Geography of Bulgaria

Bulgaria's Regional Development Ministry is looking for concessionaires to manage 22 beaches for 5-year periods.

Although most of the beaches have not been taken care of for several years, there are a number of attractive offers in the resorts of Sveti Vlas, Elenite, etc, according to reports of Capital Daily.

Bulgaria has proposed to Chinese investors a project for the construction of a navigable canal between the cities of Varna and Ruse, according to Varna District Governor Stoyan Pasev.

Pasev, as cited by Trud daily, made clear Wednesday that a total of three projects for the development of Bulgaria's northeastern region had so far been presented to the Chinese Ambassador to Bulgaria.

For more than 14 years, the brand Varna has been holding the world record on the fastest human-propelled vehicles.

The company name is derived from the founder's hometown in Bulgaria, as reported by Darik news. Additionally, it has accumulated an impressive list of achievements, including the European Innovative Award and a feature on Discovery Channel.

The river Stryama burst a dike on the territory of Maritsa municipality in southern Bulgaria, threatening to flood the nearby village of Trilistnik and Trakia Motorway.

Urgent measures have been taken to reinforce the breached dike, Focus news agency reports.

Around 22,000 hectares of land on the banks of the rivers Evros, Ardas and Erythropotamos on the Greek-Bulgarian border has been flooded due to heavy rains last week and over the weekend, authorities said on Monday, with some 10,000 hectares of farmland suffering damage.

Port Varna has registered a profit of over BGN 2 M for the past five months from the processing and storing of steel pipes earmarked for the construction of the offshore section of the South Stream gas pipeline, according to Dimitar Atanasov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company.

The Makaza border crossing point may be expanded by two truck lanes, one in each direction, according to Bulgarian Regional Development Minister Lilyana Pavlova.

Speaking Monday in Kardzhali, she made clear that the procedure would take at least 6-8 months.

Unit 5 of Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant (NPP) was reconnected to the power grid late on Friday night.

Earlier on Friday, the unit was disconnected due to an automatic activation of the electrical protection of the generator, Darik radio reports.

After an inspection it was established that the fault was due to a defective control device, which was replaced.

Dozens of residents were evacuated from villages in northeastern Greece on Friday after the Evros River broke its banks due to the high volume of water flowing from neighboring Bulgaria.

This is the first time in the history of INDEX when the event will take place in Eastern Europe, and is deemed to be of strategic importance for the development of the tourist sector in Plovdiv.