News and useful information about Varna, Bulgaria

Varna Airport saw its passenger traffic climb 2.3 per cent on the year to 400 000 in the first half of 2011, the airport’s concessionaire, Fraport Twinstat Airport Management, said on July 13 2011. The highest rise was registered in tourists from Russia, Finland, Norway and Iran, the company’s spokesperson Ivelina Koeva said. The largest [...]

A waste recycling plant, an investment worth about BGN 50 M, was formally opened near the city of Varna. The recycling factory of Ecoinvest Assets, a consortium, is located in the village of Ezerovo, 10 km east of Varna, and was opened Saturday by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. It has a built-up area of 16 [...]

Ships with length more than 12 meters long fish mainly for turbot and veined rapa whelk in North Black Sea, Yordan Harasimov, a member of Black Sea Sunrise Association, told FOCUS – Varna Radio. Varna’s fishermen sometimes catch also scad, bluefish and red mullet. Fishermen in the northeastern district of Varna rarely fish for sprat, [...]

Varna Airport will be closed four months for renovation. This will happen after the end of the tourist season - from the end of October 2011 at the end of February 2012, according to a statement from the company that manages the airport. Airlines have announced that they will redirect flights to Burgas Airport because [...]

The municipal waste treatment plant near the village of Ezerovo, near the Bulgarian port city of Varna, will be given trial-run on April 19 2011, after two years of postponement, Darik Radio reported. The plant was supposed to be complete and ready to use in the summer 2010 but due to “unforeseeable circumstances, such as [...]

The summer schedule of Varna Airport enters into force as of March 27, 2011; the first foreign tourists for the nearby Black Sea resorts are expected to arrive on Monday, March 28.