Nearly 2, 207,000 foreign tourists visited Bulgaria in the first half of 2022, or 130% more compared to the same period of 2021, Bulgaria’s caretaker Deputy Minister of Tourism Irena Georgieva announced at a press conference at Sofia Airport. In Irena Georgieva's words, the Ministry of Tourism will reinforce cooperation with Sofia Airport and the airline industry in terms of joint development of new destinations, presentation of tourist products on the territory of Sofia Airport, joint participation in tourist events, promoting Bulgaria as a year-round tourist destination in the airlines’ communication channels, etc.
Sofia Airport is among the airports with the lowest charges in Europe and the region, which is of great importance, Deputy Minister Georgieva said.
The truck traffic on the Maritsa highway to the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing at the Bulgarian-Turkish border is now normalized. "As of this morning, there are no more queues of trucks standing on the roadway waiting to cross the border," assured..
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor's Office, searches have been carried out in Sofia, Burgas, Petrich and Rila in connection with an investigation into alleged fraud with EU funds in the restoration of a church. In 2017, a public tender..
One million and eight hundred Bulgarian citizens travelled as tourists during the third quarter of the year, National Statistical Institute data show. 72.3% of them travelled inside the country, 20.8% travelled abroad and 6.9% - both inside Bulgaria..
A quadripartite meeting of the interior ministers of Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria and Romania in Budapest on 22 November made it clear that Austria would..
Overnight it will be mostly clear. Winds will weaken and die down in many areas. In the morning it will be cold, with minimum temperatures between minus..
The planned annual maintenance of Unit 6 of Bulgaria's only NPP, Kozloduy, has been completed. The unit was connected to the national grid at 10:07..
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