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Bulgaria Wakes up to Fresh Snow [Feb 02, 2012] Bulgaria wakes up Thursday to freezing cold accompanied by a fresh snow cover, but without new record low temperatures. The mercury ranges between minus 19 degrees Celsius to minus 5 across the country with cloudy skies and strong winds in the regions of Montana, Varna, Vidin and Razgrad. Snow is falling in the regions of Montana, Pazardzhik, Dobrich, Haskovo, Sofia, Plovdiv, Blagoevgrad, Burgas ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Scraps Fighter Jets Buy for Culture's Sake [Jan 04, 2012] Bulgaria will not purchase new military aircraft in times of crisis and unless the problems in the education and culture sectors are solved. The statement was made Wednesday by Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov. Speaking in the Black Sea city of Burgas, where he inspected and officially opened the renovated building of the city's theater, Borisov said there are a number of theater ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Devt Minister Vows Focus on Northern Highway Project [Jan 03, 2012] The construction of the Hemus Highway ? the one major highway project in Northern Bulgaria ? is set to get a boost, according to Regional Development Minister Lilyana Pavlova. She said the Borisov Cabinet hopes to complete the entire southern Traikya Highway between Sofia and Burgas in 2012, with Lots 2, 3, and most of Lot 4 being ready by July 1, 2012, for the summer tourist season, but that ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ups Flights from Black Sea to Moscow in 2012 [Dec 21, 2011] Flights from Bulgaria's Black Sea airports of Varna and Burgas to the Russian capital Moscow are increasing next summer season. The agreement was sealed by the Transport Ministries of the two countries. Since the spring of 2010, there have been seven flights a week on the Varna-Moscow line, which were increased to 14 in the spring of 2011.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Civil Defense to Test Siren System in 10 Cities [Dec 14, 2011] Bulgaria's emergency siren system will be tested at 1:00 pm on Wednesday in ten Bulgarian cities, the interior ministry announced. The cities are Sofia, Burgas, Varna, Kardzhali, Monatana, Pazardzhik, Pleven, Plovdiv, Ruse and Smolyan. The test is carried out according the Order for Early Warnings and Announcement of Disasters.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria?s Civil Defense to Test Siren System in 10 Cities [Dec 12, 2011] Bulgaria's emergency siren system will be tested at 1:00 pm on Wednesday in 10 Bulgarian cities, the Interior Ministry informs. The cities are Sofia, Burgas, Varna, Kardzhali, Monatana, Pazardzhik, Pleven, Plovdiv, Ruse and Smolyan. The test is carried out according the Order for Early Warnings and Announcement of Disasters.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Energy Min Blames Partners for Oil Pipeline Demise [Dec 07, 2011] Greece and Russia's failure to fulfill their commitments has forced Bulgaria to walk out of the Burgas to Alexandroupolis pipeline deal, the country's energy minister has said. "Bulgaria's partners in the pipeline deal accused it of delaying the project quite a long time. But now it turns out it is not Bulgaria, but the other countries, which are faulty and this is the reason why we decided to ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Burgas among Top 30 European Access Cities [Nov 16, 2011] Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Burgas has been ranked among the top thirty cities in the European Union, competing for the 2011 Access City title. The news was reported by the Burgas City hall. The award is bestowed each year and the contest is organized by the European Commission with the goal to focus attention on European cities, which work most actively to improve access for handicap people. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Sozopol - Bulgaria's 'Rescued' Town and Its Modern Day Saviors on the Way to UNESCO [Oct 10, 2011] Sozopol On Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, in the farthest southern part of the Burgas Bay, some 35 km south of the city of Burgas, on a small rocky peninsula lays the top miracle of the Balkan country ? the ancient town of Sozopol. The town, with a population of about 5 000, is one of the oldest settlements on the Bulgarian coast.