The huge project to turn the Rhodope Mountain small town of Chepelare into an international sports and mountain resort is under way now. The "Mechi Chal" Project's budget of 50 mln. Euro features 3 steps of construction of facilities within a 5-year period. The project includes reconstruction of the existing ski lift; construction of a new one, with 2.7 km length; snowmaking cannon system construction to operate a 3.5 km ski piste. The ...
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The modern Bulgarians are descendants of many different ancient peoples, says Ivo Kremenski Professor Ivo Kremenski is a person who knows a lot about the genes of the Bulgarian people. He heads the National Laboratory of Genetics, where recently an international team has discovered the reason for the hereditary atrophy of the peripheral nervous system. We asked Prof. Kremenski questions about the genetically predetermined diseases, about the orig...
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 The mild weather around Europe seems to have sent many a skiers to Bulgaria's resorts. Borovets, one of the top three winter resorts in the country, offered this weekend good skiing opportunities for its guests, mostly Russians and Britons. The resort has three runs open. Skiers will find functional runs in Vitosha mountain, Bansko and Pamporovo. Meanwhile experts commented that northern Europe could reap big benefits from global warming. "The Medi...
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| | | | December 22, 2006
Name day of everyone named Anastasia, Asya, Natasha. St. Anastasia was a Roman lady of noble descent. Her father was an opulent and noble pagan; but her mother, who was a Christian, caused her to be baptized in her infancy, and secretly reared her in sentiments of Christian piety, in which she made great progress. St. Anastasia had been married to a noble Roman, named Publius, who was a pagan; he loved his wife much, but having... |
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Artificial Snow Saves Ski Season in Bulgaria
Cheap ski-lifts for the Bulgarian skiers
Bulgaria's EU accession on January 1 won't send up the cost of the ski lift passes, a poll of Standart shows. Bulgaria's four big winter resorts, Bansko, Borovets, Pamporovo and Vitosha, announced that this winter they won't increase the prices of ski services. Bansko and Pamporovo keep their tradition and preserve the preferential prices for the Bulgarian touris...
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Blood tests from a hundred Libyan children prove the HIV infection took place before the Bulgarian nurses arrived in Benghazi; nobody from Sofia has approached us on the new research data, says Prof Vittorio Colizzi
Professor Vittorio Colizzi is an Italian virologist and one of the most eminent HIV/AIDS researchers in Europe. He directs the Immunochemical and Molecular Pathology laboratory in the biology department of Tor Vergata University in Ro...
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 Since the opening of the St. Visarion of Smolyan Church on July 2 this year, the town has turned into the spiritual hub of the Rhodope Mountains. The church itself is one of the region's landmarks and is remarkable not only for its imposing architecture, but also for the incessant stream of people, who cross its threshold every day from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Christians from far and wide come here on the big holidays to attend the services. "Thirty-se...
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 By Stephen WoodThe IndependentThey make an odd couple, as ski destinations and in most other respects. One country is a wealthy federation of great age, renowned for its service standards, and historicall...
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November 30, 2006 Name day of everyone named Andrey, Andriana (the name has the meaning "masculine", therefore "strong"). The Holy Apostle Andrew, the First-Called, was the first of the Apostles to follow Christ, and he later brought his own brother, the holy Apostle Peter, to Christ. The future apostle was from Bethsaida, and from the time of his youth he turned with all his soul to God. He did ...
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