[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Accidents: Double killing near Vacha dam (between Plovdiv and Smolyan) City of Plovdiv >> Tuesday, 2009-11-17 10:28 Source: Focus Agency The police continue investigating the double killing close to Vacha (Antonivanovtsi) reservoir located between region of Plovdiv and Smolyan , Interior Ministry`s press center announced. The 30-year-old killer is detained for 24 hours after shooting two men aged 30 and 35 dead on Monday evening. According to the initial information five men were in a house on the reservoir. At about 9:00 p.m. one of them took out a gun and shot two of the other men dead. They died on the spot. Pre-trial proce... 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 Town of Devin >> 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... Accidents: Treasure hunters destroyed an ancient bridge in village of Borino Village of Borino >> Friday, 2009-08-21 11:10 Source: touristmedia.info Treasure hunters are destroying an ancient bridge in the Smolyan region village of Borino , radio Focus- Smolyan reported. The bridge dates back to the Roman period. Its most recent renovation took place under the Ottoman rule. Treasure hunters have been digging its foundations over a long period of time and the bridge is currently in poor condition. Renovation works started once again in 1982 but were never finalized. The build was part of an ancient Thracian road that connected the town of Pazardzh...
Business: Advent in exclusive talks to buy Devin Town of Devin >> Monday, 2009-07-20 12:18 Source: Dnevnik.bg Global private equity fund Advent International has started exclusive talks with Soravia Group to acquire the controlling stake in Bulgarian water bottler Devin , reported the Deal Watch website, which examines M&A deals in emerging markets. The portal was the first to report about a possible change in ownership of the Devin bottling company . Devin executive director Tsvetan Lazhanski said he had no power to comment on the matter but reiterated the company`s confirmation that a sale is on the drawi...
The resort of Devin entirely removed resort taxes due to the low amount of funds collected. Devin municipality collected only 20 percent of the taxes, the town’s mayor Zdravko Vasilev said. Most hotels in Devin region declare only 100 accommodations per year, an amount which is entirely unrealistic, Vasilev said.
Travel: 99 % of foreign tourists who visited the Smolyan region selected hotel accommodation Town of Smolyan >> Monday, 2009-06-08 13:10 Source: touristmedia.info Slightly over 99 percent of all foreign tourists who visited the Smolyan region have selected hotel accommodation, radio Focus-Smolyan reported. Less than one percent relied on other accommodation options. Revenue from the accommodations of foreign tourists during the first quarter of 2009 reached 3.8 million leva. Revenue for the same period of 2008 was five million leva. The overall tourism revenue in the region for the first quarter of 2009 totaled 6.5 million leva in comparison to 7.8 million leva for 2008.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]