House Near The Sea - ID 644

The Finnish Tourists Ignore Bulgaria 10/05/2008
The number of Finnish tourists in the last years decreases. The unpleasant tendency was commented by the Finland Ambassador to Bulgaria. In 2005 Bulgaria was visited by 90,000 Finnish people, while in 2007 their number decreased to 65,000. No matter that Bulgaria ranks third in attractive tourism destination according to the Finnish tourists. They like Bulgaria a lot, but also have very serious remarks about local services and loud resorts. The stock exchange between Bulgaria and Finland had increased three times more in the last 2 years, informed the Ambassador. He commented that despite the increase he is not satisfied by the exchange level, which counts $ 100 million per year. Yamsen believes that there are chances for bigger investments in our country. more

Another Referendum On Controversial Oil Pipeline Fails 09/04/2008
A referendum in Sozopol municipality on the construction of Bourgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline was announced invalid on April 6 as turnout was below the necessary minimum of 50 per cent. Slightly more than 30 per cent of the 12 000 residents of the municipality voted, Bulgarian language daily Dnevnik reported. Sozopol municipality is south of Bourgas and includes the towns of Sozopol and Chernomorets, as well as several smaller villages. The population of Chernomorets voted most actively, as almost 50 per cent went to the polls in the early afternoon of April 6. In Sozopol, 37 per cent of the population had voted by 4pm. However, some of the villages in the same municipality recorded as low as eight per cent voting activity. “Their inhabitants are not that motivated as their homes... more