Plots With Magnificent Sea View - ID 3476

Sofia City Hall Presents Development Strategy 14/03/2008
Sofia city hall has published its plans for the management and development of the city until 2011 on its website. Its motto is "The Change Goes On" and needs the approval of the Sofia municipal council before going into effect By end-2011, when the current term of Sofia mayor Boiko Borissov expires, the collection rate of local taxes, fees and fines should reach 100 per cent, while the amount collected should show an increase of 50 per cent over the figure for 2007. Proceeds from leased municipal property and from advertising should increase fourfold. A management and control system for the collection of local taxes, fees and fines should be designed and implemented by the end of 2008. The municipality expects a total of 300 million euro to be raised for projects through... more

Contraversial Ski Lift In Rila National Park To Start Running 24/04/2008
The ski lift foreseen to run between the Pionerska (on teh right) and Rilski Ezera lodges in NP Rila Mountain will start to function this summer. This was reported from the construction company ‘Rila Sport', quoted by Dnevnik a.m. The executive director of ‘Rila Sport' Slaveiko Staikov explained the lift has positive valuation over the environment influence. He also confirmed that the project for the nearest resort is made according to all world eco-standards and its constructions won't harm the national park. We remind you that local environmentalists protested not once against ‘Rila Sport' and the indented by them building sites. The ecology protectors organized actions against the future resort approaching the EC. more