News and useful information about Varna, Bulgaria

Taxi companies incity of Varna are reeling because of the new regulations which have caused major obstructions to their business. New regulations dictating the new and lower prices mean that taxi drivers are obliged to visit the local authorities and the public transport office and have their tills sealed and approved, otherwise they will not [...]

Bulgarian Property Developments will welcome the first tenants of its Logistics Park Ruse and Logistics Park Varna’s building A6 later this year. The investor will offer modern warehouse facilities to the companies operating in the regions of Ruse and Varna. Logistics Park Ruse, which is shall be completed in Q1 2011, is situated one kilometer [...]

Teenage girl from Varna Magdalena Velkova, has received an award from the National Geographic International Photo Contest for Kids. Velkova, age 14 was bestowed an honorary mention in the “People” category for her picture “When I Grow Up.” The photograph, which was ranked first in the national contest, beat scores of submissions from 12 countries, [...]

TimeShare Holdings, Inc. announced that The Company has signed a purchase agreement to acquire the Grand Hotel Dimyat, located near the Seaside Garden in Varna. The Company will be providing a down payment of 10 million shares of TMSH common stock, which will be restricted for a period of one (1) year per the agreement. [...]

No state institution appears to be responsible for cleaning the rubble of demolished illegal beachfront properties along Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast. After in December 2010, the District Governor’s administration in the city of Varna staged a demonstration of state responsibility, and destroyed several illegal resort properties on the very beach, two months later no one [...]

German discount retailer Lidl opened on January 27 2011 its second outlet in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Varna and its first store in Veliko Turnovo in north-central Bulgaria. The newly opened unit in Varna is on Republica Boulevard, near the store of another German discount retailer, Kaufland, which hints at the extremely aggressive [...]

The panoramic road Varna – Golden Sands will be restored by a overhead road, announced the mayor of Varna, Mr Cyril Yordanov. The installation will be 300 – 400 metres long. The preliminary project is already completed. The overhead road will prove a two line road, bicycle alley, as well as a panoramic platform. Experts [...]

Bulgaria Only via Varna port total 1.214 mmt of wheat were exported, according to the port’s chief, Captain Danail Papazov. To avoid problems on the Bulgarian market the exported wheat should not exceed 490 kmt annually, the calculations of the Ministry of Agriculture point out. According to the same source, today millers do not avail [...]

The Port of Varna has been closed for all types of vessels since 1:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning (18th of January) due to fog and ensuing low visibility, its coordination center told FOCUS – Varna Radio.

Pollution from an unidentified source has turned the sea water near the port of the Black Sea city of Varna red Thursday. The Head of the Control and Preservation of Sea Environment, Search and Rescue department at the Maritime Administration told Darik radio the pollution had not come from oil, but it is still unknown [...]