Politics: Chepelare won EU funding for rural region development Town of Chepelare >> Tuesday, 2009-07-07 15:00 Source: touristmedia.info A Chepelare initiative committee won European funding for rural region development, radio Focus Smolyan reported. The project will affect the municipalities of Banite , Luki and Chepelare . The European agriculture fund provides financial resources for such projects executed from 2007 and 2013. Overall funding for the Chepelare project totals 186 251 leva. Development of a tourism strategy for the three municipalities is one of the main aims of the project. Chepelare will be the municipality ... Business: Delicates 2 Ltd Zhitnitsa launched its 2nd plant Village of Jitnitsa >> Tuesday, 2009-04-14 09:50 Source: Darik Radio The Bulgarian meat procession company Delicates 2 Ltd ( village of Zhitnitsa , Plovdiv region ) launched its second plant, in which it invested BGN 10 M. The company`s owner, Velichko Yakov, said that the money had came both from the company`s profit, and from bank credit. The new facility has 5 500 square meters of working halls, and is equipped with new machines and facilities Tipper Tie Alpina, CFS, Doleschsl, HTS. Thirty working places were opened. After the new plant is functional t... Weather: Weather and road conditions in Bulgaria on March 18, 2009 Town of Luki >> 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 -... Properties: Green Home complex near Radinovo, Plovdiv Village of Radinovo >> Friday, 2009-02-27 22:54 Source: FrogNews.bg Children to be able to see many different birds and to grow up in a natural environment - this is the idea of "Terres Residential Complex" near village of Radinovo , Plovdiv region . The Green Home Idea The residential zone of Terres has a built-up area of 10 hectares just 5 km from the center of Plovdiv and 1 km from Trakia main highway. Twenty thousand square meters are set aside for a neighborhood park. A hundred wooden bird houses will be set up there as well as along the alleys between the houses... Accidents: Hotel Relax in village of Belashtitsa was burned down Village of Belashtitsa >> Tuesday, 2009-02-10 09:19 Source: Focus Agency Hotel Relax in village of Belashtitsa ( municipality Rodopi , Plovdiv region ) was burned down. No people have reportedly been injured, National Medical Coordinative Center press office told. Emergency Treatment teams are gone. 5 fire brigades are trying to put off the fire, Georgi Kunev from the fire brigade in Plovdiv said. 1st the teams were two but two more were sent afterwards due to the fact that the fire is strong. There were five people in the hotel but there is no information about injured o...
Accidents: Earthquake felt in districts of Kurdzhali, Haskovo, Plovdiv and Sofia District Kardjali >> Monday, 2008-12-29 08:29 Source: Novinite.com An earthquake with measuring a magnitude of 5 on the Richter Scale was felt in much of southern Bulgaria at 0:59 on Monday. The epicenter of the moderately strong earthquake was about 300 km southeast of Bulgaria`s capital Sofia , in the sea on the Greece-Turkey border, the Civil Protection National Service of the Bulgarian Ministry of Emergency Situations announced. The quake was felt in Bulgaria`s districts of Kurdzhali , Haskovo , Plovdiv , and Sofia , but there is no data about damages or inju...
Weather: Weather and road conditions in Bulgaria Town of Luki >> Tuesday, 2008-12-16 15:11 Source: Focus Agency Road surface in the most part of the country is dry, Press centre of Traffic Police Directorate informed. It is raining in the districts of Varna , Montana , Petrich , Sandanski , Bansko and Razlog . Roads in the highlands are frosted. Due to a fog, the visibility along Petrohan passage runs to 30 meters. There is risk of falling stones at the Troyan - Karnare passage, at the Iskar and Kresna gorge, on the roads of Sofia - Samokov , Mezdra - Botevgrad , Asenovgrad - Smolyan , Yugovo - Laki ... Politics: The Persenk area in region of Plovdiv and Smolyan is declared a protected zone Municipality Rodopi >> Wednesday, 2008-12-03 15:01 Source: News.bg With an order by the Minister of Environment - Dzhevdet Chakarov the Persenk area is declared a protected zone. This is the fifth protected zone in the region, radio Plovdiv announces. The area is situated on the territory of Plovdiv and Smolyan regions on an area of 162 thousand decares and the villages Sitovo and Lilkovo are situated in it.
The purpose of the inclusion of the zone in the eco network Natura 2000 is the protection and support of the living spaces of more than 20 species of pro...
Society: Over 400 people are jobless in Plovdiv regoion from beginning of October City of Plovdiv >> Thursday, 2008-11-20 11:37 Source: News.bg Mass lay offs have already aleready started, as over 400 people beginning October are jobless in the Plovdiv regoion . This was announced by the chair of the Regional syndicate "Podkrepa" Atanas Krastev, cited by Radio Plovdiv . According to him, the collapse is first expected in construction, tourism and railroad transport. About 150 people will be discharged from BSR (Bulgarian State Railroads), but the reason is the not the global crisis, but the decisions of the management of the company, Krastev s...