Bulgaria's Albena Resort Registers 10% Increase of Tourists

18 August 2010
The Bulgarian Black Sea resort Albena has had 10% more tourists in the summer of 2010, in comparison to last year. The commercial director of Albena, Margita Todorova, has announced that this year the number of Rusian tourists has increased by 42% and of Germans - by 17%. Since the beginning of the season, more than 6000 Bulgarians have chosen to have their vacation in Albena, which is an in ... more

Sofia in the summer, shops, people, reductions

18 August 2010
Sofia in the summer, shops, people, reductions ... more

Football-Lokomotiv Sofia-Kaliakra Kavarna-4-0

15 August 2010
Lokomotiv Sofia-Kaliakra Kavarna-4-0 ... more

Bulgaria's PM Vows for Regular Checks on Lyulin Highway

13 August 2010
Bulgaria's PM Boyko Borisov has announced that he was skeptical that the Lyulin Highway will be finished by the end of the year and promised to make checks every 20 days. "I do not know how it will happen, but I am firm about the quality," Borisov said Friday after he inspected the road junction of the highway in the Sofia district ‘Lyulin" and the tunnels, located 7 km after the junction. The 1 ... more

CEZ-Chief Operating Officer of the Company Ales Dame

12 August 2010
CEZ-Chief Operating Officer of the Company Ales Dame. ... more

Bulgarian Govt, Doctors Reach Compromise

12 August 2010
The Bulgarian government and the Bulgarian Medical Association reached compromise on some contested issues at a meeting Thursday. Recently a controversy was fanned in which Bulgarian hospitals protested cut state funding and the introduction of delegated budgets, which led to the Medical Association threatening street protests Wednesday. Thursday the president of the Bulgarian Medical Associatio ... more

KfW Grants Bulgaria EUR 34 M for Flood Prevention

12 August 2010
The Bulgarian government and the German bank Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau (KfW) have signed an agreement for a loan for the construction of dikes. The loan of EUR 34.4 M will be provided for the construction of flood and landslide prevention facilities in the Danube cities of Ruse and Silistra and the Black Sea resort town of Pomorie under the "Technical Infrastructure" Program of the Bulgar ... more

Shimon Peres: People of Israel Immeasurably Grateful to Bulgaria

11 August 2010
Isreali President Shimon Peres, who is on an official visit to Bulgaria, expressed utmost gratitude to the Bulgarian people for saving its Jews during the Second World War and praised their courage and humanity. Bulgarian President Parvanov decorated his Israeli counterpart, who is the holder of the Nobel Peace Prize, with Bulgaria's highest state distinction, the Stara Planina Order, First Degre ... more

World Bank, Bulgaria Strike Memorandum for Infrastructure Loans

10 August 2010
Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov and World Bank President Robert Zoellick signed Tuesday in Sofia a memorandum to boost cooperation in the development of Bulgaria's infrastructure. ... more

Laetitia Casta in Sofia

09 August 2010
French top model Laetitia Casta will be the star of the new movie of Bulgarian director Kamen Kalev, whose first feature film "Eastern Plays" became an international hit. Kalev is starting Tuesday the shooting of his second feature film entitled "The Island", in which French model Laetitia Casta will star together with popular Danish actor Thure Lindhardt, and the Bulgarian actors Boyka Velkova, ... more