This is worrying in a small population.
Thursday, 14 July 2011
About 450 000 Bulgarians have Hepatitis B, association says - Bulgaria - The Sofia Echo
About 450 000 Bulgarians have Hepatitis B, association says - Bulgaria - The Sofia Echo
Wednesday, 13 July 2011
The Perils of All-Inclusive !
AGRICULTURE MINISTER TARGETS ROTTEN FOOD IN BULGARIAN BLACK SEA HOTELS
Over 300 hotels in Bulgarian Black Sea resorts have been fined over poor quality food offered as part of all-inclusive holiday deals, Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov announced Tuesday.
"They have failed to meet the requirements and have committed food quality violations. Full board per day at the cost of BGN 3-5 automatically rules out normal food. The products are of uncertified origin, with expired sell-by dates and have been stored at inappropriate temperature regimes. Much as Bulgaria would like to get rid of the image of a cheap tourist destination, this is impossible at such prices of full board", Naydenov commented in an interview for private TV channel bTV.
Commenting on accusations of Finance Minister and Deputy Minister Simeon Djankov that he "should work more and talk less", Naydenov said that ministers were to be graded by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, who given him a very high mark in an interview for the same TV channel three weeks ago.
Later in the day, Naydenov gave a press conference during which he presented the results of an independent survey carried out at the request of the Active Consumers Association of the quality of yoghurt and other dairy products.
"Bulgarians really eat dairy products of high quality, including yoghurt, cheese, etc, which is very delightful", the Minister stated.
Naydenov boasted that the totally independent survey had confirmed the daily findings of Bulgaria's Food Safety Agency.
"As regards dairy products, things have changed dramatically since the introduction of the state standards, taking a turn for the better. The tests show that two years of work are yielding results." Naydenov declared.
According to the Active Consumers Association, the quality of dairy products is in line with Bulgarian state standards, with insignificant and very rare divergences from the norms.
The association has tested 19 brands of cheese, with independent laboratories confirming that the quality of cheese products has been improving over the past three years against a rising cost.
Out of a total of 16 brands of Bulgarian yoghurt tested, 6 have been found to meet Bulgarian state standards, and all of the samples have been proved to contain Lactobacillus Bulgaricu
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Cashpoints Beware....Exclusive !!!!
Not for the first time I have been made aware of dodgy cashpoints in and around Albena resort.To be fair it could be dodgy electronics, but it sounds more like fraud to me.
Basically people are using cashpoints, independent of banks, just on their own on the street. They are typing to take out money but no money (or receipt) ever comes, but when they get home their account has been debited.
This is criminal, and the banking system needs to address it.In the meantime stick to proper cashpoints inside/outside proper banks.
Basically people are using cashpoints, independent of banks, just on their own on the street. They are typing to take out money but no money (or receipt) ever comes, but when they get home their account has been debited.
This is criminal, and the banking system needs to address it.In the meantime stick to proper cashpoints inside/outside proper banks.
Changes to Blog
I have made some design changes to the blog mainly changing the text colour to blue.Tell me if you like/don't like it. Secondly I have added a box near the blog title where you can submit your e mail address and receive regular bulletins.I may be experimenting with the background colour (currently white) so if you see some weird stuff that is why.
Monday, 11 July 2011
Thanks
Dear Readers..or 'Viewers' as the late great Benny Hill used to say...,
We pass more landmarks: 900 individual UK viewers and approaching 1000 US, over 500 BG too !.Keep coming back and please contribute your two-penneth !.
We pass more landmarks: 900 individual UK viewers and approaching 1000 US, over 500 BG too !.Keep coming back and please contribute your two-penneth !.
News in brief
Two brief pieces of news; a 20 year old Russian girl has drowned in Golden Sands, reportedly she got into difficulties whilst underwater swimming.
A taxi driver has been arrested in Sunny Beach for robbing tourists and fiddling the meter.It appears he robbed Israelis and Dutch people from the valuables found in the car, which included jewellery and camcorders.
A taxi driver has been arrested in Sunny Beach for robbing tourists and fiddling the meter.It appears he robbed Israelis and Dutch people from the valuables found in the car, which included jewellery and camcorders.
Saturday, 9 July 2011
Friday, 8 July 2011
Horse racing near Balchik
Thursday, 7 July 2011
BBC News - News of the World to close amid hacking scandal
BBC News - News of the World to close amid hacking scandal
that is amazing, news international are bastards, thank god that the nice guys win for once !
Balchik Airport... to be or not to be ?
I say first step, but it may well be the last step because the examples of the airports at Ruse and Gorna, near VT, do not bode at all well. Both concession tenders produced precisely zilch interest.I applaud the supposed desire to open up the North Black sea coast, but an ex military airport will need significant investment and possibly even a longer runway. Varna airport suffers from high airport taxes, but Constanta is close by and under used.
The final point to make is how could an operator actually make any money from this ?.Major operators have already pulled out of Varna, so who exactly is going to fly into Balchik ?.
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
A message from the Editor
Hi all readers,
First of all thank you for your continued patronage of this blog, it is very much appreciated.However we need to develop the site and we are looking for more people to become followers, which means they get notified of new posts.Further we would appreciate correspondents from areas not covered by this blog, and different opinion pieces (though from this sites liberal/left perspective). E mail me to chat or comment on this post ,e mail me at info@gobg.co.uk
First of all thank you for your continued patronage of this blog, it is very much appreciated.However we need to develop the site and we are looking for more people to become followers, which means they get notified of new posts.Further we would appreciate correspondents from areas not covered by this blog, and different opinion pieces (though from this sites liberal/left perspective). E mail me to chat or comment on this post ,e mail me at info@gobg.co.uk
Saturday, 2 July 2011
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