Sun, Nov 22 2009
Bulgaria was well known for its ski and summer resorts and the property investment opportunities there but the country was just beginning to develop golf property opportunities, easier.com reported.
Only three golf courses operate in Bulgaria at the moment, the website reported. Because of the foreign investor interest the country was ready to develop further this opportunity.
According to prognoses in 15 years Bulgaria was going to have 40 golf courses set up in strategic areas for investors and vacation property seekers, easier.com reported.
The coastal area offered good opportunities because of its climate. The milder weather there permitted year-round golfing, the website said.
Three international golf celebrities were involved in the creation of golf courses in Bulgaria, easier.com reported. Among them were Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and 2006 European Team Ryder Cup captain Ian Woosnam.
Welcomed by the UK government, France and Germany, as well as the US, the naming of Belgium’s Herman van Rompuy as European Council President and Catherine Ashton as foreign policy chief has caused misgivings in some circles, including Turkey which believes that Van Rompuy will oppose Turkish membership of the bloc.
The dinner meeting of EU leaders to decide on the European Council President and the bloc’s new foreign minister and head of secretariat could take a few hours or all night, says host Fredrik Reinfeldt, Sweden’s prime minister.
Russia and the European Union have agreed on an early warning system if another natural gas cutoff looms. Some say that Bulgaria, among other countries hard-hit by the January 2009 crisis, is now better prepared. Not everyone is convinced.
Five Bulgarian films screened at the World Film Festival in Bangkok.
A complicated game, played partly in the dark, and with elements of everything from poker to tug ‘o war – that’s the way Europe’s leaders will come up with its new European Council President, foreign minister and European Commission.