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  • 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...
  • Christmas Decoration Contest in Razlog

    Christmas Decoration Contest in Razlog

    11.12.2008For a consecutive year Razlog Municipality gives gifts for the best decorated home and window. The contest is for the most innovative and attractive exterior decoration of offices, shops, blocks, private homes and other ...
  • 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...
  • Marc Girardelli gave Bansko his trophy from the 1992-93 World Cup

    Marc Girardelli gave Bansko his trophy from the 1992-93 World Cup

    02.12.2008The legendary skier Marc Girardelli gave Bansko his fifth and last Crystal Globe. He made this historical gesture during the TV show Sports Fever, which was broadcast live from Bansko. \"This is my most difficult earn...
  • The largest entertainment center Magic opened doors in Bansko

    The largest entertainment center Magic opened doors in Bansko

    01.12.2008Bansko Municipality and Kameko PLC opened last weekend the biggest entertainment center in Southwestern Bulgaria - club Magic. Located at the easiest place, at the entrance of the city, club Magic offers 1350 square mete...
  • Greek resort village near Bansko

    Greek resort village near Bansko

    01.12.2008A luxury village will be built in the Bansko surrounding area by Greek investors. The project will cost €300 mln and will include 650 houses, hotel with 320 rooms, spa centre, two golf grounds and a DownTown. The v...
  • Bansko will host events of the men  's world cup in 2011

    Bansko will host events of the men 's world cup in 2011

    01.12.2008Bansko will hosts events of the men\'s world cup win skiing, it becomes clear from the FIS preliminary calendar, which was announced by the director of the ski resort of Wengen. The managers of the Swiss ski resorts of W...
  • Bansko Ski Season officially opened

    Bansko Ski Season officially opened

    01.12.2008Bansko opened the winter season 2008/2009 under the slogan of the World Cup in February 2009. Traditional launch of ski legends on Alberto Tomba ski run started at 12.00 The olympics champions Hanni Wenzel and Andreas...
  • Construction in Bansko banned

    Construction in Bansko banned

    01.12.2008The ban of construction in Bansko, which will be valid by the end of the active tourist season, becomes effective today. The ban has been issued by Bansko Mayor Alexander Kravarov. The new tourist season was offici...
  • Razlog Municipality organizes a Christmas Charity Campaign

    Razlog Municipality organizes a Christmas Charity Campaign

    28.11.2008Razlog municipality will officially open its charity campaign on the 1st of December 2008. It has the slogan - This year you are Santa Claus. The campaign will be held under the patronage of the mayor of Razlog municipal...