Bulgaria will spend 150 million euros for the castles, (13/05/2012)
(News from Bulgaria)
Bulgaria intends to start a large-scale reconstruction of its historic monuments. Today across the country there are hundreds of colorful historical sites that require serious restoration. Castles, churches, houses and villas in Bulgaria will receive state support this year. The country intends to invest about 300 million levs (150 villion Euros) in restoration of monuments. According to bTV channel, the largest part of this sum will be granted by the European Union.

Sky Team alliance and Aeroflot announced release of Go Russia Pass, (01/05/2012)
(Airline news)
Sky Team global alliance and the largest air carrier Aeroflot announced new unique service for international passengers - "Russian travel" or "Go Russia Pass".

Ukraine and Turkey introduced a visa-free regime, (01/05/2012)
(News from Ukraine)
The Ukrainian government has confirmed the information on establishing visa-free regime for the Ukrainian citizens traveling to Turkey.

Croatian Islands: Antique Festival on Lošinj, (12/04/2012)
(News from Croatia)
During the festival, which will last four days, residents and resort guests can visit the exhibition of ancient pottery and jewelry, take part in numerous events devoted to the ancient Greece, including the ancient hairstyles competitions, Greco Roman wrestling, presentation of Greek gastronomy and underwater archaeological tours in the coastal waters of Lošinj for the divers. During the festival many hotels will offer their guests special programs - Roman baths and massages.

Free Wi-Fi will appear in the Kiev subway, (10/04/2012)
(News from Ukraine)
On the eve of Euro 2012 Kiev metro is planned to be equipped the free Wi-Fi internet access. Kiev metro administration has developed a special investment project to begin a full-scale work on development of the Internet infrastructure

Latvia hosts biggest beer festival in Baltics, (10/04/2012)
(News from Latvia)
On 25-27 May 2012 the Second International Beer Festival, Latviabeerfest, will take place in central Riga, at the Vermanes Garden. All the major Latvian breweries will be participating alongside with the best European beer brands

Bulgaria opens its consulate in Frankfurt, (05/04/2012)
(News from Bulgaria)
Bulgaria opens new consulate in Germany, which will be located in Frankfurt am Main. This information was reported by the Bulgarian media on Tuesday citing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country.

Accor will open a new hotel near Yaroslavl, (31/03/2012)
(News from Russia)
Today the leading international hotel operator Accor Group has signed a contract to manage a new Mercure hotel, which will be built in the Yaroslavl region as part of a large-scale project on creating unique Yaroslavl Coast resort in central Russia. The agreement was signed with the project investor Agranta group of companies.

Macedonia is waiting for the world’s richest man, (27/03/2012)
(News from Macedonia)
Macedonia invited the world's richest man Carlos Slim from Mexico. The country's authorities intend to offer Slim implementation a number of joint projects in energy, hotel, mining and telecommunication industries.

Health-improving holidays in Croatia are becoming more popular, (18/03/2012)
(News from Croatia)
Croatia is becoming increasingly popular region not only for beach holidays. The country is gaining popularity in health tourism industry.

The day of March 8 in Russian cities, (09/03/2012)
(News from Russia)
The day of March 8 in 2012 is a holiday, which is traditionally widely celebrated in Russia. This year on March 8 in Moscow and a number of other Russian cities will be held special events and exhibitions to mark the International Women's Day.

Turkish Airlines will fly to Kharkov, (05/03/2012)
(Airline news)
Turkish Airlines announced opening of a new flight to Kharkov. It will connect one of the largest cities in Ukraine with Istanbul. The first flight on the new route is scheduled for March 13.

Avalanches in Tajikistan blocked mountain roads, (29/02/2012)
Heavy snowfalls and avalanches have caused temporary closure of several mountain roads in Tajikistan, damaged several houses and caused the death of a truck driver.

Croatia plans to create its own Silicon Valley, (27/02/2012)
(News from Croatia)
It is possible that during the next few years Croatia can create an analogue of the Silicon Valley. The title of the Croatian programming capital can be claimed by one of the largest cities in the country - Osijek.

LOT airline forbidden its flight attendants to wear crosses, (25/02/2012)
(Airline news)
Polish Airlines, better known as LOT, has officially banned its employees to wear the symbol of the Roman Catholic Church - Catholic crucifix.

Art train will run from Sofia to Varna, (21/02/2012)
(News from Bulgaria)
In order to support prestigious title of the "European cultural capital" of the two Bulgarian cities Sofia and Varna in early spring a propaganda train will be launched from the capital of Bulgaria. It has already been called the "Art train", because it will carry representatives of different art directions.

