[1] [2] [3] Transport: Varbitsa Pass closed for the entire winter season, available are Rish and Kotel passes Town of Varbitsa >> Wednesday, 2009-11-11 08:10 Source: Focus Agency Varbitsa Pass is closed for the entire winter season, the press center of Road Infrastructure Agency reports.As of Wednesday all vehicles are banned from traveling through the pass, on road I-7 Shumen-Yambol from 176th km to 200th km. The motorists can use Rish Pass, road II-73 Shumem-Karnobat or Kotel Pass, road II-48 Omurtag-Kotel. Culture: Unique Golden Wreath find in mound near Krushare Village of Krushare >> Sunday, 2009-08-16 22:09 Source: Novinite.com Bulgarian archeologists have found a unique golden wreath in an unnamed mound near the South-East village of Krushare , Sliven District . This has been announced Sunday by the archeologist Diana Dimitrova, who ws wife of the late great Bulgarian archeologist, Georgi Kitov. Until that moment, numerous objects have been found in the mound - a bronze candlestick, a glass rhyton, a huge bronze amphora, a golden bracelet, other golden objects, and glass vessels with some kind of liquid in them...
Culture: Karanovska hill in the village of Karanovo Village of Karanovo >> Monday, 2009-08-10 15:32 Source: BIA The Karanovska village hill is situated in the village of Karanovo , Sliven region . That`s the biggest village hill in entire Europe. The hill is formed by consecutively built - one on top of the other prehistoric villages. It takes 25 000 sq.m. area, but the archeologists have done researches only on small part of it. The excavations at the moment are showed 7 cultural layers with 12,4 m. lift. They prove aging of the hill around 4 000 years B.C. Here have been found many homes with rich domestic im... Travel: Foreign tourists attracted from Sliven sights as Sinite Kamuni, Zheravna and Ichera District Sliven >> Thursday, 2009-07-02 14:10 Source: touristmedia.info Karandila region near Sliven is one of the most preferred tourism destinations in the region among foreign tourist groups. The lift of the park is one of its most popular attractions. Tourists started using the facility back on May 10. The lift functions until October and is especially visited during weekends. Foreign groups most often come from Denmark, the Netherlands, the UK and Greece. Other popular tourism places in the region include Zheravna , Ichera and Kotel . Culture: Archaeological season 2009 will start on June 9 in the region of Sliven District Sliven >> Monday, 2009-06-08 10:06 Source: touristmedia.info Archaeological season 2009 will start on June 9 in the region of Sliven , Darik Radio reported. Research in the Valley of Thracian Kings will continue. The work of archaeologists over the past two years confirms the theory of the late Georgi Kitov who said that the Valley of Thracian Kings continues near Sliven to Elhovo and the bank of Toundzha River. Funerals of Roman and Thracian aristocrats have been discovered there. Archaeologists will also work on the regions near the villages of Trapoklovo an... Culture: The Fortress Kipilovo Kale Village of Kipilovo >> Monday, 2009-06-01 13:01 Source: BIA The Fortress Kipilovo Kale rises on the Hisarlaka summit, 3 km southeastern from the village of Kipilovo , and 24 km western from the town of Kotel . The Fortress is an irregular trapezium and spreads on an area of 8,000 sq.m. There is a lot of protected from the 2.5-m thick fortified walls, reaching 8-10 m in height. Three of the gates of the fortress are protected nowadays. A 12-m deep well is found in the eastern part of the fortress, and it used to supply it with water. According to the archeologist...
Business: The financial crisis conquers plants in Sliven District Sliven >> Wednesday, 2009-04-15 16:54 Source: News.bg The most affected by the crisis in the region of Sliven are the workers from the plant for metal-cutting machines. 50 more people have received notifications for dismissal. Thus the number of the people who lost their jobs is over 90, informed the Bulgarian national radio. The remaining 320 workers are on a 4-hour working day because the enterprise has no orders...
The famous Riben Bukvar (Fish Book) compiled by Dr. Petar Beron (the first Bulgarian Renaissance school textbook) has been stolen from the History Museum in the town of Kotel (northeastern Bulgaria). The thieves have left a replica of the book, announced commissioner Chavdar Bozhurski, director of the police in the town of Sliven. The police have started searching private homes in the town of Kotel.
Society: People from Sliven region expect US base Novo selo to create new jobs Village of Novo selo >> Monday, 2009-03-23 10:20 Source: StandartNews The Novo Selo US military base would potentially solve the unemployment issues in the Sliven region . Local people are turning down job offers from abroad over promises for employment at the base. " There are many from our village who refused rather lucrative job proposals at the seaside or abroad because they’re waiting to get a job at Novo Selo , " Mokren village Mayor Emil Enchev said. To his there are more than a hundred good construction workers in his village. " We very much hope that th... Accidents: Cistern-truck overturns on the junction Kotel - Neykovo Village of Neykovo >> Saturday, 2009-03-21 15:20 Source: Focus Agency Kotel. A cistern-truck went off the road and overturned on the road in Kotel town direction at the junction for Neykovo village. The truck has collided with a car after which it went off the road. There are fire and police brigades on eth spot. Road traffic is hampered in the both directions over long lines of cars that have been formed due to the incident.
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