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Golf in Bulgaria: Black Sea Rama
near the Bulgarian Black Sea coastal town of Balchik

Speaking to journalists the South African legend said the game has a great future because it attracts tourists wherever it is played and helps protect nature. He described Bulgaria as a “tourist paradise,” and its people as very friendly. When international golfers discover the country as a new destination, investments will pour in, Player said. Read the rest of this entry »

Bulgaria Attracts Tourists with Cheap Beer
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The Britishers prefer Bulgaria as a tourist destination to Spain

Cheap beer, high-quality services and luxurious hotels in the Bulgaria Black Sea resorts make the British holidaymakers choose Bulgaria before Spain, Spanish TV Telecinco alarmed.
In Bulgaria, a pint of beer sells at 0.5 euro, while its price in the Spanish resorts reaches 5 pounds. Over 90% of the holiday complexes along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast are of high quality. The British tourists prefer the Bulgarian summer resorts because of low prices and moderately warm summer.
Some 50% of the tourists choose the summer vacation destination according to climate and natural environment, the data of the European Commission show. About 35% of the tourists opt for a low-cost vacations in luxurious hotels. For 23,9% of the holidaymakers, quality of food is a priority in the selection of a summer holiday destination. Read the rest of this entry »

Japanese Tourists Savour Kotooshu’s Favourite Banitsa
Kaloyan Mahlianov’s parents welcome tourists from Japan

Japanese tourists will be treated to traditional Bulgarian banitsa in the home of their hero Kotooshu. The home of the famous Bulgarian sumo wrestler Kaloyan Mahlianov - Kotooshu in the village of Djulyunitsa, Veliko Tarnovo region, north-eastern Bulgaria, has been included in the itinerary of Japanese tourist groups. The first groups from Japan are expected in the end of July, the main attraction of their excursion is visiting Kotooshu’s home.
The tour operators who organize the excursions have agreed with Katooshu’s family to bring the Japanese guests straight to their house. Kaloyan’s mother offered to bake banitsa for them and serve it with home-made yoghurt, Kaloyan’s favourite snack. When the guests arrive the first thing they see will be the three flags hoisted in front of the Kotooshu’s house - the Bulgarian, European and Japanese.

After a snack and talk with the family of Kaloyan, the Japanese tourists will go on to the Rose Valley (central Bulgaria), then taste wines, visit Velingrad (south-western mountainous resort) and tour Sofia.

Bulgaria sea resorts Ropotamo
Welcome to Ropotamo, Bulgaria

The mouth of the Ropotamo river is situated in the middle of the coast line stretching between the holiday city of Duni and the town of Primorsko, about 45km to the south of Bourgas.

The Ropotamo river originates from springs located some 50 kilometers to the west in the Strandzha Mountains. The mouth of the river is some 30 meters wide and is a favorite place of local fishermen. The river is named after the Greek goddess of ‘Ro’, meaning ‘Run’ (Potamo meaning in turn “River’). The legend tells that the Goddess was so charming and sang so beautifully that she managed to talk in pirates to leave the area in peace.

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Serbs Invade Bulgarian Seaside

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This summer a real invasion of Serbian holidaymakers is expected on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast,it emerged from the interview of the Putnik tourist agency head Nikola Cekardjic for the Serbian newspaper Politika. The tour operators allegedly sell Bulgaria well because of the lack of a language barrier.
After Bulgarian Black Sea resorts, the Serbs like best the resort of northern Greece which they can easily reach by bus. Read the rest of this entry »

Children of Bulgaria – facts and figures

Threadbare as it may sound, children are the wealth of a nation and its approach to them is indicative for its maturity. In 1925 at the initiative of two medical doctors from the capital Sofia, the Bulgarian Red Cross inaugurated the “Association for the Protection of Children” in Bulgaria. Two years later the association proclaimed a Child Day to be celebrated in spring, every second Sunday after Easter. The Children’s Day Read the rest of this entry »

Fragrant Strawberries Tempt Westerners
The village once exported tons of this splendid fruit. Now people grow raspberries. Mezdreya is one of the three places in the world where the most delicious strawberries are grown

An old agricultural map printed at the beginning of the past century shows that there are three places in the world where strawberries have a honey flavour like nowhere else. These countries are the USA, Italy and Bulgaria. The same map reveals that the paradise of this delicious fruit is the region of Berkovitza in northwestern Bulgaria.
It took nature centuries to create the unique combination between clear soil, fresh air, sunny days, mild winter and low humidity. In Mezdreya, which is situated only three kilometers away from the town of Berkovitza, local people say that when making this map the cartographers had in mind their village. Read the rest of this entry »

The “Transatlantic dinner” which will take place on April 27 in Sofia is a unique event that will be attended by the Foreign Ministers of the NATO and EU countries and give them a wonderful opportunity to discuss all the issues they are interested in, Kurt Volker, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State said at a news conference dedicated to the forthcoming informal meeting of the NATO Foreign Ministers in Sofia, BTA released. The gathering will be held at the National Museum of History on Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »

There will be two variants of budget 2007 because of the different scenarios for Bulgaria’s EU entry. The first of them is made to be applied if the country joins the EU on January 1, 2007, and the other one will come into force is case Bulgaria’s EU accession is delayed, said Deputy Finance Minister Lyubomir Datzov. He takes part in a discussion under the motto: The scenarios for Bulgaria’s EU membership and their effect on public finances, investment medium and economic growth.
Each of the two budget variants envisages several possibilities of a budget deficit. The most pessimistic variant envisages a budget deficit of 3.1% of the gross domestic product (GDP) and it will come true if all the demands for tax alleviations are fulfilled.
The budget variants will be submitted to the coalition council which is to adopt one of them.