Land Close To The Sea - ID 1468

Old Sofia Bath Will House Spa Centre And History Museum 04/09/2008
The historic building of the central mineral baths in downtown Sofia has long become one of the city's symbols. Officially closed in 1986, its fate remained undecided, while every municipal administration that came to power deliberated what new purpose to attach to the old building.Finally, in July, a solution was found and officially published in the State Gazette: the building was cut in two. The north wing, it was decided, would house a spa centre, and it was given in a 20-year concession. The centre would take up to 5600 sq m, with the remaining 7000 sq m going to house exponents of the Sofia city museum, Stroitelstvo Gradut reported. One of the main responsibilities of the future concessionaire will be to fully renovate and reconstruct the north wing and to carry out repairs of... more

From The Us To The Black Sea ? In The Sofia Echo - Sophia Echo 21/06/2008
An agreement that will open the way for Bulgarian air carriers to fly to the United States is one of the key outcomes of the visit to the US by Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev. In the issue of The Sofia Echo published on June 20, Rene Beekman outlines the meaning of the agreement and the issues that will influence how it will work. Whatever successes it produced, Stanishev’s visit to the US was overshadowed in part by criticism unleashed against Bulgaria’s ruling coalition by President Georgi Purvanov. In the newspaper, Petar Kostadinov examines the exchanges between two of the most senior figures in the Bulgarian Socialist Party and what they could mean for Bulgaria’s political future. more