17.7.2007

Emergency centres of regional hospitals in coastal resorts will treat EU citizens free of charge if they have health insurance, Health Minister Radoslav Gaidarski said.The emergency centres were opened at the beginning of June 2007, Focus news agency said.Gaidarski inspected two of the five emergency centres in Golden Sands resort. He noticed...

17.7.2007

SOFIA, Bulgaria — A 2,400-year-old golden mask that once belonged to a Thracian king was unearthed in a timber-lined tomb in southeastern Bulgaria, archaeologists said Monday.The mask, discovered over the weekend, was found in the tomb along with a solid gold ring engraved with a Greek inscription and the portrait of a bearded...

17.7.2007

Over 300 Bulgarian companies will be audited by the National Revenue Agency (NRA) as part of an investigation into discrepancies between the data on intra-EU supplies submitted by them and information provided by the tax administrations of other community members. The difference between the supplies to Bulgaria reported by Italian companies and...

16.7.2007

A leading world consultant Paul Mathews prepared the project for restoration of Bulgaria’s Bansko resort ski runs and the surrounding areas, the company concessionaire of the resort, Ulen, said.Mathews’s company Ecosign prepared the projects of more than 140 ski resorts worldwide, including the winter Olympic games’ hosts in...

16.7.2007

It's five weeks into the ski season and already I've spent $2300 before stepping on the snow. If I wasn't such a fashion tragic that figure would be reduced by $1500 and I'd be skiing in last season's colours, without a helmet, in one desperately needed pair of new ski boots.Kitted out, I'm now ready to spend another $480 on a six day lift pass...

16.7.2007

FairPlay International, the investment, development and construction company, said it will build a new city hotel near the Kempinski Hotel Zografski in Sofia.The Hill Hotel, part of the FPI Hotels and Resorts chain, should welcome its first guests in September.The 48-room hotel will apply for a four-star category rating. It will boast a business...

13.7.2007

Burgas District Prosecution House will check every week if the construction sides of ‘Golden perl' complex in NP Strandja near Tsarevo continue. This was informed by the main prosecutor Mitio Markov, who presented the report of the Supreme Administrative Prosecution House for the first six months of 2007.Markov added that were declared 10...

12.7.2007

Guaranteed snow cover and optimum snow conditions are the main keys to success for winter resorts. Therefore Bansko (small town south west of Sofia, BG) invested in a high-tech TechnoAlpin snowmaking system in 2003. Thanks to guaranteed snow cover and high quality snow, Bansko was chosen as FIS European Cup venue after only three seasons and has...

12.7.2007

“Bulgaria is the most recent newcomer as a European golf destination” states Anton Pankev, CEO of Asta Bridge International Properties. At the present time there are only three operating golf courses in Bulgaria, another five are under construction and several more under project. Both of the operating golf courses are located near the...

12.7.2007

Investment fund Equest and Oman investors have set up a joint venture that will implement the Super Borovets project, said Equest managing partner Georgi Krumov. The joint venture Borovets Invest now owns 67% of Rila Samokov 2004, the project company that owns 2 mln sq m of land in Bulgaria's Borovets mountain area for further development into...