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I HAVE just received the beating of my life. I can barely move my arms, my legs are dead and an enormous purple bruise is flowering on my behind. To make things worse, I know I’m in for another pummeling next week. My affair with snowboarding... more

Journalists from four continents are on the pistes in Bansko Journalists from four continents will try the slopes in bansko. They are here to participate in the 52th annual meeting of the International Ski Club of the Journalists. The... more

Bansko will build the first Fun Park in Bulgaria The most modern Bulgarian ski center Bansko will offer the first ski and snowboard free ride park in Bulgaria. The fun parks are pistes with jumps and other equipments and obstacles for... more

Borovets, Pamporovo Hotter Spots This Year The number of holidaymakers in Borovets and Pamporovo, two of Bulgaria's highest-class winter resorts, has grown significantly. Borovets has seen a growth of 20% as compared to last year, it... more

The investment in infrastructure for Bulgaria’s leading winter resorts Borovets, Bansko and Pamporovo in the past couple of years has produced most of the hotels and ski equipment required. This season, significantly less investment in the... more

Ski resort Borovets beats growth forecast Borovets, the mountain resort located 72 km south-east of Sofia, has welcomed 20% more visitors so far this winter season in comparison with the year-ago period, besting earlier forecasts for a... more

Two opportunities for construction of an airport in Pirin Mountain are already being discussed, after the mayor of Bansko municipal announced that the region needs a runway for charters with foreign tourists and for private planes. One of the... more

Bansko: The upwardly mobile ski resort Stephen Wood reports from Bansko, the Bulgarian resort hoping to replace Andorra as Europe's budget skiing capital The ride up the mountain is quiet and very smooth because the... more

Mayors of Bansko and Razlog Want Airport for Skiers The mayors of Bansko and Razlog, respectively Alexander Kravarov and Lyuben Tatarski, have united their efforts over the construction of an airport in the region. Their purpose is to... more

Bansko Builds 20 Million Euro Ski Center The Bansko municipality (southwestern Bulgaria) has drafted a project for the construction of a ski center near Dobrinishte. Some 20 million euro will be spent on the realization of the idea -... more