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  • Winter Chess Tournament will be held in Bansko

    Winter Chess Tournament will be held in Bansko

    11.11.2010From the 11th to the 19th of December, Bansko will be the host of the biggest winter chess festival in Eastern Europe. The tournament will involve 100 athletes from 16 countries and the prize fund of the Bansko Open 2010...
  • Bansko will host the the IBU CUP BIATLON in 2011

    Bansko will host the the IBU CUP BIATLON in 2011

    11.11.2010Bansko will be the host of the IBU CUP BIATLON in 2011. In connection with the good organization of the race was held a working meeting of the Organising Committee. It was attended by Director of IBU - Ventsislav Ilie...
  • Luc Alphand arrives for the season opening in Bansko

    Luc Alphand arrives for the season opening in Bansko

    05.11.2010Luc Alphand, one of the worlds ski [legends] will arrive in Bansko for the opening of the season on the 11th December 2010. Luc won big during the skiing world cup in 1997. Luc Alphand will take part in the parallel s...
  • Bansko expects a strong season

    Bansko expects a strong season

    12.10.2010Bansko expects predict a strong season this year. Contracts have been signed with tour operators and there is a 10 percent discount for early enrollment. There will also be a boom in visitors from neighboring countries. ...
  • Bansko is already the winter capital of the Balkans

    Bansko is already the winter capital of the Balkans

    04.10.2010During the International Tourism Fair at the grand ceremony in the Serbian town of Novi Sad, Bansko was announced the winter capital of the Balkans. The proposal for the high award was the leadership of the Balkan Ass...
  • Row with the Russians over apartments in Bansko

    Row with the Russians over apartments in Bansko

    04.10.2010After fraud problems relating to apartments in Bansko with Russians, we can now say that the English are getting the same situation. Alexander and Natalia Akimushkin Borodolina came to Bansko in the winter. They both lik...
  • Bansko began celebrations devoted to the Day of Bansko

    Bansko began celebrations devoted to the Day of Bansko

    03.10.2010Bansko started the events devoted to Day of Bansko on October 5th. On Friday evening in the lounge of the library a film was presented. The film was made on a joint project of the Cultural Center, N. Vaptsarov, Center fo...
  • Bansko is the summer capital of culture in the Balkans

    Bansko is the summer capital of culture in the Balkans

    16.09.2010Bansko is seeking to attract tourists in the summer and is doing so very successfully. During the summer months, there were organized three cultural festivals, several art exhibitions, culinary exhibition featuring culin...
  • Golf Tournament in Razlog

    Golf Tournament in Razlog

    07.09.2010The second tournament of the year for the, \"Mtel Masters Golf, was held this weekend in the Pirin Golf and Country Club near Razlog. There was a record breaking number of 123 participants this year. The race conti...
  • Opera Festival in Bansko

    Opera Festival in Bansko

    29.08.2010The 27th and 28th of August were the [dates] that Bansko was the host for the first opera festival which was held in the open. Organisers of the event were the Bansko Municipality, Tourist Association of Bansko and the K...
  • Solomon Burke was the attraction of the Jazz Fest yesterday

    Solomon Burke was the attraction of the Jazz Fest yesterday

    12.08.2010His concert rocked a packed square and the audience wanted more after a unique experience. Burke arrived with his car behind the stage. In high-security the soul star was the last to get out of the car. The audience a...
  • Mountain biking rally promotes eco tourism in the region of Bansko

    Mountain biking rally promotes eco tourism in the region of Bansko

    15.07.2010Bansko community, National Park Pirin, Tourist Association Bansko and organization The road to nowhere are organising a Mountain biking Rally on the 31/7/2010 and 1/8/2010. The road to nowhere is a not for profit orga...
  • Rooms inquiries of British property in Bansko

    Rooms inquiries of British property in Bansko

    29.04.2010Prosecutor Vicho Vichev and the Blagoevgrad District Prosecutor Elka Atanasova will meet in Sofia to consider the case of properties in the English complex, Four Seasons in Bansko. The English had no access to their h...
  • Open state championship snowboarding in Bansko

    Open state championship snowboarding in Bansko

    06.04.2010Bansko will host a very attractive event on the 10th and the 11th of April. The track, Ulen near Shiligarnika will hold the open state snowboarding championship. The races are part of the International Ski Federation ...
  • Cup races in Bansko Pirin

    Cup races in Bansko Pirin

    05.04.2010Bansko will hold the Alpine skiing state championship. The race will start from the start line near Banderitsa on the 6th – 9th April. Around 100 men and 30 women will participate in the race. The competitors are repr...
  • Bansko Municipality organized spring cleaning

    Bansko Municipality organized spring cleaning

    03.04.2010Bansko today has organized by local traditional a spring clean of the city. For this purpose, the municipal administration has organized the necessary vehicles for the transportation of the waste to be collected. An a...
  • Falling prices of the ski pass in Bansko

    Falling prices of the ski pass in Bansko

    28.03.2010Budget reductions of 20 percent have made the ski pass for the ski slopes in Bansko from 1st April. Ivan Obreykov informs the CEO of the company concessionaire of the ski facilities \"Ulen\". He also noted that curren...
  • Roundtable on environmental issues in Bansko

    Roundtable on environmental issues in Bansko

    27.03.2010Bansko celebrated the Day of energy with a series of events designed to inform the public about measures taken to protect the environment. On 25th and 26th March were presented films showing climate change and emergin...
  • Bansko children sang for Haiti

    Bansko children sang for Haiti

    15.03.2010Children of Bansko organized a special concert to raise funds to help victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Initiators of the events are students in the 7th class from the school \"N. Rilski \" in Bansko. After the c...
  • Britons to protest in Bansko

    Britons to protest in Bansko

    27.02.2010During the boom of buying real estate in Bansko many Britons made an investment that were considered profitable. About 6 million pounds was given for two years from 70 British families. All of them accuse local real e...