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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, during excavations in the centre […]
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 well as vehicles including campers and […]
Bulgaria’s Black Sea resorts are expected to record lower visitor numbers in the 2019 summer season, which current estimates put at between five and eight per cent compared to last […]
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 […]
