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ADVERTORIAL In Qingdao: Explore the Spring Festival Vibe
February 10 - From paper-cutting to Jiaodong drums, from traditional New Year customs to reunion New Year's Eve dinner, foreign friends from Germany used unique perspectives to show the Chinese Spring Festival to the world, spread Chinese culture and share the treasured memories ...
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Plovdiv Airport to Service 14 Flights per Week as of March - Executive Director
February 11 (Dima Shopova of BTA) - Plovdiv Airport will be servicing 14 flights a week as of March, Plovdiv Airport Executive Director Plamen Spasov said in an interview for BTA on Friday. The regular flights to and from the airport are currently 13 per week, while prior to Nove...
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Non-government Sector Loans Amount Increases by 8.6%, Y/Y
Sofia, February 10 (BTA) - The number of loans to non-financial corporations, financial corporations, households and non-profit institutions serving households (NPISHs) increased by 0.6 per cent on an annual basis at the end of the last quarter of 2021 and their amount went...
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Bulgaria Participates in EMITT Istanbul 2022 Tourism Exhibition
February 10 (BTA special by Nahide Deniz) - Istanbul is hosting the 25th East Mediterranean International Tourism and Travel Exhibition (EMITT) until February 13. Industry representatives from 14 countries, including Bulgaria, spanning three continents are presenting their produc...
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Bulgaria Participates in EMITT Istanbul 2022 Tourism Exhibition
Istanbul, February 10 (BTA special by Nahide Deniz) - Istanbul is hosting the 25th East Mediterranean International Tourism and Travel Exhibition (EMITT) until February 13. Industry representatives from 14 countries, including Bulgaria, spanning three continents are presenting...
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Prime Minister Petkov Appears for Questioning at Supreme Cassation Prosecution Office
Sofia, February 9 (BTA) - Prime Minister Kiril Petkov went on Wednesday to the Supreme Cassation Prosecution Office (SCPO) to be questioned about names he had mentioned during his meeting with Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev on February 4. Petkov and the Chief of his Politica...
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Representatives of Over 100 Companies from 12 Countries to Participate in 19th International Apiculture Fair in Pleven...
Pleven, North Bulgaria, February 9 (BTA) - The 19th International Apiculture Fair will gather here from Thursday until Sunday representatives of over 100 companies from 12 countries, the exhibition's organizers told BTA. The forum will be opened on February 10 and will be...
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Taste Atlas Ranks Bulgarian Garash Cake Highest Rated in the World
February 8 (''Torta Garash'') has received some of the highest ratings according to the culinary guide Taste Atlas (tasteatlas.com). The website is a map and a culinary guide of the best traditional dishes around the world and provides information on ingredients, history and best...
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Taste Atlas Ranks Bulgarian Garash Cake Highest Rated in the World
Sofia, February 8 (Desislava Toncheva, BTA) - The Bulgarian Garash cake (''Torta Garash'') has received some of the highest ratings according to the culinary guide Taste Atlas (tasteatlas.com). The website is a map and a culinary guide of the best traditional d...
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Bulgarian-Romanian Chamber of Commerce CEO Ivanova: Growing Number of Romanian Companies Seek Customers in Bulgaria
February 8 (BTA) - The business relations between Bulgaria and Romania are developing despite the pandemic. Bulgarian companies' traditionally bigger interest in Romania remained stable, while an increasing number of inquiries are being submitted in recent months by Roman...
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Bulgarian-Romanian Chamber of Commerce CEO Ivanova: Growing Number of Romanian Companies Seek Customers in Bulgaria
Ruse, on the Danube, February 8 (BTA) - The business relations between Bulgaria and Romania are developing despite the pandemic. Bulgarian companies' traditionally bigger interest in Romania remained stable, while an increasing number of inquiries are being submitted in re...
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Environmentalists and Textile Artist Team Up to Offer Way of Dealing with Textile Waste by Creating Something Beautiful
February 7 (BTA) - Environmentalists and a textile artist have teamed up for a project aiming show how the problem with the mountains of textile waste can be addressed by creating something beautiful. They use discarded old jeans, t-shirts, knitwear and other textile wast...
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Bulgaria Still Lags Behind the Rest of EU in Electric Mobility but Progress Is Fast
February 5 (Konstantin Karagyozov of BTA) - Тhe share of electric vehicles (EVs) in Bulgaria has been rapidly growing in recent years but it started from a very low base and the country still lags behind most European countries in electric mobility. At the end of September 2021, ...
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Over EUR 207 Mln to Be Invested in Border Regions of Bulgaria, Romania
February 3 (BTA) - Over 207 million euro will be invested in the development of the regions on the two sides of the Bulgaria-Romania border in the 2021-2027 period under the Interreg VI-A programme between the two countries. This transpired in remarks by Deputy Regional Developme...
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World-renowned Mime Paolo Nani Expected for First Tour of Bulgaria in March
Sofia, February 3 (BTA) - World-renowned Italian mime Paolo Nani will tour Bulgaria for the first time in March, presenting his performance "The Letter" in Sofia and Plovdiv, said the organizers. Nani is an actor, director, mime, clown and instructor, whose work has taken him...
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Bulgaria and Turkey to Invest Over EUR 34 Mln in Border Regions
February 2 (BTA) - Over 34.4 million euro will be invested in the border regions of Bulgaria and Turkey in the next seven years, according to the draft Interreg - IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme for the 2021-2027 period. The Regional Development and Public Works Ministry h...
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Bulgaria and Turkey to Invest Over EUR 34 Mln in Border Regions
Sofia, February 2 (BTA) - Over 34.4 million euro will be invested in the border regions of Bulgaria and Turkey in the next seven years, according to the draft Interreg - IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme for the 2021-2027 period. The Regional Development and Public Works...
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"Conflict over Ukraine May Hit Hard Bulgarian Hospitality Industry" - Tourism Committee Chair
Sofia, February 2 (BTA) - If a conflict over Ukraine breaks out, there is a strong likelihood that the Bulgarian tourism industry will be hit hard, National Assembly Tourism Committee Chair Ilin Dimitrov said in a BTA interview, specifying that the Russia-Ukraine situation is ...
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Petkov at Sofia Gala Dinner: "Bulgaria's Energy Sector Is Fully Dependent, Must Become Competitive, Independent"
Sofia, February 2 (BTA) - Bulgaria's energy sector is dependent on Russian gas supplies and on electricity production by the Kozloduy N-plant, and now this sector must be made competitive and independent, Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said here Tuesday. He was spea...
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PM Petkov: "Skopje Visit Came Terribly Late"
Sofia, February 2 (BTA) Ц Prime Minister Kiril Petkov rejected the criticism of President Rumen Radev Tuesday that his visit to Skopje in January came too early. "The truth is that we have lost 30 years in our relations with the Republic of North Macedonia. Not only was not my...