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Burgas

by MacBesT on 02/21/2007 10:52   0 comments , 630 views
Categories: Things to know, News, History, Cultural Heritage
  

Location:The city of Bourgas has a population of almost 200,000 people accordingto recent data, and is the second largest city at the Bulgarian BlackSea coast. It is also the fourth largest city in the country, followingSofia, Plovdiv and connecting Varna. It is situated in the farthestwestern part of the Bourgas Bay and 390km east of Sofia. Due to the lowlevel of the coast in the area, three lagoon-lakes (the Atanassovo,Bourgas, and Mandren ...
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Nessebar

by MacBesT on 02/16/2007 05:38   0 comments , 387 views
Categories: Things to know, Places To See, History, Cultural Heritage
Tags: Black Sea, Bulgaria, Nessebar
   Location: The town of Nessebar has about 10,000 inhabitants and extends over a small peninsula. It lies 37km northeast of Bourgas. Its beach is considered to be one of the finest along the Black Sea coast due to a large sandy strip of land between the town and the village of Ravda, covered with clean golden sand.
   
   History: The present-day town is the successor of a Thracian fishermen's settlement named Menabryia (meaning literally 'the t...
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BG art news

by MacBesT on 01/26/2007 07:33   0 comments , 375 views
Categories: Cultural Events, Things to know, News
Tags: BG art, Berlinale Film Festival, BG actors, Ivan Burnev, Hristo Zhivkov



For the first time in the last 30 years the Berlinale Film Festival is featuring films with BG actors in the leading roles - Ivan Burnev in the film "I Served the King of England" ("Obsluhoval jsem anglickeho kralé") directed by the famous Czech director Jirí Menzel, and Hristo Zhivkov in the film "In Memory Of Myself" ("In memoria di me") by Saverio Costanzo, Italy.

Two BG actors Ivan Burnev (the photo above) and Hristo Zhivkov, are both among t...

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St. Anastasia Island

by MacBesT on 01/22/2007 03:29   0 comments , 530 views
Categories: Things to know, Places To See, History, Cultural Heritage
Tags: Black Sea, Bulgaria, Burgas, St. Anastasia Island
 

Photo - www.evgenidinev.com

St. Anastasia is an island in the Bourgas bay in the Black Sea. Between 1945 and 1990 the island was named Bolshevik. It is located 6.5 km southeastern from Bourgas, between St. Anastasia cape and Atia cape.
The island is formed of volcanic rocks, it is 12 m high and its area is 0.022 sq.m. In 1924 the island was turned into a concentration camp. An old dried up well is situated in the northern part of the island.
The l...
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Today is ANTONOVDEN (St. Anthony`s Day)

by MacBesT on 01/17/2007 04:54   0 comments , 379 views
Categories: Traditions, Things to know, News, History, Cultural Heritage
Tags: church, religion, ANTONOVDEN, St. Anthony`s Day
 
January 17, 2007


Name day of everyone named Anton (meaning priceless in Latin), Antonia, Antoanneta, Antoan, Andon, Doncho, Donka, Donna, Donny, Donyo, Tonyo, Tony.

People celebrate this day and are forbidden to work as a protection against the plague. Young brides get up at dawn and bake breads called `choumini` (meaning `of plague`). They spread honey on them ?to please the old lady, the Plague?, and give them away around the neighbourhood for ...

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Budget carriers increase flights to Bulgaria

by MacBesT on 01/16/2007 04:12   0 comments , 3914 views
Categories: Things to know, News, Business & Investmens
Tags: Plovdiv, sofia, tourism, Bulgaria, Burgas, Business, Varna, Budget carriers, flights

 


Low cost carrier Wizz Air Monday announced it will add new destinations to and from Bulgaria with its summer flight timetable.
Starting in June, Wizz Air will fly from Bulgarian coastal city Burgas to Budapest, Katowice and Warsaw. Flights to Budapest will be available from another Bulgarian coastal city, Varna.
At the moment, Wizz Air flies only to London from Burgas, a route serviced by rivals Bulgaria Air, Hemus Air and British Airways.
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Both Happiness and Diseases Are Predetermined by Genes

by MacBesT on 01/14/2007 04:07   0 comments , 418 views
Categories: Things to know, News, History, Cultural Heritage
Tags: Thracians, Slavs, Proto-Bulgarians, Bulgaria, Bulgarians
The modern Bulgarians are descendants of many different ancient peoples, says Ivo Kremenski

Professor Ivo Kremenski is a person who knows a lot about the genes of the Bulgarian people. He heads the National Laboratory of Genetics, where recently an international team has discovered the reason for the hereditary atrophy of the peripheral nervous system. We asked Prof. Kremenski questions about the genetically predetermined diseases, about the orig...
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Britain Makes Game of Bulgaria

by MacBesT on 01/12/2007 04:41   0 comments , 375 views
Categories: Things to know, Places To See, News, History, Cultural Heritage
Tags: Bulgaria, England, British Museum, Tetraevalgelia of Vidin
London Museum apologizes to Bulgaria for the blunder with the "Macedonian" inscription


British Museum officials apologized to the Bulgarian Embassy in London and changed the scandalous inscription under the Tetraevalgelia of Vidin
Photo: Archives of Standart

Do you remember how grandfather Liben, the character of Bulgarian writer Lyuben Karavelov, takes the mickey out of the citizens of the British Islands: "These are the oddest people on earth. I ...
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Culture club - Open cultural institutions days

by MacBesT on 01/10/2007 08:49   0 comments , 381 views
Categories: Things to know, Places To See, News
Tags: Plovdiv, Vidin, Bulgaria, Bourgas, Varna, Veliko Tarnovo, Rousse, Open Museums Day, Shoumen, Pleven, Vratsa, Razgrad, Kardjali




On January 10, 2007 the Ministry of Culture organizes Open Museums Day on the occasion of Bulgaria’s accession to the European Union. 38 state and municipal museums, as well as 20 galleries will be visited for free. Free shows will be performed in all the state theaters in the country within the Ministry’s initiative. Music spectacles and concerts will be also free in the Open cultural institutions week in the Opera-philharmonic units in Rousse,...
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Bulgaria may merge Burgas, Varna airport co's with Plovdiv airport

by MacBesT on 01/09/2007 06:29   0 comments , 716 views
Categories: Things to know, News, Business & Investmens
Tags: Bulgaria, airport, Varna, Plovdiv Burgas




Bulgaria may merge Burgas, Varna airport co's with Plovdiv airport
The assets of state-owned companies Airport Varna and Airport Burgas left after the airports themselves were signed over for management under a concession arrangement may be merged with the Airport Plovdiv company, Dnevnik learned from transport minister Petar Mutafchiev.
The assets comprise mainly office and jet handling equipment.
A concession procedure for the Plovdiv airport is ...

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