Bulgaria’s Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova held a working meeting in London with the Secretary General of the United Nations’ World Tourism Organization Taleb Rifai. The meeting was held within the frameworks of the World Travel Market event for the global travel industry. The forthcoming International Congress of the World Civilizations and Ancient Routes under the initiative of the World Tourism Organization was in the focus of discussions. The event will be held in Bulgaria between November 14 and 16 next year. Minister Angelkova and Taleb Rifai discussed the development of tourism in Bulgaria. Minister Angelkova accentuated on the positive results in this field and provided official statistics in support of her statement. Until September 2017 the total number of foreign tourists visiting Bulgaria amounted to 7,492,630, which was 8% more as compared to the same period last year. According to data of the Bulgarian National Bank, the revenues from international tourism in the first 8 months of 2017 are to the tune of EUR 2.6 billion.
The regional governor of Plovdiv, Prof. Hristina Yancheva, announced a partial state of emergency in Hisarya and Kaloyanovo, BTA has reported. The measure was introduced because of the fires in the area of the villages of Pesnopoi and Mihiltsi near..
The European Commission has approved state aid amounting to EUR 142 million (BGN 278 million) to support the energy sector, BNR’s correspondent in Brussels reports. The money is being granted to alleviate part of the expenses of the companies which..
Army personnel and two helicopters from the 24 th air base at Krumovo have joined the efforts to extinguish a big fire in Mount Sredna Gora close to Pesnopoy village, Kaloyanovo municipality and Mihiltsi village, Hisarya municipality. The..
Sunday will be sunny and hot. There will be a light, in the Eastern parts to moderate wind from the East-Northeast. Maximum temperatures 35-40° C.,..
Seven fires are burning in forest areas in the districts of Plovdiv, Haskovo, Kyustendil and Yambol, the Executive Forests Agency said. In..
Caretaker Premier Dimitar Glavchev and the Director of the General Directorate Fire Safety and Civil Protection, Chief Commissioner Alexander Dzhartov,..
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