Current News

Current News

Some statistical news

Some statistical news

7/5/2006 9:00:05 AM

According to the National Statistics Institute, the citizens of Plovdiv own the most spacious flats in BG: of the altogether 302,786 flats: 102,238 are three-room ones, 93,206 are two-room ones and 30,001 are one-room flats.

While Sofia features only 5,581 six-room flats, Plovdiv steps forward with 11,949 ones!

14.08% of all the flats and houses in the country are located in the capital Sofia, but Plovdiv follows closely with 8.15%, while Varna remains third with 5.82%.

Marin Minchev

The Jazzmen from the CRACATAU  Band in Plovdiv
One of the leading world names in the ethno-jazz and most popular band in Indonesia ?Cracatau? will have a concert at the open stage in the ?King?s Stables? pub in the Old Town, on August 15th. The...
Rangers flew off to Iraq
Rangers flew off to Iraq
8/12/2003 12:00:00 AM
/based on the publication in the Maritsa Newspaper/\r\n145 rangers from the Bulgarian battalion flew off yesterday, from the Krumovo Airport, Plovdiv, exactly at 4 pm. Their equipment in...
A contemporary Don Quixote
A contemporary Don Quixote
8/11/2003 12:00:00 AM
Based on a publication from today?s issue of the Maritsa Newspaper:Tseno Petrov is one of the eight certified ornithologists (the science of birds) in Bulgaria. He lives and works in the town o...
The Lauta Park Project
8/9/2003 12:00:00 AM
The park that separates the central part of Plovdiv from the largest housing complex Trakia, is called the Lauta Park and is situated on a territory of 12 decares. Right next to the park a unique s...
Old Town houses restoration
Old Town houses restoration
8/8/2003 12:00:00 AM
As reported by BTA:Seven of the houses in the architectural preserved area ?Ancient Plovdiv? will be restored thanks to UNESCO fundingThat has been decided according to an agreement between...
The US rowers will be training in Plovdiv
Today?s edition of the Maritsa newspaper says that Glen Merry, the coach of the US national rowing team. He will study the equipment and the condition of the Plovdiv Rowing Canal and will decide wh...
An Exhibition-Bazaar at the Ethnographic Museum (August 4th ? 17th)
In an article in the SEGA newspaper from Oct.19th, 2001, Mr.Vassil Dolapchiev, Chairman of the Blind People Union, mentions the following facts: ?The state assigns only 150 000 leva annually for the b...
?Plovdiv on the top of Europe?
?Plovdiv on the top of Europe?
8/5/2003 12:00:00 AM
That is the motto of the Plovdiv Expedition that was organized in honor of the 100th anniversary from the first Bulgarian expedition that ever climbed the highest European peak Mount Blanc (4807 me...
Who can paint icons?
Who can paint icons?
7/31/2003 12:00:00 AM
We will try, by means of modern technologies and communications, to make it possible for all of you to get closer to the works of a contemporary icon-painter from Plovdiv, Yanko Kavrakov ? an artis...
Disneyland in Plovdiv ? expected opening May 1st, 2005
As pointed in the today?s edition of the Maritsa newspaper, there was an official meeting at the Municipality between the Plovdiv Mayor Mr.Ivan Chomakov amd investors and designers, regarding the c...