Geography of Bulgaria

First Official Soapbox Competition To Take Place In Bulgaria

The Red Bull Soapbox Race Sofia 2014, the first official soapbox car competition in Bulgaria, will take place on September 28.

The non-motorised racing event that challenges both experienced racers and amateurs alike to design and build outrageous, human-powered soapbox dream machines arrives in Bulgaria and will take place at Sofia's Cherni Vrah boulevard.

Residents of Bulgaria’s Smolyan Protest Biomass-Fired Power Plant Project

Residents of the southern Bulgarian city of Smolyan have staged a brief road block to oppose plans to build a biomass-fired thermal power plant.

Residents of the Ustovo district of Smolyan blocked traffic along the Smolyan - Madan road for some 10 minutes on Monday, according to reports of the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency and Capital Daily.

27-Year Old Woman Dies as Romanian Bus Overturns at Bulgaria’s Hainboaz Pass

A 27-year old Romanian national has died in a traffic accident at the Hainboaz Pass (the Pass of the Republic).

The pass was closed for hours due to the accident, which resulted in a huge traffic jam. Traffic was restored at around 10 am.

The accident occurred at around 4.30 am on Sunday.

Sofia, Varna Property Prices Rise, Still Well Below Pre-Crisis Peaks

Property prices in Sofia and Varna last month were higher than they were a year earlier but still well below the pre-crisis peaks of 2008, a real estate consultant has said.

According to the latest price index update compiled by Bulgarian Properties firm, August prices in Sofia were 0.92% higher than a year earlier, while those in Varna were up 13.3%.

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