velingrad >> Wednesday, 2008-05-21 01:22 Source: Stroitelstvo Gradat About 128,000 tourists used SPA hotels in 2007, Bulgaria rates second in Europe by its number of mineral springs. To compare - Bulgaria`s western neighbour has been visited by 711,000 tourists in 2006 despite having only 40 spa centers. The most popular SPA resorts in the country are Velingrad , Sandanski and Hissar . Varshets has also a great potential but it has been quite in bad shape in the latest years and investments are needed. About 13% of all Bulgarian tourists and 18% of all foreigners... Accidents: Two men kidnap woman from Hisarya, caught by the police Town of Hissarya >> Saturday, 2008-05-17 12:30 Source: Focus Agency Two men who kidnapped a young woman from the town of Hisarya were caught by the police, the press centre of the Plovdiv police department reported. Last night, about 02.00 AM, the 19-year-old girl, resident of Hisarya , was forced into a Mercedes car by two strangers. The girl managed to overhear that her kidnappers will be travelling to the town of Velingrad and contacted her boyfriend via her mobile phone. The boyfriend immediately informed the Plovdiv police forces who launched a rescue operati...[1] [2] [3]