Press releases archive May, 2007

2007/05/31

Bulgaria is a small country and I have spent all my life here, I have traveled all over the country and still, I have the feeling that I haven’t seen it all. Not long ago northwestern Bulgaria was just a bare geographic idea for me. But so it happened that I found myself in Vidin. The occasion was the first sod of the Danube Bridge II.

I reached the town by car along the way from Sofia, not the way I have always wanted it to be – by boat along the Danube River from Vienna for example....

[ more... ]

2007/05/21

“13 May 2007 is a day with no way back…” Sergey Stanishev Prime minister of the Republic of Bulgaria

The groundbreaking ceremony of the construction of a second bridge over the Danube River between Bulgaria and Romania took place on Sunday, 13 May 2007 at the km 796 of the river in Vidin. The Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Bulgaria in cooperation with the executor of the project – the Spanish company “FCC” („Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas") organized the event.

The...

[ more... ]

2007/05/11

In the Tibetan Mythology and the Buddhist tradition, a mythical and at the same time real world called Shambhala exists. You can enter this universe, which is in another dimension and is always close to us, only if you have clear heart and mind and you are in complete harmony with yourself and the rest of the world. Few months ago Shambhala found its own place in the material world, right here in Bulgaria. Just 130 km east of Sofia at the south foot of the Central part of the Balkan Mountain...

[ more... ]

2007/05/09

Nestled in the picturesque, fertile lands, at the foot of the outstanding Osogovo Mountain, Kyustendil city fascinates with its natural beauty and a thousand-year old history.
In ancient times it was known as Pauthalia, later on, in the early antiquity – as Velbujd and finally was renamed Kyustendil, after the name of the local feudal lord Konstantin Dragash.
The road from the capital city of Sofia to Kyustendil is very pleasant, not long (just an hour drive) and definitely...

[ more... ]

2007/05/07

Sandanski is huddled amidst a picturesque valley, fenced by the Pirin Mountain to the north and east and Belasitsa Mountain to the south. I have visited the town several times before, but each time, I like it more and more. Sandanski is a resort town with over 80 mineral springs in the region, whose temperature varies from 33̊̊ C to 83̊ C. The resort is famous for its healing climate, which is healthy for the people with lung diseases. However few people know that this is due to...

[ more... ]