* General assessment: an extensive but antiquated telecommunications network inherited from the Soviet era ; quality has improved ; the Bulgaria Telecommunications Company's fixed-line monopoly terminated in 2005 when alternative fixed-line operators were given access to its network ; a drop in fixed-line connections in recent years has been more than offset by a sharp increase in mobile-cellular telephone use fostered by multiple service providers ; the number of cellular telephone subscriptions now exceeds the population

The national passenger and freight operator is called Bulgarian State Railways, but there are also a number of private operators including Bulgarian Railway Company and DB Schenker Rail Bulgaria.

While most urban and suburban transport in Bulgaria is composed of buses ( using an increasing number of CNG vehicles ), around a dozen cities also have trolley bus networks.

Even though Bulgaria did not send any troops to support the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the Navy was involved in a number of skirmishes with the Soviet Black Sea Fleet, which attacked Bulgarian shipping.

From the east, the highest number of men came Lithuania ( 50, 000 ) and the lowest from Bulgaria ( 600 ).

According to the IOM data, in 2000 – 2004, Kosovo was consistently ranked fourth or fifth among the countries of Southeastern Europe by number of human trafficking victims, after Albania, Moldova, Romania and sometimes Bulgaria.

As of 2000, Bulgaria started to grant Bulgarian citizenship to members of the Bulgarian minorities in a number of countries, including the Republic of Macedonia.

Across the summer the band played a number of festivals, including Weyfest and Glastonbury and T in the Park in the UK and Oxegen 2010 in Ireland, and concerts in Japan, Greece, Poland, Slovakia and Bulgaria.

Bulgaria has a number of think tanks providing expertise and shaping policies.

After reaching its apogee in the 1230s, Bulgaria started to decline due to a number of factors, most notably its geographic position which rendered it vulnerable to simultaneous attacks and invasions from many sides.

An increasing number of settlements in Bulgaria are becoming ghost towns for this reason ; at the time of the 2011 census, the country had 181 uninhabited settlements.

Since the 1880s, the number of territorial management units in Bulgaria has varied from seven to 26.

The universities in Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania published a number of books and monographs on Socionics, or on psychology, pedagogy and management, which socionics and its methods are devoted to specific topics.

" Bulgaria contributed the most and also lost the greatest number of soldiers.

This arrangement, however, cost Alexander much of his popularity in Bulgaria, while discontent prevailed among a number of his officers, who considered themselves slighted in the distribution of rewards at the close of the campaign.

The number of tourists has been growing rapidly in recent years ; in 2010, Bulgaria was the most popular tourist destination for British citizens.

The old Bulgar name Boris has spread from Bulgaria to a number of countries in the world with Russian Tsar Boris Godunov, British politician Boris Johnson, and German tennis player Boris Becker being three of the examples of its use.

In Bulgaria, the meal consists of an odd number of lenten dishes in compliance with the rules of fasting.

During all of this time, production of the Alpine A110 increased and manufacturing deals were struck for A110s and A108s with factories in a number of other countries including Spain, Mexico, Brazil and Bulgaria.

In Eastern Europe, a number of long-established projects are struggling to find finance, notably Belene in Bulgaria and the additional reactors at Cernavoda in Romania, and some potential backers have pulled out.

A number of ancient civilizations, most notably the Thracians, Ancient Greeks, Romans, Ostrogoths, Slavs, Varangians and especially Bulgars, have left their mark on the culture, history and heritage of Bulgaria.

A number of noted opera-singers ( Nicolai Ghiaurov, Boris Christoff, Raina Kabaivanska, Ghena Dimitrova, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Vesselina Kasarova ), pianist Alexis Weissenberg, and successful artists ( Christo, Pascin, Vladimir Dimitrov ) popularized the culture of Bulgaria abroad.

The number of followers of Buddhism has increased gradually in recent years also due to the influx of Vietnamese citizens ( predominantly Buddhist ) to Bulgaria.

As of 1994, in Europe there are over a thousand breeding pairs, most of them in Greece, but also in Ukraine, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania ( Karavasta Lagoon ).

