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Bansko ski center opens on 01 December 2009
17.11.2009Bansko ski resort is already preparing the ski slopes for the forecoming ski season in the Pirin Mountain. The snow cannons are already operating, preparing a solid base for a perfect snow cover. The resort will be op...
Winter resorts make investments despite crisis
16.11.2009Ski resorts in Bulgaria are busy preparing for the upcoming winter season. Besides the traditional cleaning of ski runs, some resorts have made additional investments, despite the hard economic situation, a Pari daily's ...
Charter flights help increase tourists
12.11.2009If all new charter flights to Sofia airport announced so far are fulfilled, the number of passengers at the airport will increase by 45, 000. That emerged at a conference on Bulgaria at the World Travel Market (WTM) tour...
Bansko welcomes Winter
08.11.2009The first snow in Bansko has covered the rooftops and the slopes above the resort town and was welcomed in anticipation of the new ski season. Bansko Municipality welcomed winter with enough equipment to clean the sno...
Charity Night of Fire is organized
05.11.2009Charity Night of Fire is organized from the English community in Dobrinishte on the 6th November 2009 at 18:30. For another year in the town of Dobrinishte the Hotel "Bamro" will hold the evening of fire with a charit...
Pirin National Park can not become all in a protected area, like the mayors of Bansko and Razlog
02.11.2009Mayors of Bansko and Razlog, Alexander Kravarov and Blagoi Dunkin declared against the conversion of all National Park Pirin in the protected area and inclusion of new areas within its boundaries. In a letter to the P...
Razlog presents the book - history, traditions, memory of Razlog
02.11.2009On Tuesday the 3rd November 2009, in the multifunctional hall "15 September", in the center of the town Razlog the book "Razlog - history, traditions, memory", will be presented. Authors of the book are 13 of the most...
The winners of the festival Maleshevo singing and dancing are from Bansko
02.11.2009Bulgarian and foreign artists shared the four special awards for the sixth edition of the festival "Maleshevo singing and dancing" Mikrevo 2009. The award of the Prime Minister Boiko Borisov, who this year was a patro...
Book of memories by the alpinist Walter Bonatti to be presented in Bansko
02.11.2009The book "My memories of the climbs” by the alpinist Walter Bonatti will be presented in Bansko. Walter Bonatti is considered the biggest mountain climber in the world during the 50’s and 60’s of the 20th century. ...
Small hotels most hurt by uncontrolled construction
30.10.2009Russian market less sensitive to overbuilding of mountain resorts The small hotels in Bulgaria's mountain resorts are most affected by uncontrolled construction, the CEO of Penguin Travel, Dimitar Popov, said at a con...
Mayors Rise up against UNESCO Protected Zones
30.10.2009Two Bulgarian mountain resort mayors have sent an open letter to Prime Minister Borisov expressing concern over the inclusion of new zones in the UNESCO World Heritage protected areas. Alexander Kravarov, Mayor of the...
Bulgaria’s Bansko Expects Growth of Visitors from Serbia and Macedonia
30.10.2009During this winter season, Bulgarian tourism industry experts expect a growth of local tourists, as well as visitors from Macedonia and Serbia, they said during yesterday’s conference on the development on winter tourism...
Bansko and Zagreb Host Top Events in FIS Calendar 2009
30.10.2009The FIS World Cup starts in Bansko and Zagreb were No.1 for the 2008/2009 season in terms of organization. This information was released by Jan Tischhauser, responsible for the organization of FIS starts and events. Acco...
Fire in Dobrinishte
28.10.2009Firefighters from Sandanski extinguished a fire that occurred in the trucks of an amusement fair, informed the press office of the police in Blagoevgrad. At 05:00 at the fire service in the resort town they had received ...
Celebrating 97-year anniversary of the liberation of Bansko
06.10.2009Everyone in the town of Bansko celebrated its 97th anniversary organised by the community of the resort town on the 5th of October. The festive program began at 10:30am with a presentation of wreaths and flowers to th...
Jubilee retrospective exhibition will be opened in Bansko
04.10.2009Jubilee retrospective “roots” will be held in Bansko on this special day in the resort town, reported the press office of the municipality. The author of the exhibition, Konstantin Ikonomov , was born in 1939 in Bansk...
Bansko Municipality present the Paintball Championships
10.08.2009Bansko Municipality and IMI Sports held the final round of the professional championship Paintball tournament. It all took place surrounded by a great pool party in the complex Pirin. DJ Stamich Rosen Selecta provided th...
Bansko officially opens the new History exhibition
10.08.2009Bansko officially opened \"Old Bulgarian alphabet and state of mind\" exhibition in the Historical Spiritual Center, Paisii Hilendarski. The exhibition explores the role of the Old Bulgarian state to work against pre...
Bansko Jazz Festival, August 2009
10.08.2009Once again Bansko has become the host of the International Jazz Festival which traditionally takes place from 8th to 13th of August. Despite the financial crisis, organizers this year had promised the jazz festival to ta...
Bansko hosts mountain bike rally
11.07.2009Bansko will host a bike rally on the 24th, 25th and 26th July. The race will take place the first two days. The third day is planned as a “fun” day near Dobrinishte. The participation in the rally will cost 50 BGN and...

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