News from Bansko

Overview of news from Bansko, arranged according to date. Check out what's happening in Bansko Municipality.
  • CSKA gather in Bansko for first training in 2009

    CSKA gather in Bansko for first training in 2009

    06.01.2009Bulgaria\'s football champion CSKA gathered Monday for the first training session of the team for 2009. Thirteen players were seen on the snow-covered stadium of the team downtown Sofia, while 10 other CSKA footballer...
  • 128th Anniversary from the death of Neofit Rilski

    128th Anniversary from the death of Neofit Rilski

    04.01.2009Neofit Rilski (born Nikola Poppetrov Benin) was a 19th-century Bulgarian monk, teacher and artist, and an important figure of the Bulgarian National Revival. Born in the southwestern town of Bansko of Pirin Macedonia, Be...
  • Danger of avalanches in the mountains

    Danger of avalanches in the mountains

    04.01.2009Because of the windy weather, the mountain rescue service advices not to ski in areas above 2500 meters. Clouds and fog expect tourists who have decided to go skiing. In the morning hours today, temperatures ranged from ...
  • Old World charm meets New World facilities

    Old World charm meets New World facilities

    04.01.2009The mountains may not be as high nor the slopes as long as those of Alpine resorts in Austria and Switzerland, but a ski trip to Eastern Europe can be an adventure. Especially when it includes off-slope exploration. S...
  • Ski center Bansko will open at 10:00 on the 1st of January

    Ski center Bansko will open at 10:00 on the 1st of January

    31.12.2008Ski center Bansko will open at 10:00 on the 1st of January 2009, said the manager of ski zone Bansko Ivan Obreikov. Currently the weather is clear, sunny but cold, with air temperatures between minus 13 and 10 degrees. T...
  • Bansko and Borovetz suitable for skiing

    Bansko and Borovetz suitable for skiing

    26.12.2008Only Bansko and Borovets are suitable for skiing, reported Mountain Rescue Service (PSS). In other parts the country the weather is still unsuitable for skiing because of the low temperatures and the heavy snowfalls. ...
  • Special Wine Venue Opens in Bulgaria’s Bansko Winter Resort

    Special Wine Venue Opens in Bulgaria’s Bansko Winter Resort

    24.12.2008A special wine restaurant – the first and only of its kind, opened in Bansko recently. The so-called ‘vinotheque’ is part of the Perun hotel complex. Unlike most of the eating and drinking establishments in Bansko, wh...
  • Attack of Greek tourists in Bulgaria around the holidays

    Attack of Greek tourists in Bulgaria around the holidays

    22.12.2008Greece has been taken over by cold weather with low temperatures and snow falls, which will continue until Christmas, the Greek media announce. Since yesterday it has been snowing in the mountains of Bulgaria\'s southern...
  • Bulgaria Gives Out 6,000 Free Lift Passes for its Main Winter Resorts

    Bulgaria Gives Out 6,000 Free Lift Passes for its Main Winter Resorts

    22.12.2008In an unprecedented initiative to encourage tourism, 6, 000 lift passes for the three main winter resorts in Bulgaria – Bansko, Pamporovo and Borovets, will be given out for free within the country and abroad. The fre...
  • Greek Company to Build 300-Million Euro Complex near Bulgaria’s Bansko Winter Resort

    Greek Company to Build 300-Million Euro Complex near Bulgaria’s Bansko Winter Resort

    21.12.2008A luxury complex will be built near Bulgaria’s most modern winter resort of Bansko. The project, worth 300 million euro, envisions the construction of 650 homes, a hotel with 320 rooms, a spa centre, two golf courses ...
  • New British complex opened near Bansko

    New British complex opened near Bansko

    21.12.2008Тhе British company MSI Developments opened on Saturday the holiday complex White Fir Valley near Bansko. The complex has 199 apartments and studios and is located next to the golf course on the road to Bansko. The compl...
  • Amateur bowling tournament in Bansko

    Amateur bowling tournament in Bansko

    21.12.2008Bowling club MAGIC in Bansko organizes on December 28th, last Sunday of 2008, at 17:00 hours an amateur tournament for all lovers of the most compelling game - bowling. Participation is no limit on age and sex, the only ...
  • As the pound goes downhill, skiers slope off to Eastern Europe

    As the pound goes downhill, skiers slope off to Eastern Europe

    15.12.2008The hills of central and south-eastern Europe are alive with the sound of bulldozers. Across the high slopes of the Carpathian mountains, the Balkan and Rila-Rhodope ranges, an unprecedented construction boom is underway...
  • Macedonian ensemble delivered a concert in Bansko

    Macedonian ensemble delivered a concert in Bansko

    13.12.2008Concert by Folklore Ensemble Tsvetan Dimov - Skopje took place today in the culture hall Nikola Vaptsarov in Bansko. It started at 17:00. The guests were excited from the great interest and the fully crowded culture hall...
  • Wine festival starts today in Bansko

    Wine festival starts today in Bansko

    13.12.2008The initiative will be opened today by the chairman of the National Association of Professional Sommelier Michael Markov, manageress of Vihren Palace Yuliana Hristova and the owner of tavern Molerite Malin Bistrin. The w...
  • Christmas - New Year Program of Bansko

    Christmas - New Year Program of Bansko

    11.12.200811 December, 17:00 - Christmas folk concert will be held in the gym of the culture hall Nikola Vaptsarov. 18 December, 17:00 - meeting with the poetess Elena Kodzhabasheva - \"For Christmas and love ...\". Culture Hal...
  • Professor Chavdar Dobrev presents a new book about Vaptsarov

    Professor Chavdar Dobrev presents a new book about Vaptsarov

    11.12.2008Professor Chavdar Dobrev presents a new book about the poet revolutionary Nikola Vaptsarov. Reason is the 99th anniversary from the birth of the great bulgarian poet. The presentation is 18:00 in the culture hall Nikola ...
  • Bansko is full of students for the National Student Day

    Bansko is full of students for the National Student Day

    08.12.20088th of December is a holiday of all Bulgarian students. For the first time it was celebrated in 1903 as a holiday in the first Bulgarian university. The decision was taken from the Academic Council on 30 November 1902. ...
  • Bansko celebrates the 99th anniversary of the birth of Nikola Vaptsarov

    Bansko celebrates the 99th anniversary of the birth of Nikola Vaptsarov

    05.12.2008Today, Bansko celebrates the 99th anniversary of the birth of the poet revolutionary Nikola Vaptsarov. The poetry of Vaptsarov, speeches and opinions of artists from around the world for Vaptsarov, will be shown to the g...
  • Christmas decoration of Bansko is ready

    Christmas decoration of Bansko is ready

    04.12.2008Not more than 50 000 leva will be spent on decorations for the upcoming Christmas and New Year holidays, said the mayor of Bansko Alexander Kravarov. The reason not to devote more resources is the financial crisis, expla...