News and useful information about Varna, Bulgaria

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Three major cities – Sofia, Varna, and Bourgas – are increasingly becoming Bulgaria’s key investment destinations, a trend that is exacerbating the country’s depopulation, according to a report of the Institute for Market Economy (IME), a Sofia-based NGO. Because of the economic crisis and ensuing unemployment a greater percentage of Bulgaria’s population is seeking relocation [...]

Larisa Nazarova from the Russian capital Moscow became Monday the one-millionth passenger of the Bulgarian Varna Airport.

20th edition of the International Film Festival “Love is Folly” will be held in Bulgaria’s Varna from August 31 to September 6 …

Ivan Kostov, leader of the Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB) party, has argued that a successful concession procedure conducted by the authorities could attract an investor that could bring about a five-fold increase in cargo turnover at the Varna port. The rightist leader reported Monday the results of the visit of the DSB delegation to [...]

The Varna District Prosecutor’s Office has charged two individuals with fraud committed with Bulgarian properties of famouse Russian singer Filip Kirkorov. The Prosecutor’s Office spokesperson says the two are Plamen Madzhurov and Daniel Ivanov. They have attempted to illegally acquire two luxury apartments of Kirkorov, located at the luxury apartment complex “Port Palace” at the [...]

First of its kind Mobility Center started work in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Varna under an EU project. It was officially opened on May 16, 2012, in the presence of H.E. Tove Skarstein – Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway in Bulgaria, the City Mayor Kiril Yordanov, mayors from the region, diplomats and the [...]