http://varna-bulgaria.info News and useful information about Varna, Bulgaria Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:05:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bulgaria’s Council of Ministries has launched a public tender for the restoration of the State summer residence Euxinograde, near Varna. The amount of over BGN 6 M comes from EU funds. The bid to repair and restore the palace, all adjacent buildings, the green house and landscape works at the park is now open for [...]]]> http://varna-bulgaria.info/2013/bulgarian-government-to-open-euxinograde-palace-for-visitors/ The first cyclotron in Bulgaria will start operating at “St. Marina” University Hospital in Varna within a few days. It will produce the isotope needed for the examinations with positron emission tomography scanner – the so-called PET scanner. This will be one of the final steps in the transformation of the University Hospital into a [...]]]> http://varna-bulgaria.info/2013/first-cyclotron-in-bulgaria-will-start-operating-1st-of-march-at-st-marina-university-hospital-in-varna/ All Bulgarian and EU environmental requirements will be met in the construction of the South Stream gas transit pipeline, the South Stream company sought to assure Bulgaria Wednesday. A company statement clarified that the end of the underwater section of the Russian-sponsored pipeline will end on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, and the starting point [...]]]> http://varna-bulgaria.info/2013/south-stream-pipeline-emerge-on-the-coast-15km-south-from-varna-city-centre/ The Project was presented to the Prime Minister of Bulgaria by the Rector of Medical University – Varna Prof. Dr. Krasimir Ivanov and it was supported by the Mayor and the District Governor of Varna, who are willing to render their assistance to the academic community for its implementation. The project includes the development and [...]]]> http://varna-bulgaria.info/2013/varna-medical-university-presented-a-project-for-the-development-and-modernization/ Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, has pledged the significant amount of BGN 3 M for restoration and conservation of the historical Roman Baths in the Black Sea city of Varna. The sum came as a pleasant surprise to archaeologists who have asked for BGN 200 000. Djankov made the pledge during [...]]]> http://varna-bulgaria.info/2013/bulgarian-government-will-invest-bgn-3-m-in-varna-roman-baths-restoration/ Czech power utility CEZ, owner of the Varna Thermal Power Plant, has informed about the launch of a project for reducing sulphur and nitrogen oxides emissions and dust particles at three units of the plant. The project will render the three units of the TPP compatible with EU environmental emission standards and will extend their [...]]]> http://varna-bulgaria.info/2012/varna-power-plant-invests-a-eur-100-m-in-project-for-sulfur-purification-facilities/ Bulgarian-focused property developer and investor Orchid has announced the formal opening of Orchid Gardens Varna, its multi-use retail, offices and residential complex, having received its final permits. Orchid says this follows frustrating construction delays due to issues with the contractor. Orchid Gardens Varna is one of the largest multi-use complexes ever built in Varna; the [...]]]> http://varna-bulgaria.info/2012/orchid-gardens-varna-multi-use-retail-offices-and-residential-complex-receives-final-permits/ Excavations close to the town of Provadia in Bulgaria have discovered the remains of two-story houses, several pits used for rituals, gate parts, some bastion structures, and fortified walls from a later period. They have been carbon-dated and found to be from 4,700 to 4,200 BC. Vasil Nikolov, from the National Institute of Archaeology, said [...]]]> http://varna-bulgaria.info/2012/largest-prehistoric-town-discovered-in-provadia-varna-region/ Varna bishop Kiril has been elected as interim patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church by the Holy Synod at a special sitting Saturday. The other candidate for the position, open after the recent demise of Bulgarian Patriarch Maxim, was Lovech metropolitan bishop Yoanikiy. Kiril will lead the Bulgarian Orthodox Church for four months which will [...]]]> http://varna-bulgaria.info/2012/varna-bishop-kiril-has-been-elected-as-interim-patriarch-of-the-bulgarian-orthodox-church/ Varna Airport serviced over 1.17 million passengers since the beginning of 2012, up by 0.7% as compared to 2011, according to reports of business news portal investor.bg based on recent data on the passenger flow through the two major Bulgarian Black Sea airports granted under concession to Fraport Twin Star Airport Management AD. According to [...]]]> http://varna-bulgaria.info/2012/622/