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2007/11/29

The capital city of Bulgaria – Sofia(Sofiya) will celebrate the Christmas Eve with 30 Christmas trees on the streets of the city.
Part of the trees will be decorated with energy-saving lighting bulbs, which do not harm the tree branches.
Over 40 companies will take part in the decoration of the streets for Christmas. This year there will be more Christmas stars, lighting bulbs and decorations to entertain the citizens and to bring joyful Christmas atmpsphere.

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2007/11/23

German-based hotel chain Worldhotels said it is in franchise talks with several hotels in Bulgaria.

The company is interested in the whole Central and Eastern European region where demand is on the rise, said Robert van der Graaf, senior manager business development EMEA.

The executive said Worldhotels is currently looking at Sofia and is exploring the opportunities to brand existing as well as hotels still under construction.

The first Worldhotels launch in Bulgaria should be...

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2007/11/22

New city hotel (Hill Hotel), near the Kempinski Hotel Zografski in Sofia opened.

FPI Hotels & Resorts, a unit of FPI, will manage the hotel 48-room Hill hotel which will apply for a four-star category rating. FPI said it plans to add more hotels in Sofia.

In Sofia, FPI Hotels & Resorts runs the...

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2007/11/12

Sofia's main architect Peter Dikov announced that the common structural plan of the city foresees massive enlargement of the capital in North direction.

One of the biggest projects is constructions of water park complexes in the valley of Iskar River.

The complexes will be situated over an area of 2,000 decares in the regions of Kremikovtsi and Novi Iskar.

The project plans the building sides of water and amusement parks along with recreation parks.

Still there are no concrete...

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2007/11/09

Solar energy will sustain a golf course near Sofia. Yesterday Spanish Ferry Group officially announced the start of the project for the construction of a golf course in the region of the village of Katina.

Eighty percent of the energy consumed in the golf complex will come from the sun and bio-fuels. Waste water will be treated under a special technology and will be used anew for watering the course.

The Spanish investors have decided to increase the investment from 180 to 500 million...

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2007/11/08

The first plane of “EasyJet”, the leading European budget airline, landed in Sofia, Bulgaria. Traditionally the first passengers were met, according to the Bulgarian customs – with bread and salt. At the same time the first passangers, taking off from Bulgaria to London were happy to try from a large cake in the shape of “EasyJet” Plane.

The largest part of the passengers (62%) took the flight to London to visit friends and families. The survey also shows 14 % were going on vacation and 24 %...

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2007/11/08

Ferry Group starts Katina Golf Resort project which was declared the first official playmate of the European Commission in Bulgaria in the Steady Development project.

Today Ferry Group officially announced the beginning of the project after the company took the construction license few days ago. Now the Spanish investor is in the making of the ground breaking ceremony.

Building the boutique golf village near Katina is a promising initiative considering the fact that the project got the...

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2007/11/06

Crown Agents held a charity golf day at St Sofia Golf Club and Spa on October 26 to raise funds to support a school for disadvantaged children.

The day was aimed at supporting the Traditzia Foundation’s continued commitment to the Vassil Levski primary school in the village of Vidrare, municipality of Pravets. The school has 65 disadvantaged children between the ages of seven and 15, who are of Roma origin, from poor families or who have mental and physical disabilities.

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2007/10/29

French shanson and old city popular tunes sounded in the emblematic garden in front of the National theatre “Ivan Vazov” on 26. 10. 2007. Music was accompanied with the murmur of the fountain and the human din. The site, where during the day aristocratic old people play chess and teenagers look forward for their love dates, became a centre of a lovely exhibition named “People and the city”.

The beginning of the event coincided with the day of the builders and the Christian holiday...

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2007/10/12

Sofia Music Jam 2007 will present to Bulgarian public pianist Chick Corea, banjo player Bela Fleck and Jon Anderson, former lead singer of the UK’s progressive rock band Yes.

Corea and Fleck are the first headliners of the festival. Their concert will be held in Hall 1 in the National palace of Culture on November 6 2007.

Tickets for the show are on sale since October 10 2007 at 30 to 60 leva.

Corea is considered one of the most influential people in contemporary musical history. He has...

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