News Investments for more than EUR 90 million certified since the start of 2021 published on 2/15/21 6:05 PM
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Investments for more than EUR 90 million have been certified since the beginning of the year. This was announced by the Ministry of Economy, BNR reported. Investors are expected to create more than 500 new jobs.
The certificates are for seven projects outside the capital. Three of them are implemented in high-tech productions and services. The investments are in Burgas, Dolna Mitropolia, Dupnitsa, Devnya and Stara Zagora.
The ambition of the ministry is to certify projects for nearly 307 million euros by the end of the first third of the year.
News Visa issues stop Russian and Turkish tourists from visiting Bulgaria published on 2/16/21 4:00 PM
The ski resort of Bansko
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There are almost no Russian and Turkish tourists in Bulgarian winter resorts. The reason for this is not only the pandemic, BNR correspondent Keti Trencheva has reported. The big problem is visas and the cumbersome procedure for issuing them. The topic has been raised once again by the tourism industry in the ski resort of Bansko, which is making efforts to attract guests from the Russian and Turkish markets.
According to Malin Bistrin, chairman of the Union of Tourism Business in Bansko, the state s idleness towards Russian and Turkish tourists seemed like a crime against Bulgarian tourism. Saying that visa restrictions follow the logic of EU rules, the industry points Greece as an example, as it issues multiple-entry visas to Turkish tourists for a period of 6 to 12 months.
News Ski resort of Bansko brimming with tourists published on 2/1/21 3:25 PM
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The requirement by the Bulgarian government for a negative PCR test upon entry into the country has resulted in the cancellation of 25-30% of the reservations from abroad for the ski resort of
Bansko in Mount Pirin. Nevertheless during the weekend the resort was
bursting at the seams with Romanian and Bulgarian tourists. A queue formed for the gondola lift that was almost one kilometer long.
The Tourism Business Union is to demand of the ministries concerned that foreign tourists be able to present antigen tests, which are cheaper, and also that this requirement be dropped for people who present a vaccination certificate.
Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Day 331 published on 2/1/21 7:51 PM
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New shipment of vaccines arrives at Sofia Airport
A new delivery of 17,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 has arrived in Bulgaria. Another 260,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine are expected this month, said Bogdan Kirilov, chairman of the Bulgarian Medicines Agency. The AstraZeneca vaccine has been approved by the European Medicines Agency, we are waiting for the product information about it and the brief description, which will be sent to the specialists. Regarding the Russian vaccine, Kirilov commented that the scientific consultations held in the EU continue. Delivery of the Moderna vaccines is expected to be delayed. Instead of 8,000 doses, only 6,000 doses will arrive in early February. The delay will be compensated by the end of the month, BTA reported.
Life Bulgaria after the heavy rainfall published on 1/13/21 2:21 PM
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Flooded streets, yards and houses, villages and neighbourhoods cut off by land- and mudslides – this is what Bulgaria looks like 24 hours after the severe rainfall. Fortunately no loss of life has been reported. Weather conditions have now calmed down and steps are being taken to bring the situation back to normal.
In the region of Blagoevgrad , southwestern Bulgaria, the rain has stopped but temperatures have plummeted and there is a strong wind, and in many places the wet road surfaces have turned to ice, BNR’s correspondent Keti Trencheva reports. But before that happened the severe rainfall, in combination with high temperatures and snowmelt, spelled trouble for people and institutions. Bridges washed away and houses flooded are just two elements of the big picture. There is severe damage along the River Mesta. For close to 6 hours a landslide cut off the