News Guide Bulgaria

12th Round of Bulgarian A Football group 2009-2010

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:13:00 GMT

Results of round XII of Bulgarian A Professional Football group 2009/2010 : Friday 6 November Lokomotiv Mezdra 0 - 2 Montana Saturday 7 November Beroe Stara Zagora 3 - 1 Botev Plovdiv Cherno More Varna 4 - 2 Lokomotiv Sofia Sportist Svo...

Bulgarian National Bank Exchange Rates for Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT

BNB central exchange rate for US Dollar is 1.30685 leva , which is 0.157 stotinki more than Tuesday`s BNB exchange rates for November 11 , in effect since 4 o`clock PM today, are: for currency value (leva) change (lev...

Exchange Rates of Foreign Currencies against Bulgarian Lev on 2009-11-10

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT

Currency Code per Levs ( BGN ) per 1 Lev Reverse rate Australian Dollar AUD 1 1.211420 1 0.825478 Brazilian Real BRL 10 7.614680 1 ...

Yana: Thender for Sofia waste processing plant in Yana village was extended

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:26:00 GMT

Sofia city administration extended with a month the deadline for submission of bids in the tender for design and construction of a waste processing plant. The future facility in the zone Sadinata in Yana village is one of the three elements of the inte...

Sofia: Airport Gate Towers project in Sofia

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:30:00 GMT

2 blocks and a 6-storey high passage between them connected with 4 floors - this is a new project called Airport Gate Towers. The site is 7,000 sq. m on Prodan Tarakchiev str. The excellent location at 500 m from the airport near the main city thoroughfa...

Sofia: FC Levski Sofia ready to set friendly game against the National BG team

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:18:00 GMT

Following the canceled friendly of the internationals against Bolivia, the management of FC Levski Sofia said they were ready to set the Blue team against Berbatov and company on Saturday. " We are looking for an opponent for a practice game. I canno...

Strumeshnitsa: Villages of Strumeshnitsa and neighbours are isolated because the heavy rain

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT

Some of the villages in the Ograjden mountain range are isolated, announced the mayor of the village of Strumeshnitsa Nikola Vachkov. He says that the heavy rain has furrowed the road to the mountainous villages. He describes the situation as uncontrolla...

Stara Zagora: Office of Expressbank in Stara Zagora was robbed

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:00:00 GMT

Unknown burglars have victimized the office of Expressbank , on `Tsar Simeon The Great` blvd. in Stara Zagora , the police in town inform. According to experts, this type of vaults usually keep around BGN 100-150, 000 in cash, but, taking into account th...

Gulabovo: Truck driver from town of Galabovo sentenced to life imprisonment in Iran

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT

A Bulgarian truck driver has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Iran for drug trafficking, Bulgarian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Dragovest Goranov said Monday. Zhivko Roussev (55 years-old from Galabovo ) was arrested in September last year in the Nor...

Weather Outlook for the period November, 10, 2009 - November, 15, 2009

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT

Falling down temperatures but remaining around the seasonal normal. Rainy on Tuesday in west and central of Bulgaria. Moderate southerly wind in east of Bulgaria; higher temperatures there; rain in the night before Wednesday. Broken clouds on Wednes...

Sofia: Sofia amongst the most expensive warehousing market in Central and Eastern Europe

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:00:00 GMT

With a rental price of EUR 79 per square metre a year, Sofia ranks as the most expensive warehousing market in Central and Eastern Europe for 2008, according to commercial real estate brokers and consultants Cushman & Wakefield. The Bulgarian cap...

Dorkovo: The fortress of Tzepina near Dorkovo

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:00:00 GMT

The Tzepina fortress is situated some 6 km away from the village of Dorkovo , in the northeastern end of the Chepinska valley. It is one of the most difficult to access fortresses in the Rhodopi mountain , built on a high rocky summit rising 1136 m above...

