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  • Postponed St. Moritz Downhill to Be Held in Bansko

    Postponed St. Moritz Downhill to Be Held in Bansko

    21.01.2009The postponed downhill women ski completion, which was scheduled to be held in St. Moritz, is now going to take place in Bulgaria\'s winter resort Bansko, the International Ski Federation announced, cited by the Bulgaria...
  • Bansko met Lepa Brena with fireworks

    Bansko met Lepa Brena with fireworks

    19.01.2009Firework show, good mood and lot of guests met the Serbian star Lepa Brena on Saturday night in Bansko. The legendary singer sang three hours without a break in the 5-star hotel Florimont in Bansko. The popular Serbia...
  • Thousands of participants at the Mummers Festival in Razlog and Simitli

    Thousands of participants at the Mummers Festival in Razlog and Simitli

    19.01.20091Thousands of mummers /kukeri/ took part in the Mummer\'s festivals last weekend in Pirin Region. Two festivals were held at the same time - Sixth Mummer\'s Festival in Simitli and the International Mummer\'s festival in ...
  • NTC International to Start Offering Below Market Value Properties in Bulgaria for First-Time Investo

    NTC International to Start Offering Below Market Value Properties in Bulgaria for First-Time Investo

    16.01.2009Today NTC International, Inc. has announced its plans to start offering BMV investment properties in different Bulgarian locations: Sofia, Bansko, Kavarna, Sunny Beach, among others. Says Mr. G. Gantchev, Director of ...
  • Bansko Mountain Resort invests nearly 8 Million Euro in Infrastructure

    Bansko Mountain Resort invests nearly 8 Million Euro in Infrastructure

    14.01.2009Bulgaria’s biggest and most modern mountain resort of Bansko plans to invest 15 million leva (around 7.7 million euro) in infrastructure this year, according to the municipality’s updated plan. By the end of 2009, the...
  • Razlog opened officially the new ski season

    Razlog opened officially the new ski season

    13.01.2009Hundreds of guests and residents of Razlog tried the ski run Kulinoto for the first time this year. Little late, but with excellent skiing conditions, ski run Kulinoto became another attractive ski destination at the foo...
  • Fraudsters steal large amount of ski equipment in Bansko

    Fraudsters steal large amount of ski equipment in Bansko

    13.01.2009Presented as Moldovan tourists, fraudsters stole a large amount of ski equipment from 2 ski rental shops in Bansko. The owners of the shops submitted complains in the police department yesterday. On Saturday, a group ...
  • Numerous illegal billboards on highway E-79

    Numerous illegal billboards on highway E-79

    13.01.2009Investigation found over 50 illegal billboards and other advertising equipment on highway E-79 and the road towards Bansko and Razlog, said Road Management in Blagoevgrad. In most of the cases the billboards are put with...
  • Lepa Brena comes to Bansko

    Lepa Brena comes to Bansko

    12.01.2009The biggest Serbian pop folk star Lepa Brena arrives in Bansko on her new album. She will present her latest hits in the five star complex Florimont in Bansko. The concert will be held on 17 January. A special hall is...
  • Bansko hosts the 7th round of the European Cup in Biathlon

    Bansko hosts the 7th round of the European Cup in Biathlon

    12.01.2009In just a month from now / 12 to 14 February / Bansko will host the 7th round of the European Cup in biathlon, which already has the name IBU CUP - International Biathlon Union Cup. The program provides informal train...
  • Crisis brings Russian and Arab investors to Bulgarian Real Estate market

    Crisis brings Russian and Arab investors to Bulgarian Real Estate market

    07.01.2009The global financial crisis will serve to attract more Russian and Middle Eastern investors to Bulgaria\'s real estate market, according to the Russian online edition rambler.ru. The reason for that is that the financ...
  • British tourists fined for a ruck in Bansko

    British tourists fined for a ruck in Bansko

    06.01.2009The Municipal court in Razlog sentenced three British tourists to 200 leva each. The three were accused of refusing to pay their bill in a Bansko restaurant and starting a fight. The fight broke out between the thr...
  • 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...