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Bulgarian Minister

Bulgaria Annual Cultural Tourism Expo Kicks Off

2011-04-19 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Traditional folk dancing at the Bulgarian travel expo

The number of tourists arriving in Bulgaria in the first two months of this year has grown by 6% from 2010, said a senior government official in Veliko Tarnovo at the opening of a Cultural Tourism Expo.

Tags: Association of Hotel and Restaurant Owners in Bulgaria, Blagov Radin, Bulgarian Minister, Cultural Tourism Expo, Deputy Minister for Culture, Ivo Marinov, Todor Chobanov, Veliko Tarnovo

Grisha Ganchev and the Great Wall of Bulgaria

2011-01-05 by Phil Butler

Grisha Ganchev

Bulgaria’s Grisha Ganchev is a controversial figure to say the least. One thing is certain however, the industrialist believes in helping the people of his country climb out of the current economic crevass. A €100 million auto plant in the remote village of Bahovitsa will produce 120o jobs and 50,000 inexpensive autos for people in the Balkans.

Tags: auto industry, Bahovitsa, Balkans, Bulgaria, Bulgaria commerce, Bulgaria labor, Bulgarian Minister, Great Wall Motors, Grisha Ganchev, Litex, Ministry of Economy, Sergey Stanishev, tourism, Visit Bulgaria

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