Sopot: Workers of VMZ Sopot did not received salaries for 4 mounts

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Nearly 4000 workers of VMZ Sopot are on the brink of survival, alarmed mayor Veselin Lichev. According to him people there have not received salaries and struggle for four months. They have twice received only BGN 100. The reason is not bad management ...

Banks asks BNB to reduce the rate of the mandatory minimum financial reserves

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT

The commercial banks are preparing to request financial aid from the Bulgarian National Bank . During talks with finance minister Dyankov on Wednesday, representatives of the banking sector will ask the national bank to reduce the rate of the mandator...

Losses of Bulgarian banks will reach about BGN 3.7 bn

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:20:00 GMT

The losses of the Bulgarian banking sector, as a result of written off of assets, due to the recession, will reach about BGN 3.7 bn, or approximately 6 % of GDP 2008, according to UniCredit Group `s latest survey on the banking sector development in Centr...

Prices of real estates in Bulgaria may fall by another 5-10% next year

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:40:00 GMT

" The prices of real estates in Bulgaria may fall by another five or ten percent next year ," said Mr. Levon Hampartzoumian , CEO and Chairman of the Management Board of UniCredit Bulbank . Analysts from UniCredit Group reckon that the worse of the financ...

Weather 10 Nov 2009 - Windy Day

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Cloudy over western and southern regions where scattered showers are likely, changeable cloudiness over the rest parts of Bulgaria. A windy day, as to the north of the mountain ranges the wind will be strong from south-southwest. Morning temperatures will ...

Bulgarian National Bank Exchange Rates for Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT

BNB central exchange rate for US Dollar is 1.30528 leva , which is 1.071 stotinki less than Monday`s BNB exchange rates for November 10 , in effect since 4 o`clock PM today, are: for currency value (leva) change (leva) ...

Exchange Rates of Foreign Currencies against Bulgarian Lev on 2009-11-09

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT

Currency Code per Levs ( BGN ) per 1 Lev Reverse rate Australian Dollar AUD 1 1.211720 1 0.825273 Brazilian Real BRL 10 7.648920 1 ...

Bansko: 5% more foreign ski tourists made reservations - Bankso has the highest occupancy rates

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:54:00 GMT

Hotelkeepers managed to ensure high occupancy rate for the forthcoming ski season . About 5% more foreign fans of winter amusements have made reservations in Bulgarian ski resorts , announced the president of Bulgarian Tourist Chamber Tsvetan Tonchev in ...

Kavarna: New case of A H1N1 dead in Petrich

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:27:00 GMT

One more patient infected with A (H1N1) flu has died in the hospital for active treatment Rockefeller in the town of Petrich . In doctors` words the 52-year-old man were in good health condition after one-week stay at the hospital but suddenly he felt unw...

Kavarna: New case of A H1N1 dead - Boy from Kavarna dies in Varna hospital

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:43:00 GMT

A 15-year-old boy from Kavarna , who was treated in the St. Marina Hospital in coastal Varna with diagnosis - A (H1N1) flu, has died at midnight, Director of Regional Health Center Dr. Veselin Balkanski told FOCUS - Varna radio. According to Dr. Balk...

Vidin: Vidin airport would be given on concession

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT

The airport in the city of Vidin would be given on concession, not sold, said the regional governor Plamen Stefanov. The documentation for the sale of the airport had been prepared by the predecessor of Stefanov and given to him in the change of seats.

Weather 09 Nov 2009 - Capricious Weather

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Broken clouds over Bulgaria today, denser over western regions where rain showers are likely. In the mountains it will be snowing. Over eastern regions it will remain mostly sunny. In lowlands and along river valleys fogs might form. Moderate southeasterly...

Sofia: Sofia kindergartens and nurseries remain open despite of Flu epidemic

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:20:00 GMT

After a flu epidemic was declared, the Sofia kindergartens and nurseries will remain open and will tighten the control, Vanya Kastreva, head of Sofia Inspectorate for Education, announced. She confirmed that on Monday, November 9, all schools in the ...