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Articles and news from Bulgaria's top ski resorts and ski centres - Bansko, Borovets, Pamporovo, Chepelare, Dobrinishte and etc.

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  • Date: 09 January 2006 Author: Sofia Echo, 06.01.2005

    The investment in infrastructure for Bulgaria’s leading winter resorts Borovets, Bansko and Pamporovo in the past couple of years has produced most of the hotels and ski equipment required. This season, significantly less investment in the... more

  • Date: 09 January 2006 Author: Dnevnik

    Ski resort Borovets beats growth forecast Borovets, the mountain resort located 72 km south-east of Sofia, has welcomed 20% more visitors so far this winter season in comparison with the year-ago period, besting earlier forecasts for a... more

  • Date: 04 January 2006 Author: 24 Hours, Tony Maskrachka, 04.01.2005 * with excerpts

    Two opportunities for construction of an airport in Pirin Mountain are already being discussed, after the mayor of Bansko municipal announced that the region needs a runway for charters with foreign tourists and for private planes. One of the... more

  • Date: 03 January 2006 Author: The Independent, Stephen Wood, 3.01.05, *with excerpts

    Bansko: The upwardly mobile ski resort Stephen Wood reports from Bansko, the Bulgarian resort hoping to replace Andorra as Europe's budget skiing capital The ride up the mountain is quiet and very smooth because the... more

  • Date: 20 December 2005 Author: SofiaEcho, Ivan Vatashov

    AFTER much anticipation, the time has come to launch ski season 2005/2006 in Bulgaria and it appears that hosts have prepared themselves to meet their guests properly. Ski legends Rosi Mittermeier, Mark Girardelli and Franz Klammer will ski... more

  • Date: 16 December 2005 Author: Valentin Hadjiev, 24 Hours, * with excerpts

    Chepelare is the new hit for the Bulgarian ski lovers. The resort in the Rodope mountain offer the cheapest lift passes, nice pistes, and cosy hotels with a total number of 1500 beds. The season in Chepelare opens tomorrow. The most expensive... more

  • Date: 14 December 2005 Author: Pople's Daily Online, 14. 12. 2005

    Bulgaria presents concept for Olympic 2014 bid Holding the winter Olympic Games 2014 will stimulate the country's economic development, popularize Bulgarian natural and cultural heritage, promote constructions of sport facilities and... more

  • Date: 01 December 2005 Author: 24 hours, Valentin Hadjiev, 31.10.05

    The construction works will start next year in April “I will invest not just a lev or two, but millions.” Hristo Stoichkov announced a few days ago, before he became an honored citizen of Smolyan. The trainer of the National Football... more

  • Date: 18 November 2005 Author: Mirror online, 22.10.2005, Nick Coles

    ASK most skiers what they know about Bulgaria and they'll say it's cheap. And they'd be right. If you're on a tight budget you won't get a better deal on a winter sports holiday anywhere else in Europe. Out of this bargain-hunter's snowy... more

  • Date: 14 November 2005 Author: Focus Agency, 11. 11. 2005

    The work on project Super Borovets will continue. National Movement Simeon II (NMSII) leader Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha met with Samokov’s mayor Angel Ivanov, former district governor of Sofia – region and current NMSII MP Olimpi Katev and... more