The Bulgarian minister of environment Djevdet Chakurov will take part in the opening of the international business forum “Maritza” in the town of Plovdiv, informed the press center of the ministry. This year the forum is held under the title “Unification of the resources for the development of the regions”. During the forum, minister Chakurov will present the funding opportunities for municipal projects under functional program “Environment”. още »

We can expect positive grow of about 2-3% from the German market, compared to the past summer. Fact is that the German market is neither dramatically up, not dramatically down. The British market, at least in TUI firms develops in the same level as in 2007 with a tendency of slide increase.Meanwhile the Scandinavian market there is an obvious drop.This was stated by Valentin Yosifov, deputy chairperson of the Union of Tourism Investors, chairperson of TUI Bulgaria and representative of the international tour-operator for the country. още »

The leadership of the Spanish city of Pamplona is ready to co-operate with Bulgarian seaside city of Varna for preparation of projects in absorption money from the EU funds. This was announced by the time of the meeting between Varna municipality chief peter Karandilov and the mayor of Pamplona professor Yolanda Angulo.In Navarre's government exists special department that works with EU projects, helping this way the drop in the unemployment rate. още »

The extreme tourism turns to be one of the latest hits of the tourism agencies, says data of local tourism website travel.bg. Over 12,000 Bulgarians on different age showed interest towards possibilities for extreme experience and rest among the beautiful Bulgarian nature in April.For the moment the most requested extreme activity is rafting - dropping by the fast waters of Struma river in Kresna gorge. още »

Improvement of the tourist attractions, development of the destinations' marketing and national tourist marketing are the three priorities in one of the measures under Functional program “Regional development”. This informed Assen Gagauzov, minister of regional development during a conference “Money for tourism”.The projects which aim at attracting tourists and which have not only local but regional scope will be favoured. още »

Holidaymakers face a steep rise in the cost of trips to countries in the eurozone this summer, as they suffer the consequences of the plummeting pound. However, holidays elsewhere in Europe and in the US should offer better value for money, according to a study by the Post Office.The destinations that worked out cheapest overall were Thailand, South Africa and Egypt. още »

BSP party is not worried from early elections and if is necessary the party is ready to appear on the vote. This was stated by Bulgarian Economy Minister Peter Dimitrov. He learned from media that splitting of his department was planning.Dimitrov commented NDSV's vote by the time of the non-confidence motion, explaining that there no such practice in the world, a coalition partner not to support the government with his Ministers. още »

The Italian energy company ‘Enel' will build wind electricity parks in the territory of Sevlievo municipality (Central Bulgaria), money.bg announced. The investments in recovering energy resources are among the main priorities of ‘Enel' company. The successful realization of the wind park project in Sevlievo municipality will influence favorably the ecologically clean electricity producing and the attracting of significant investments. още »

Steel tycoon Lakshmi Niwas Mittal has intensified efforts to acquire his younger brother Pramod Mittal's ailing Kremikovtzi steel plant in Bulgaria, even as workers of the plant continued to protest over delayed wages."Around 1,000 workers at Kremikovtzi continued their protests on Thursday over delayed salaries and food allowance payments," the Steel Business Briefing (SBB) reported quoting a spokesman for the trade union Militzi. още »