Varna

Bulgaria's Sofia and Varna will co-host the 2015 CEV Volleyball European Championship with Italy's Milan and Turin, transpired at a meeting in Milan on Wednesday, reports the Gong.bg website.

The two sports halls in Bulgaria, which will host the tournament are Sofa's Arena Armeec and Varna's Palace Of Culture and Sports, which is closed for renovations.

Bulgaria will get 6% of the requested EUR 300 M under the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF), or some EUR 10.5 M, according to Regional Development Minister Lilyana Pavlova.

Pavlova gave a joint press conference with Sports Minister Krasen Kralev and Varna Mayor Ivan Portnih in Varna on Thursday.

The Black Sea city of Varna is to be the European Youth Capital (EYC) in 2017, a jury panel announced Wednesday evening.

At a special ceremony held in the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca (2015's winner), the final decision was revealed after having been taken in Brussels last week.

The 11-member jury that is to award the title European Youth Capital 2017 is to meet in Brussels today.

Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Varna is among the four cities that are competing for the prestigious nomination, the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) reminds.

A special event dedicated to Varna's bid was held at the European Parliament.

The municipal council of Bulgaria's coast city of Varna introduced stiff fines for parking violations in the city, reports the Varna Utre website.

The proposal, tabled by Varna Mayor Ivan Portnih, provides for increase of fines for parking on pedestrian crossings, parks, park alleys, playgrounds and pavements.

The 28-th edition of Bulgaria's Kinomania film festival starts on November 13 in Sofia with a screening of the Bulgarian film "The Sinking Of Sozopol" (Potuvaneto na Sozopol).

The Kinomania edition in the coast city of Varna starts on November 21 with a screening of Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's "Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance".

BELGRADE - Celebrated Serbian film director and screenwriter Goran Paskaljevic is the winner of the award for humanity in cinematography at the 15th international film festival in Varna, Bulgaria.

The 25-th anniversary of the fall of the Beriln Wall on November 9 will be marked by a "Freedom Run" in Sofia and Varna, organised by the German embassy to Bulgaria.

The participants in Sofia can choose between a 5 km run and a 2 km walk. The start is at 2 PM on November 9, in front of the Berlin Wall piece in the park of the National Palace of Culture (NDK).

Ukraine will close nine consular offices, including that in Bulgaria's coast city of Varna, reports the RIA Novosti news agency.

According to Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis, the goal is to optimise state expenses.

The consular offices were selected on the basis of least amount of work.

The Last Battle Of the King historical reenactment event will take place on November 8 in the Asparuhov park in Bulgaria's coast city of Varna.