Bulgaria’s tourism sector has had a very successful year and is expecting a successful winter tourist season, Bulgaria’s Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova told the Bulgarian National Radio. The main purpose of the Bulgarian Ministry of Tourism is to make this country a year-round tourist destination, Minister Angelkova pointed out. In Minister Angelkova’s view, Bulgaria has the exceptional opportunity to advertise itself as wonderful tourist destination during the forthcoming Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. In 2017 cultural tourism in the Bulgarian towns and cities has increased between 20% and 35%, Minister Angelkova further said.
The national strike in Belgium, scheduled for 13 February, will lead to flight cancellations from/to Sofia from/to Brussels and Charleroi. Another flight is being diverted towards the Netherlands, BNR’s correspondent in Brussels Anguelina Piskova..
The German province of North Rhine-Westphalia has carried out its first charter flight to deport refugees, bTV reported. The flight included 7 young men from Afghanistan and Syria. They have no criminal records. The deportation is in accordance..
A hearing of the Prime Minister, the Ministers of Energy, Environment and Water, Agriculture and Food, and the Director of the National Electricity Company (NEK), has been included in the agenda of Bulgaria’s Parliament for February 12 at the..
A photograph in the media of Minister of Labour and Social Policy Borislav Gutsanov (Bulgarian Socialist Party), MEP Kristian Vigenin (Bulgarian..
With 197 votes “for”, the National Assembly unanimously approved, at first reading, a full ban on the import, trade in, supply, distribution and sale,..
94% of workers in Bulgaria are dissatisfied with their salary, shows a survey conducted by Podkrepa Confederation of Labor. 91% of the respondents in..
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