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  • Fraud with sale of properties in Razlog

    Fraud with sale of properties in Razlog

    28.11.2008Fraudster took 400 000 Euros from illegal property sale. He sale the property without the knowledge of his relatives, who are owners as well. The economic police in Razlog gave the man, from the village of Studena, to a ...
  • Famous ski champions will open the new ski season

    Famous ski champions will open the new ski season

    26.11.2008On Saturday, November 29th, five famous skiers will open the new winter season 2008/2009. In front of numerous audience they will demonstrate their skills on the Alberto Tomba ski piste. The olympics champions Hanni ...
  • Bansko meets all requirements of FIS World Cup

    Bansko meets all requirements of FIS World Cup

    26.11.20083, 5 million euro will cost the organization of the world cup alpine disciplines for women in Bansko. The world cup is scheduled for Feb. 28 to March 1, 2009. The total sum is already assured, said at a press conference ...
  • Citizen of Dobrinishte takes municipal land by documentary fraud

    Citizen of Dobrinishte takes municipal land by documentary fraud

    26.11.2008The economic police in Razlog found the author of documentary fraud, reported the police in Blagoevgrad. The investigations showed that a person with initials D.H. living in Dobrinishte used false documents to claim that...
  • Bulgaria property  'set for a comeback '

    Bulgaria property 'set for a comeback '

    20.11.2008Bulgaria is set to make a comeback in the international property market next year, it has been claimed. According to Property Wire, the country\'s winter sports destinations are set to become popular over the next 12 ...
  • Fresh Snow in Bansko Ski Center

    Fresh Snow in Bansko Ski Center

    20.11.200810 cm fresh snow fell for the last several hours in Bansko ski area. The snow cover on the slopes reached even 20 cm. It is still snowing in the mountains and the weather remains foggy. The local authorities banned th...
  • 80 square metres of scaffolding stolen in Bansko

    80 square metres of scaffolding stolen in Bansko

    19.11.2008Unknown perpetrators stole 80 square meters scaffolding from a building site in the Assanitsa area in the ski resort Bansko. The scaffolding\'s worth is 4000 leva ( €2000). The police is working on the case....
  • Russians Buy out Bansko resort

    Russians Buy out Bansko resort

    19.11.2008Russians are buying the real estates of Britons in Bansko winter resort. The spreading world financial crisis scared the Britons who had mostly invested in apartments in Bansko, real estate brokers explained. It is a ...
  • International Festival of the Mountain Cinema, Bansko 27th – 30th November 2008

    International Festival of the Mountain Cinema, Bansko 27th – 30th November 2008

    11.11.2008Bansko will host the International festival of the Mountaineers Cinema, announced Natali Petrova, head of the festival. 75 films from five continents, taken from the sea bottom to the Himalayan peaks, will be presented i...
  • Skiing Goes Cheap over World Financial Crisis

    Skiing Goes Cheap over World Financial Crisis

    11.11.2008The world financial crisis is finally showing its good face. Due to the economic downturn, hotels in the Bulgarian ski resorts of Bansko, Pamporovo and Borovets may lower the prices in attempt to attarct more clients, Th...
  • Bansko Ski Resort Still Interesting Despite Building Boom

    Bansko Ski Resort Still Interesting Despite Building Boom

    11.11.2008Hotels and apartments for rent can accommodate 15, 000 people. After the constructional works on hotels in Bansko ends, the resort will offer lodgings to 30, 000 people. The investments are estimated to more than 1 bi...
  • Bansko presents the new sports calendar for season 2008 – 2009

    Bansko presents the new sports calendar for season 2008 – 2009

    10.11.200822 - 23 November - Todorka Cup - alpine disciplines, men 16 – 17 December - Kapi Cup - alpine disciplines, girls, boys 18 – 19 December - Ulen Cup - alpine disciplines, men, women 7 – 8 February – Freestyle S...
  • Accident on the road between Bansko and Gotse Delchev

    Accident on the road between Bansko and Gotse Delchev

    07.11.2008Today two cars crashed on the road E79, near to Gospodinci village between Bansko and Gotse Delchev. Two women were have been injured and driven to the Gotse Delchev hospital - Ivan Skenderov, but there is no further inf...
  • Britons Give up Bulgarian Real Estates and Ski Runs

    Britons Give up Bulgarian Real Estates and Ski Runs

    07.11.2008Britons have been tightening their belts for a year - banking crisis, increased fuel and food prices, stagnation at the real estates market and tangibly growing unemployment... The subjects to the Queen no longer conside...
  • Credit crunch bursts Bulgarian property bubble

    Credit crunch bursts Bulgarian property bubble

    05.11.2008Bansko - Once an idyllic hamlet of red-tiled roofs, this Bulgarian ski town is now crammed with empty new apartments, unfinished hotels and huge, idle cranes that mar the breathtaking view of the Pirin mountains. Bulg...
  • Bansko Municipality builds a hospital

    Bansko Municipality builds a hospital

    29.10.2008On October 28 held the regular monthly meeting of Bansko Municipal Council. One of the points at the meeting was allowing a deviation of the indicators in the central city area, namely roof cornice height of 12 m. in con...
  • Bansko Municipality joined the international tourism fair in Bucharest, Romania

    Bansko Municipality joined the international tourism fair in Bucharest, Romania

    28.10.2008Bansko Municipality was presented at the international tourism fair in Bucharest, Romania. Bansko Municipality joined the bulgarian stand during the exhibition. According to recent studies by the State Agency for Tourism...
  • Bansko Municipality joins campaign against Drugs

    Bansko Municipality joins campaign against Drugs

    26.10.2008Bansko Municipality together with the Regional Council for drugs in Blagoevgrad present a new brochure \"Bansko - fire traditions against drugs\". The presentation will be held on 29.10.2007 /Wednesday/ from 17:00 in ...
  • Woman dies after being run over by a car

    Woman dies after being run over by a car

    26.10.2008Woman died after being run over by a car - said the duty police officer from the Regional Police Office in Blagoevgrad. The incident happened in the late afternoon today. The bus full with passangers stopped to rest at t...
  • British citizen lied to the police in Bansko, hid his car after a crash

    British citizen lied to the police in Bansko, hid his car after a crash

    26.10.2008The police found the stolen car jeep Hyundai, owned by the British citizen Andrew Roker. The car was hidden in groves in the area St. John near Bansko. The police determined that the car suffered a road accident. Duri...