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Ancient Temple Of Goddess Cybele In Bulgaria's Balchik On Sale - Sofia News Agency 21/10/2008
The ancient temple of the Hittite, Phrygian, and Greek goddess Cybele, which was discovered by accident in Bulgaria's Black Sea town of Balchik in May 2007 has been declared for sale, the Varna daily Pozvanete reported.The owner of the 680-square-meter plot in downtown Balchik, the businessman Boris Kushlev, who also owns a leather factory in Poland, has offered it for sale for the price of EUR 1 000 per square meter, or about EUR 680 000 in total.The temple of the goddess Cybele is preserved really well, and according to archeologists, is the only one of its type in Europe. The temple is also the best-preserved building from the Hellenic Age in the Balkans. It includes a number of statutes of Cybele, coins from the time of the Roman Emperor Valens, and other ancient artifacts.In the... more

Five Funds Eye Unfinished Hospitals In Sofia 09/04/2008
Five funds have shown interest in acquiring three unfinished buildings in the immediate neighbourhood of the St. Ekaterina and Alexandrovska hospitals in Sofia, Health Care Minister Radoslav Gaidarski said on April 8, as quoted by Bulgarian news agency BTA. The legal status of the buildings, which were meant to serve as hospitals, had to be changed, allowing public-private partnerships in which investors would finish construction and manage the buildings, Gaidarski argued. The procedure is yet to be started and would take six months to complete, he added. One building, spreading over 36 000 sq m, was intended as a children' hospital, but if completed, only two or three floor would be used to house clinics, with the investor deciding what to do with the rest, according to... more