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Notorious Alma Tour Fly Files for Bankruptcy [Oct 07, 2011] Alma Tour Fly, a company within the group of scandal-hit Bulgarian tour operator Alma Tour, filed for bankruptcy on October 06, the Sofia City Court said Friday. Problems with Alma Tour surfaced in early September, when close to 1,000 international tourists, most of them Russians, were stranded at Bulgarian Black Sea airports of Burgas and Varna. Their flights were cancelled by national air ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Probe Tour Operator, Air Carrier over Stranded Tourists [Sep 12, 2011] Bulgaria's Sofia Prosecutor's Office will probe the Bulgarian Alma Tour tour operator and the Bulgaria Air airline carrier concerning the nearly 700 Russian and Finish tourists stranded in the country's southern Black Sea city of Burgas. Even though the conflict between the two companies is purely intercorporate, it can still be probed into, Margarita Nemska, spokesperson of the Sofia Prosecutor ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Mulls Offering Free Vacations to Tourists Stranded at Coastal Airports [Sep 12, 2011] Hotel owners in Bulgaria are considering inviting the tourists who spent three days at the airport of the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Burgas on a free vacation in June next year. The information was reported Monday by the Bulgarian Dnevnik daily, citing the Association of Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Owners. The final decision on the offer will be made on September 27 at the meeting of the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Hundreds tourists stranded in Bulgaria over trade row [Sep 10, 2011] SOFIA (Reuters) - Hundreds of foreign tourists are stranded at the Bulgarian Black Sea airport of Burgas after their charter flights were canceled over a payment row between their tour operator and the flight carrier, officials said on Saturday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Unblocks 2 T of Jet Fuel Reserve over Lukoil Crisis [Jul 30, 2011] The Bulgarian cabinet released overnight Saturday 1 800 tons of jet fuel from the State reserve, Economy and Energy Minister, Traicho Traikov announced. The decision, signed by the Council of Ministers during the night, will secure jet fuel for the upcoming week. The fuel is destined to the airports of the Black Sea cities of Varna and Burgas where the summer tourist season is in its peack.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's oil refinery halts production over lost licences [Jul 27, 2011] Bulgaria's sole oil refinery, Russia-owned Lukoil Neftochim Burgas, said on Wednesday it was halting production after the customs agency stripped it of two key licences necessary for its operations. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Starts Massive Bus Fleet Inspection after Deadly Crash [Jun 20, 2011] As promised by the Bulgarian transport authorities, a massive inspection of the country's bus fleet was launched Monday. The measure comes after 8 people perished in a hellish crash early on Wednesday. A bus, travelling from the capital Sofia to the Black Sea city of Burgas overturned on Trakiya highway, near the second largest city of Plovdiv, killing 8 and injuring 18. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Drazki Frigate Back Home from NATO Mission [Jun 04, 2011] Bulgaria's navy frigate, which set out on April 27 to join NATO's Operation "United Protector" patrolling off Libya's coast to enforce a UN arms embargo, returned to the country Saturday. The frigate arrived at the navy port of the Black Sea city of Burgas at 7:10 am, and was met by officials, friends and relatives. The official military greeting ceremony was attended by Deputy Defense Minister ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Set Up EU Border Control Air Base in Burgas [May 11, 2011] Bulgaria's Interior Ministry will use part of the territory of the airport in the Black Sea city of Burgas in order to set up an air base for the surveillance of the southeastern-most external border of the EU. This has become clear from a government decision adopted Wednesday to amend the concession contracts of the Varna and Burgas airports. In addition to facilitating the investments of the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Inspects Frigate before Joining NATO in Libya [Apr 11, 2011] Bulgaria's Defense Minister, Anyu Angelov, is traveling Monday to the Black Sea city of Burgas to check in person the "Drazki" frigate readiness for joining NATO in Libya. At the end of March, Bulgaria's government approved the deployment of the navy frigate to take part in NATO's Operation "United Protector" patrolling off Libya's coast to enforce a UN arms embargo. The frigate is to depart ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Burgas Mayor: Investors Eager for New Industrial Zone [Mar 16, 2011] Bulgarian and foreign companies are constantly inquiring with the city of Burgas for plots, which is why the Burgas Municipality has moved to set up a new industrial zone, Mayor Dimitar Nikolov announced. Nikolov declared his hopes for greater investments and more new jobs over the recently announced new industrial and logistics zone to be set up in Bulgaria's Black Sea city and port of Burgas ... [via YahooNews] More >>