Simitli municipality is located in South-West Bulgaria in Blagoevgrad District. The Municipality consists of 18 cities and villages. The regional center of Simitli municipality is Town of Simitli. Information about Municipality Simitli
[1] [2] Culture: Church St. Nikola in village of Gradevo (Simitli municipality) Village of Gradevo >> Friday, 2009-08-28 11:00 Source: BIA The church St. Nikola is a stony pseudo-basilica with a narthex and an outdoor gallery on the West and on the South. It is located in Ovnartsi quarter of the village of Gradevo ( Southwestern Bulgaria , Simitli municipality ). The interior is designed during the second half of the XIX century. The legend says that one night an old woman - Maria, dreamed where a pot with golden coins was buried and that the coins should be used for building a church. The church was constructed on a steep place. On the... Accidents: Earthquake 3 on Richter in Simitli Town of Simitli >> Wednesday, 2009-08-19 15:11 Source: Focus Agency Simitli. An earthquake measuring around 3 on the Richter scale has been registered in the southwestern Bulgarian municipality of Simitli, Seismological Institute at Bulgarian Academy of Sciences informed. The tremor was recorded at 1:49pm local time. No injured people and damage have been reported so far.
Culture: Church St. Dimitar of Thessaloniki in the village of Brejani Village of Brejani >> Friday, 2009-05-22 11:00 Source: BIA The church St. Dimitar of Thessaloniki in the village of Brejani ( Southwestern Bulgaria , Blagoevgrad district ) was built in 1847. Once the churchyard was fenced with struts and there was a wooden shelter around the building of the church. Nowadays, the yard is fenced by a cement wall. The icons in the temple were granted by the people. There are no frescoes because the church was burnt twice – by the Greeks and by the Ottomans. To burn it, they filled it with cornstalks and lit it, as it was impossi...
Culture: Temple St. Prophet Iliya in village of Gradevo Village of Gradevo >> Thursday, 2009-04-09 11:00 Source: BIA The Temple St. Prophet Iliya, situated in the village of Gradevo ( Southwestern Bulgaria , Simitli municipality ), was constructed in 1849. The church is a stone pseudo-basilica with a nave and two aisles, with a narthex and a balcony over it. There are carvings and dragons over the southern and the western vaults. The interior has been decorated during the years by four icon-painters following the Bulgarian National Revival tradition. 36 wall-paintings from the end of the 20th century are well prese...
Politics: Project for new ski resort in the Razlog valley Municipality Razlog >> Thursday, 2009-04-09 10:35 Source: touristmedia.info A project for the setting up of a ski center in the Razlog valley was deposited to Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev, Strouma daily reported. Nearly 240 million euro will be invested in the Pirin Mountain resort over the coming three years. The project envisions the setting up of 58.8 km of ski tracks, 19.4 km of lifts as well as a golf course, horseback riding base, hotels and shops. The ski tracks will have the capacity to service 18 855 tourists per day. The project also envisions the setting up... Sport: Bulgaria will host round of European Rafting Cup Town of Simitli >> Wednesday, 2008-05-21 01:19 Source: Focus Agency Bulgaria will host a round of the European Rafting Cup from 31 May until 1st July. The competition will be held at Kresna Gorge. In this connection the governor of Blagoevgrad Vladimir Dimitrov and the major of the municipality of Simitli Apostol Apostolov gave a special press conference. Pirin region governor expressed his satisfaction that there will be a competition of such quality on the territory of the municipality for the first time. Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev will be the patron ... Sport: European Rafting Cup round in Kresna gorge Municipality Simitli >> Wednesday, 2008-04-23 17:55 Source: Focus Agency The first work meeting was held in Blagoevgrad on the occasion of the organization of a round of the competitions for the European Rafting Cup which will be carried out in Kresna gorge, Mayor of Simitli Apostol Apostolov said for Radio FOCUS – Pirin. The Municipality of Simitli is organizer of the event. European Rafting Cup Simitli 2008 will be under the patronage of regional governor Vladimir Dimitrov. The competitions will be between 30 May and 1 June while the number of participants will be around 400, the Mayor of Simitli said. The gorge of Kresna was meeting all requirements for a rafting competition of this rank. He expressed his satisfaction with the fact that the International Rafting Federation had evaluated the nature of the region. Society: Student receives scholarship by Actavis plant in Dupnitsa Town of Dupnitsa >> Monday, 2008-03-31 15:30 Source: Focus Agency Actavis plant in Dupnitsa granted monthly scholarship to Elena Balabanova from Simitli for the period of the Master’s program in the Neofit Rilski university, major Medical Products and Biologically Active Substances. Elena Balabanova has been conferred an award by the Association of the Chemists in Bulgaria for her diploma paper, results from her work have been reported on three scientific conferences and published in two international scientific magazines. In 2007 Actavis announced a program for grant... Society: Faces of 3 Presidents to Be Hewn into Rocks near Bulgaria`s Simitli Town of Simitli >> Thursday, 2008-03-06 19:42 Source: Novinite.com
The faces of three Bulgarian presidents are to be hewn into rocks near the town of Simitli, Mayor Apostol Apostolov announced Thursday. The first head of state elected in a democratic vote Zhelyu Zhelev will be among those, whose images are to be perpetuated in the framework of the new initiative. Petar Stoyanov, who ruled Bulgaria in the period 1997-2002 and the current President Georgi Parvanov are the other two officials included in the initiative. Simitli`s mayor said the municipality relies on sponsors to finance the realization of the project.
Politics: Bulgaria President Went Hunting after Train Fire Tragedy Town of Cherven bryag >> Thursday, 2008-03-06 11:59 Source: Novinite.com Bulgaria`s President Georgi Parvanov participated in a fox hunt on March 1, one day after the fire near Cherven bryag in the Sofia -Kardam train , which left nine persons dead. The hunt was organized by the forestry service in the southwest town of Simitli . The news was announced by the Blagoevgrad Struma Daily. The paper reported that secret manhunt was organized perfectly by the head of the local forestry unit. According to unofficial information of the Struma Daily, the Bulgarian head of stat...
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