Smolyan District is located in South-Central Bulgaria. The District consists of 10 municipalities. The regional center is Town of Smolyan. Information about District Smolyan
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] >> Travel: Natural landmarks around Buynovo Village of Buynovo >> Wednesday, 2009-10-28 11:18 Source: BIA The Buinovo gorge is situated alongside the Trigrad gorge, on both sides of the Buinova River, an affluent of the Vacha River. The river crossing the majestic gorge forms picturesque waterfalls. The high, almost sheer rocks are so close in their upper parts that it seems easy to leap to the other side. Local people call the narrowest part of the gorge the Wolf jump. One of Bulgaria`s most beautiful caves - the Yagodinska cave is located in the upper part of the gorge. The cave is a five-level labyrinth ... 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... Travel: Lake of Kleptuza - one of Velingard symbols Town of Velingrad >> Thursday, 2009-10-22 13:16 Source: BIA Kleptuza Lake is the biggest Karst spring in Bulgaria - a symbol of the beautiful town of Velingrad in the Rhodope Mountains . This natural phenomenon wells up in the foot of an upright marble rock, covered with green moss. Depending on the season and the precipitation quantity, up to 1180 litres per second gush out on the surface, while the average capacity is 570 litres of freezing cold water, making two lakes running into Chepinska River. The lake`s name has a Greek origin and means "conceal in a ... Politics: Financial minister discussed anti-crisis measures with Smolyan businessmen Town of Smolyan >> Friday, 2009-10-16 10:00 Source: StandartNews Bulgarian government is planning to cut down interests on bank loans through a financial injection for the commercial banks . " We are in negotiations with the European Investment Bank over a loan agreement worth 1.4 billion euro ," Finance Minister Dyankov said. Minister Dyankov discussed a set of anti-crisis measures with representatives of the business in the town of Smolyan on Wednesday. " We want to provide fresh capital for the commercial banks so that they slash the loan interests. This will gi...
Travel: Kastrakli natural reserve in Rhodopes mountain (on the territory of Borino) mountain The Rhodopes >> Friday, 2009-10-09 00:20 Source: BIA The Kastrakli natural reserve is situated in the Rhodopi mountain , on the territory of Borino municipality . It occupies an area of 124 hectares and was established for the purpose of preserving the century-old pine forest, the unique rock formations and typical scenery. An artificial lake has been built in the reserve. It is situated in a high-mountain valley. The natural relief has been used as a wall. According to scientists, the Kastrakli region is the second place on the Planet, where over the p...
Culture: No lack interest of Perperikon District Kardjali >> Monday, 2009-10-05 12:27 Source: StandartNews The Thracian city of Perperikon has already become a trademark in cultural tourism, which suffered no lack interest due to the global economic crisis. " Over 200,000 people have visited the rock complex in 2009, as in August alone their number was twenty thousand. Tour operators organize excursions for foreign tourists, who are on vacation at the Black Sea resorts ," announced Bulgarian archaeologist professor Nikolay Ovcharov. Under PHARE programme have been allotted 2,6 million euro for the restorat...
Business: Rumours for selling of water bottler Devin raise price of company stocks Town of Devin >> Thursday, 2009-09-24 07:00 Source: investor.bg The reports that water bottler Devin may be sold for BGN 78 million to Advent International sent the company stocks skyrocketing by 19% and a source close to the company hinted that the quoted price tag was its real value but excluding debts. This poured cold water on investors` enthusiasm, leaving stocks up by around 7% in a volume of more than 30,000. The company closed at BGN 3.25 compared with BGN 3.01 on Friday. The CEO of Devin Tsvetan Lazhanski said that the report `include significant misleadi...
Health: BG post offices will be used for sale of medicines District Smolyan >> Tuesday, 2009-09-22 10:00 Source: StandartNews Bulgarian postmen will become pharmacists as of October. Apart from the letters, they will deliver medicines prescribed by the family doctor to the elderly people in the villages, Ivan Dimitrov director of the branch office of `Bulgarian Post` in the town of Pernik told the Standart. The pilot project already works successfully in 13 villages in Blagoevgrad and Smolyan districts. In October "Farma Post" service will be launched in the whole country. The pharmacists will have at their disposal specia... Culture: Unique Cult Complex found at Perperikon mountain The Rhodopes >> Thursday, 2009-09-17 00:42 Source: Novinite.com A team led by Bulgarian archaeologist Prof. Nikolay Ovcharov has uncovered an enormous cult complex at the ancient Thracian city of Perperikon in the Rhodoppe Mountains . The complex consists of at least 9 altars each 2 meters in diameter located on an area of 12 square km. They are dated back to about 1 500 BC thanks to objects discovered around them, which is about the time of Ancient Egypt and the civilization of Mycenae and Minoan Crete. This is the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age. On those a...
Culture: Professor Ovcharov with new finds at Perperikon District Kardjali >> Wednesday, 2009-09-02 20:10 Source: Novinite.com The team of Bulgarian archaeologist, Professor Nikolay Ovcharov, has discovered relics of a medieval saint at the fortress of Perperikon in the Rhodoppe Mountains . The remains of human bones were found inside one of two bronze crosses as the archaeologists were excavating two churches. One of the crosses is larger and has an life-like image of the crucified Jesus Christ on its front, and an image of Virgin Mary praying on its back. It is dated back to 10-11th century. The second cross is smaller, with ...
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