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| Business: Arabs to Build Hotels in Bulgaria mountain Rila >> Tuesday, 2008-07-01 04:40 Source: StandartNews |
| An Arab investor is soon to start building hotels and holiday complexes in Bulgaria. The Kuwaiti M.A. Kharafi Group are setting up a new investment holding to deal in real property and tourism in Eastern Europe. Sovereign Hospitality Holdings are planning to purchase lands along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast , as well as in the area of Bulgarian mountain resorts and larger cities. This is what Mohamed Fahmy, CEO of the seated in Geneva Sovereign Hospitality Holdings, announced. Sovereign Hospitality Ho... |
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| Transport: Bulgaria Deputy PM Discusses Highway Projects mountain Rila >> Wednesday, 2008-06-25 10:27 Source: Novinite.com |
| The progress of the projects for building the highways Hemus, Maritza, and Struma in Bulgaria will be a main topic in Wednesday`s discussion organized by Bulgaria`s Deputy PM Meglena Plugchieva, who is in charge of monitoring EU funds absorption. Deputy minister of transport Vesela Gospodinova, deputy minister of regional development Iskra Mihaylova, as well as the director of the Republican Road Infrastructure Fund, Milosh Potskov are to take part in the work meeting. In 2008, the government is to start... |
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| News: Rila Lakes Compete with the Amazon River mountain Rila >> Wednesday, 2008-06-25 00:51 Source: StandartNews |
| A Rila lake, crocodiles from the Nile and Amazonian piranhas compete at the water Expo 2008 in the Spanish city of Zaragoza. Some 140 countries and organizations from all over the world take part in the world expo, dedicated to the preservation of the planet`s water resources. The Bulgarian exposition attracts the interest of the visitors with a 32-meter photo of a Rila lake, in front of which one feels as if he really climbs the mountain. Several water curtains create a freshness so pleasant to the vi... |
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| Travel: Medieval Church, Eco-Treks and Natural Sites Lure Tourists to Dobarsko Village of Dobarsko >> Tuesday, 2008-06-24 11:44 Source: BTA |
| A medieval church and other historial sites, gorgeos nature and hospitable local people lure tourists to the southwestern mountain village of Dobursko . Dobursko recently won an award as a tourist destination. The village is first mentioned in historical chronicles of 1378, says Maria Topalova, the curator of the Church of Ss. Theodore Tyron and Theodore Stratelates. The church itself was built in 1614. Legend has it that a mineral spring in what is now the church`s yard has brought relief to the... |
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| Business: Dalkia reaffirms interest in Sofia heating utility District Sofia-city >> Wednesday, 2008-06-18 11:21 Source: Dnevnik.bg |
| Dalkia, the French energy services company, is interested in acquiring the Sofia district heating utility and is not fazed by the considerable red ink it will inherit in case of a deal, said Jean-Michel Mazalerat, vice president central and Eastern Europe. The Dalkia official said everything depends on whether a sale procedure will be launched. In his view, Dalkia has already proven it can engage successfully in partnership with the local authorities. Since 2006, the French company has been investing... |
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| Culture: Rila monastery, a personal view Monastery Rilski manastir >> Monday, 2008-06-16 14:42 Source: Margarita Dikanarova - BNR |
| Rila Monastery is the biggest and most revered one in Bulgaria. It nestles in a forested valley by the foaming Rila River in the heart of the Rila Mountain . The monastery is an artistic and architectural jewel with balconies buildings encircling a large central courtyard, stunning murals, whitewashed walls and graceful colonnades decorated with black, white and red stripes. Ivan Rilski (John of Rila in English), 880-946 AD, the Bulgarian hermit, healer and Christian mystic established the first asceti... |
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| News: Emergency Hotline Starts Operating in Bulgaria mountain Rila >> Saturday, 2008-06-14 12:39 Source: StandartNews |
| The 112 emergency hotline will be launched in Bulgaria at long last. As of July 3, the line will receive emergency calls from the citizens in 10 districts. At the same time two call centers will start functioning in the capital and in Russe, which will cover Greater Sofia, Pernik, Kyustendil, Blagoevgrad, Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Silistra and Razgrad. Till the end of the year the free line should be available for the rest of the towns in Bulgaria, Minister of State Policy for Disasters and Accidents informed yesterday. Meanwhile in the towns of Shumen and Sliven a temporary information center already operates. It receives calls about emergency situations and dispatches them to Civil Protection agency. To make a call people have to dial the respective area code and then 112. |
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| News: 14 Bulgarian Municipalities to Repair Roads with EU Money mountain Rila >> Wednesday, 2008-06-04 18:09 Source: Novinite.com |
| Fourteen Bulgarian municipalities are to receive up to BGN 500,000 each for road repairments under the EU regional development operative programme. On Wednesday, the mayors of the municipalities that had their projects approved signed agreements for the financial support. These are the first major agreements signed under the program as the money provided is enough for considerable improvement of the condition of the roads in these municipalities, Minister of Regional Development Assen Gagauzov commented.... |
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| Travel: Rila dancing bears are awake and welcoming visitors mountain Rila >> Monday, 2008-06-02 18:12 Source: SofiaEcho.com |
| On June 2, Four Paws Bulgaria foundation said the active season for observing the bears at the Dancing Bears park in Rila Mountain near the village of Belitsa started a week ago. The most suitable time for watching the bears is until the end of June. At the end of May, the Dancing Bear park started to actively welcome tourists, as all its inhabitants have woken up from their winter hibernation over the past two months. |
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| Accidents: Young Man Drowns in Artificial Lake in Bulgaria District Sofia >> Sunday, 2008-06-01 20:49 Source: Novinite.com |
A 20-year-old man drowned in Iskar artificial lake in Bulgaria on Sunday afternoon. The accident occurred while a group of youngsters were swimming in the lake. After a short time all but one managed to reach the shore. The group signaled Civil Defense services over the disappearance of their friend. Few hours later the rescue teams pulled the dead body out of the water. The reasons for the man`s death have not been discovered yet. |
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