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Bulgaria’s Parliament approved at second reading on July 18 amendments to the Concessions Act, meant to simplify the rules for concession tenders for Black Sea beaches. Beach concessions became subject […]
A team from heating energy distribution firm EVN Toplofikatsiya has found remnants of a Roman dwelling with a clay pipeline, as well as a grave, durin ...
Bulgarian Parliament voted on July 10 to overturn President Roumen Radev’s veto on amendments to the country’s Black Sea Act that ban tents, as we ...
Bulgaria’s Black Sea resorts are expected to record lower visitor numbers in the 2019 summer season, which current estimates put at between five ...
Five lanes will opened to ease the passage of cars from Bulgaria to Greece at the Kulata border checkpoint this weekend, the Interior Ministry said. The move comes after the […]
The flow of cars through the Kulata border checkpoint to Greece is 25 per cent higher than at this time last year, Bulgarian Border Police chief Svetlan Kichikov said on […]
The head of Bulgaria’s Consumer Protection Commission, Dimitar Margaritov, has issued a series of warnings and advice to tourists visiting the country’s Black Sea coast in summer 2019. Margaritov issued […]
Bulgaria’s Tourism Ministry and Consumer Protection Commission are conducting large-scale checks along the country’s Black Sea coast to see if tour guides have the certificates required by law, minister Nikolina […]
Eighty-six per cent of the tourism trips by Bulgarians in 2017 were within their own country, European Union statistics agency Eurostat said on June 27. This was the sixth-highest rate […]
Bulgarian state railways BDZ said on June 12 that it is introducing a 15-day pre-sale of tickets for all “fast trains” – as they are called, distinguishing them express or […]