Tolkien theme park will be built in Poland, (20/02/2012)
(News from Poland)
The new park called The Country of Ancestors will soon appear in the Opole voivodeship near the town of Prudnik. It will be a Live action Role-playing game park (LARP). Live action role playing games are not a new phenomenon, but they usually attract a fairly small group of people, who know each other and are closely linked

Holidays in Slovenia: successful 2011, (13/02/2012)
(News from Slovenia)
Slovenia is one of the former Yugoslavian countries, where tourism industry is quite well developed. It is evidenced by the latest statistical data published by the national office of statistics.

River of Memory will appear in Minsk, (02/02/2012)
(News from Belarus)
Memorial composition in memory of those killed in the terrorist attack on April 11, 2011 in Minsk subway will be installed at the Oktyabrskaya station exit. Now there is a temporary marble memorial plaque where are always burning candles and church lamps.

Holidays in Bulgaria: visa-free regime for Schengen owners, (01/02/2012)
(News from Bulgaria)
The Bulgarian government decided to simplify for many tourists the procedure of entering the country. From now on all people with a valid Schengen visa can go on holiday to Bulgaria without national visa. In such way Bulgaria is preparing its structures for the upcoming country’s entry into the visa-free regime, which today functions between the EU countries. The decision to introduce new visa rules was taken by the Bulgarian cabinet of ministers on Wednesday January 26, 2011. According to the Bulgarian cabinet, the new visa policy will spur the tourist interest and will make Bulgaria more attractive to foreign investors. Schengen visa owners will be able to get permission to enter Bulgaria and stay on its territory for a period of up to 3 months during the six months from the date of first entry. It should be noted that the new visa rules in Bulgaria will be useful not only for the EU citizens, but also tourists from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, who have a Schengen visa. New measures, inter alia, must stir up not only the tourism sector, but also resort property market in Bulgaria. Since the beginning of the financial crisis in 2008 leading Black Sea resorts in Bulgaria have marked decreasing of the square meter price. Opportunity to visit the country for Schengen owners will facilitate entry of potential buyers and will indirectly stimulate the demand for Bulgarian property. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, in 2011 its consulates issued in total 733 623 visas, which is by 18% more than in 2010.

Ryanair enters the Ukrainian market, (01/02/2012)
(News from Ukraine)
Already in May 2012 on the Ukrainian airline market will appear a new player - Ryanair. Ryanair is an Irish budget airlinefounded in 1985, which is the European leader of low-cost airlines.

Hungarian delicacy festival is held in Budupest, (29/01/2012)
(Hungarian news)
This interesting annual culinary festival has been held in the Hungarian capital of Budapest since February 2008. The feature of this festival is that it is dedicated to only one product, or rather one sort of meat of a rare breed of Hungarian pig - mangalitsa. This year mangalitsa festival will be held from 3 to 5 February on the Szabadság square. Cattle-breeding companies and leading producers of mangalitsa meat will take part in the festival.

Snow fines will be introduced in Belgrade, (21/01/2012)
(News from Serbia)
Belgrade authorities decided to fight with snow-covered streets in the old-fashioned way. Organization and homes residents, who will not clear the territories adjacent to their buildings and homes from snow, will be fined. The amount of fine will be from 5,000 to 20,000 dinars (50-200 Euros), according to siol.net.

Prisons and hospices will be privatized in Croatia, (12/01/2012)
(News from Croatia)
Croatia intends to engage private capital in modernization of the state social infrastructure. Currently the country's budget lacks enough finances for opening of such new state institutions as hospices, nursing homes, educational centers and even prisons. In order to solve this problem Croatian authorities are going to involve third-party investors into the building and managing processes.

Lufthansa offers Christmas discounts up to 90%, (04/01/2012)
(Airline news)
German airline Lufthansa, known for the highest quality of services, prepared a terrific Christmas gift for all fans of traveling - tickets with discounts up to 40% for adults and up to 90% for children!

Erotic festival Erots 2012 will be held in Latvia, (28/12/2011)
(News from Latvia)
Even cold winter blizzards cannot calm the temperamental Letts, who would organize in February the only erotic festival in the Baltic Sea region - "Erots 2012" in Riga.

Poland would not legalize prostitution for Euro 2012, (27/12/2011)
(News from Poland)
In Berlin, for example, during the same tournament, special brothels with small cubicles were built near the stadium, where everyone could hire a prostitute.

Bulgaria: the government leases beaches, (25/12/2011)
(News from Bulgaria)
Proposals for privates to lease public beaches have recently appeared on the website of the Ministry of Regional Development of Bulgaria. The beaches can be rented for five years with annual payments not later than the fifteenth of February.

Macedonia will spend €250 million to improve the capital's image, (17/12/2011)
(News from Macedonia)
Macedonian authorities decided to change the image of the capital Skopje to increase the number of tourists visiting the country. This project was named Skopke 2014 and to date nearly a quarter of a billion Euros have been spent on it.

Holidays in Bulgaria will be promoted in 12 films, (15/12/2011)
(News from Bulgaria)
Bulgarian advertising campaign marks another milestone. This time the country will use 12 documentaries to attract tourists’ interest.