The number of tourists visiting Bulgaria’s resorts during this year’s summer season will see a 10% increase, Bulgaria’s Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova announced. According to preliminary estimates, nearly 4.6 million foreign tourists will visit Bulgaria in the summer of 2016. Last year their number amounted to 4.2 million. The number of Russian tourists visiting Bulgaria has increased with 20% to 30%. The number of German and French tourists visiting that country increased with 20% and the number of British tourists visiting Bulgaria saw a 10% increase, Minister Angelkova further announced, adding that the new concession contracts which are due to be signed by end 2016 will be under new terms and conditions.
Musicians from Australia and Great Britain will perform on July 13 in Veliko Tarnovo, on the "Art Summer" open stage next to the Boris Denev Art Gallery. The music of the band David Dower Trio combines jazz, rock and Bulgarian musical influences...
Saturday will be sunny and hot. Clouds will form in the afternoon, and there may be brief showers in isolated places in the Eastern part of the country. Minimum temperatures 18-23° C., for Sofia 18° C. Maximum temperatures 35-40° C., for Sofia 35°..
On this day in 1991 the Seventh Grand National Assembly adopted the new Constitution of Bulgaria and dissolved itself, BTA recalls. This was the first new constitution in the former socialist camp, which came into effect the very next day, July 13. On..
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,..
Bulgarian politicians and institutions have condemned the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. "We are deeply shocked by the horrific attack on..
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