Renovated House Near Forest Around Sliven - ID 3005

Bulgaria, Croatia And Albania Offer Some Of Eastern Europes Finest Tourist Attractions 14/03/2008
Three Balkan countries, Bulgaria, Croatia and Albania, offer some of the most exceptional attractions in Eastern European, according to Forbes.com. The website's travel section highlights ten spots, including natural and architectural landmarks, worth seeing throughout the region. It notes that the "recent strength of the euro and a number of countries' easing of visa requirements have drawn tourist interest to Eastern Europe - in search of architecturally, historically and culturally significant sights that for years had been practically overlooked". Forbes's choice in Bulgaria is Nebet Tepe, one of the three hills that tower over Plovdiv, one of Bulgaria's largest cities. Reaching 203 metres in height, it overlooks the Old Town, with its Revivalist period... more

Public Works Minister Lobbies For Local Companies To Build Trakia Highway 14/03/2008
Bulgarian Trace Group, Patishta Holding and Glavbolgarstroy could be hired as subcontractors by the Bulgarian-Portuguese consortium picked to complete and operate the Trakia motorway under a concession arrangement, Regional Development and Public Works Minister Asen Gagauzov said on February 27, as quoted by Dnevnik daily. On December 16, 2004, the Government awarded the concession to Magistrali Trakia Jsc, a Portuguese-Bulgarian consortium, which has to build a 190km stretch and repair 162 km of the Trakia Highway, receiving in return the right to collect the road toll for 35 years. The total length of road, which runs from Kalotina on Bulgaria's border with Serbia to Bourgas on the Black Sea via Sofia, Plovdiv, Orizovo, Chirpan, Stara Zagora, Nova Zagora, Yambol, Karnobat and... more