News and useful information about Varna, Bulgaria

The Varna Towers shopping mall and office center in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Varna has opened doors. One of the greatest attractions of the complex is the only rotating restaurant in Southeast Europe named Magnito, located on the top of the Eastern Tower. At the same time, the top of the Western Tower [...]

Taxi companies waging war in the Bulgarian port city of Varna have caused a dramatic collapse of prices locally, the private television channel bTV reported on November 25 2010. Protests have been ongoing for several weeks, and prices slashed by 50 per cent. Taxi drivers in Varna protested last week because one particular firm had [...]

Novinite.com The Appellate Prosecutor’s Office in Bulgaria’s Black Sea capital Varna overturned for the second time the refusal of the Regional Prosecutor’s Office to probe the case involving the sale of land in the city’s Maritime Garden. The Deputy Appellate Prosecutor had assigned the probe to the Regional Prosecution requesting clarifications on the deals surrounding [...]

On Friday 19th Nov 2010 at 18:00 h the Museum of Archeology in Varna will open a temporary exhibition of 74 of the unknown Edgar Degas‘ works. It has been announced that the theme is “Ballet and Horses”. Photos – tera.blog.bg

Novinite.com A record-high number of Russian tourists visited the Black Sea resorts near the northern Bulgarian city of Varna, the city’s Chamber of Tourism has announced. The Chair of the Varna Chamber of Tourism, Marin Neshkov, has announced that 2010 was considered a year for reviving of tourism world-wide and, in his words, the Bulgarian [...]

Bulgarian club Cherno More Varna’s 4-0 defeat in the domestic championship on Sunday sparked a Hollywood-style highway chase, a midnight crisis meeting and the sacking of three players. Cherno More fans were so disgusted by their team’s performance against Black Sea rivals Kaliakra that they set up a road blockade on the 64-km trip back [...]

Novinite.com The Varna Power Plant, owned by Czech power utility CEZ, has reported it has actively contributed to Bulgaria’s power supply during the recent delay in the re-launching of Unit 6 of Kozoduy NPP. The Varna Power Plant upped its electricity output to cover “a significant part” of the resulting energy shortage, and produced a [...]

Sofia Echo A regular service between Varna airport and Sheremetievo international airport in Moscow will be launched from October 30 2010, flying once a week, the press centre of the Varna airport said in a media statement. Flights will be by Bulgaria Air, once a week, on Saturdays during the winter. Take off will be [...]

The Sofia Echo About 200 illegally built shacks and other temporary buildings, as well as fishing villages, are to be razed in the space of 20 days, the private Bulgarian television channel bTV reported on October 27 2010. Huts, some buildings considered as ‘solid’ or ‘permanent’ construction, and summer homes are also earmarked for bulldozing [...]

Velizar Popov became the eighth coaching victim since the Bulgarian league season started in August when he quit football club Cherno More Varna on Sunday. Popov left following a 4-0 defeat by Montana which left the ambitious Varna-based club ninth in the standings with 15 points from 11 matches, 10 points behind leaders Levski Sofia. [...]