Bulgaria in front of demographic disaster

Posted on 09.05.2011 by admin

International Herald Tribune announces that Bulgaria is the second most threatened by demographic disaster country in the World after Swaziland. The media writes that the population of Bulgaria will decrease with 30 % between the years of 2005 and 2050, and from 7.7 millions now will be 5 millions then.

The only other country in the world that will loose more population in this period is Swaziland, where 38 % of the people have HIV virus. The decreasing population threatens other countries in Europe too, but here the problem is much bigger because of the low life standard.

The media quotes The Bulgarian National Statistic Institute, which announces that the population decrease in Bulgaria has started during the communist years and has forced when the system collapsed in 1989. In the moment there are 1.3 children per woman in the country. For keeping the same population there must be 2.2 children per woman. 800 000 people have left the country between 1989 and 2004, which is about 10 % of the population. The fact that most of them are young and educated people makes the things even worse.

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The rates for renting of offices in Sofia are the lowest in Europe

Posted on 28.04.2011 by admin

The rent rates of first – class offices in Sofia are the lowest in Europe and the trend for discount continues in the first three months of 2011, shows a market research of Forton International. For the central part of Sofia the average rates for renting of office spaces are 12 EUR for square meter, and in the periphery they are 8 EUR for square meter of office space. The rates are back on the levels of the year of 2004. The main reason for the continuing discount is the constant releasing of new office spaces in time of absence of new renters.

For example, the office rent rates in Riga, Tallinn, Belgrade, Zagreb and Ljubljana are bigger with up to 5 EUR for square meter accordingly to these in Sofia. Even the rates in Skopje are a little bit higher than these in Sofia, but there is not much offering of office spaces in Macedonia.

In Sofia the situation is opposite: in the first three months of 2011 there are new 40 000 square meters of offices on the market, and until the end of the year there will be 135 000 square meters more. Because of the growing offering that pressures the rates there is expectation some investors to slower the opening of their objects until they find renters.

For the first three months of the year are rented only 10 000 square meters of office spaces, which is the lowest level for this period for the last three years. The most of the deals are made because of the re base of some companies and this leads to growth of the not rented office spaces which now are 30 % of the available office spaces in Sofia.

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Dryanovo monastery

Posted on 20.04.2011 by admin

For the incoming Easter many people would like to visit some place representing the history of the Bulgarian Orthodox Christian religion, so we have a proposal. The Dryanovo monastery is a functioning male Bulgarian Orthodox monastery located in North Bulgaria, 5 kilometers Southeast from the town of Dryanovo and 15 kilometers from the town of Gabrovo. The monastery is located close to the main road Rousse – Svilengrad, so it is very easy to find.

This place has a lot of history. The first people resident here date from the prehistoric times. The oldest signs of human life here date from 100 000 – 10 000 years BC in the cave Bacho Kiro.
The medieval Monastery “St. Archangel Michail” is built in the times of Tzar Kaloyan. In the Ottoman empire, like the other monasteries it is a shelter of the Bulgarian spirit. Many rebellions like Vassil Levski have found cover there. In the preparation for the uprising in April 1876 there have been stored a lot of food, weapons and ammunitions. On 29th of April 1876 the rebellion unit of Pop Hariton enters into the monastery and after nine days of siege and battle with the turks most of the rebellion die for the freedom of Bulgaria. The destroyed and fired monastery is rebuilt partially in 1877.

Today the Dryanovo monastery is one of the ten most important sanctuaries of the Bulgarian Orthodox church, and also one of the preferred destinations for Bulgarian and foreign tourists.

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