National Day of Turkey
On the 86th anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic, the ambassador of Turkey and Mrs Mehmet Gücük held a reception in the ballrooms of the Dedeman Princess Hotel in Sofia on October 29.
Sat, Nov 07 2009
On the 86th anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic, the ambassador of Turkey and Mrs Mehmet Gücük held a reception in the ballrooms of the Dedeman Princess Hotel in Sofia on October 29.
The second Rotary International Charity Golf Day saw 10 teams playing a Texas Scramble team competition.
The Bulgarian nomination for best foreign-language film at the 2010 Oscars, The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks around the Corner, directed by Stefan Komandarev, won two full-length film awards at the 12th Benalmadena International Short Film Festival held in Malaga on October 16-24. The film won the jury and the audience awards, the first time in the festival’s history that one film won both awards.
On October 26, the Regional Development Ministry and the Bulgarian Construction Chamber hosted a ceremony marking the day of the construction worker in Bulgaria. At the annual Top 50+ construction companies ranking, two awards went to Glavbolgarstroy company, and one to Balkanstroy, Planex Holding and the state company Construction and Restoration.
At Helikon bookshop on October 10, the first part of the Bulgarian-language version of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged was launched, and in a fortnight the book became the book chain’s fourth most-sold book in the literature category. Presiding at the book launch were publisher Kalin Manolov, translator Petyo Angelov, editor Iskra Angelova and economist Luchezar Bogdanov.
In celebration of Spain’s National Day on October 12, ambassador Jorge Fuentes and Cristina Leja de Fuentes hosted a well-attended reception at their residence in Simeonovsko Chaussee. VIP guests included Simeon Saxe-Coburg.
ZZ Top performed its first concert in Bulgaria on October 21 2009, at Sofia's Stadion Akademik as part of its Double Down Live tour.
Arriving only hours before their concert on October 21 2009, ZZ Top was met by a convoy of fans, fake beards and all.
Bulgaria had its turn for rehearsals on day two of the the Eurovision semi-final rehearsals in Moscow.
The first bicycle lane in the Bulgarian capital nears completion, but can it be used?