In 1838 it was reported in Bulgaria, but not until the 20th century did it expand across Europe, appearing in parts of the Balkans between 1900 – 1920, and then spreading rapidly northwest, reaching Germany in 1945, Great Britain by 1953 ( breeding for the first time in 1956 ), Ireland in 1959, and the Faroe Islands in the early 1970s.

It is a rare vagrant to western Europe although there are small breeding populations along the western shores of the Black Sea around the border between Bulgaria and Romania.

The Varna Necropolis, Bulgaria, is internationally considered one of the key archaeological sites in world prehistory.

Outside of the regions discussed above, Chardonnay can be found in cooler climate sites in Greece, Israel and Lebanon as well as Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, England, Georgia, Germany, Slovakia, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Serbia and Switzerland.

Bulgaria is rich in historical artifacts, but museus to keep them is up to be built ( central historical and art museum is now being developed in Sofia ), many of the museums and monasteries still need to be properly advertised and maintained, and some of the most interesting heritage sites may not be easily accessible, due to poor infrastructure.

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Other sites include Creswell Crags, Nottinghamshire, England, ( Cave etchings and bas-reliefs discovered in 2003 ), and Magura, Belogradchik, Bulgaria.

Common Vetch has also been part of the human diet, as attested by carbonised remains found at early Neolithic sites in Syria, Turkey, Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia.

In Bulgaria, the türbes of Kıdlemi Baba, Ak Yazılı Baba, Demir Baba and Otman Baba function as heterodox Islamic pilgrimage sites and before 1842 were the centers of Bektashi tekkes.

The nesting sites often insure limited nest predation, though carnivorous mammals who eat egg and nestling can access nests when water levels are low enough for them to cross, as has been recorded with wild boars destroying nests in Bulgaria.

Expansions of the range have been reported in Austria ( where motorway bridges are used as nest sites ), Switzerland, the former Yugoslavia, Romania, and Bulgaria.

Category: Ancient Greek sites in Bulgaria

To date, more than a thousand fragments with similar inscriptions have been found on various archaeological sites throughout south-eastern Europe, notably in Greece ( Dispilio Tablet ), Bulgaria, former Yugoslavia, Romania, eastern Hungary, Moldova, and southern Ukraine.

Active tourist centres have grown up around many mineral water sites since ancient times, such as Hungary, Hisarya ( Bulgaria ), Bílina ( Czech Republic ), Vichy ( France ), Jermuk ( Armenia ), Yessentuki ( Russia ), Spa ( Belgium ), Krynica-Zdrój ( Poland ), Sulphur Baths ( Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia ), Bath ( England ), or Karlovy Vary ( Czech Republic ), Myrhorods ' ka ( Ukraine ).

Areas known for their salt mines include Kilroot near Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland ( over 100 years old with more than 25 km of passages ); Khewra and Warcha in Pakistan ; Tuzla in Bosnia ; Wieliczka and Bochnia in Poland ( both established in the mid-13th century and still operating, mostly as museums ); Hallstatt and Salzkammergut in Austria ; Rheinberg in Germany ; Slănic, Cacica, Ocnele Mari, Salina Turda, Târgu Ocna, Ocna Sibiului, and Praid in Romania ; Provadiya in Bulgaria ; Racalmuto, Realmonte and Petralia Soprana within the production sites managed by Italkali in southern Italy ; Avery Island in Louisiana, United States ; Saltville, Virginia, which served as the site of one of the Confederacy's main saltworks ; the wich towns of Cheshire and Worcestershire in England ; and the Detroit Salt Company's subterranean complex beneath the city of Detroit.

Category: Ancient Greek sites in Bulgaria

Category: Archaeological sites in Bulgaria

Category: Archaeological sites in Bulgaria

Category: Archaeological sites in Bulgaria

Vetch has been found at Neolithic and Eneolithic sites in Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia.

Category: Archaeological sites in Bulgaria

Category: Ancient Greek sites in Bulgaria

Category: Archaeological sites in Bulgaria

There are numerous sites, geographical features and fortresses named after him throughout Bulgaria.

Category: Archaeological sites in Bulgaria

The Varna Necropolis () ( also Varna Cemetery ) is a burial site in the western industrial zone of Varna ( approximately half a kilometre from Lake Varna and 4 km from the city centre ), Bulgaria, internationally considered one of the key archaeological sites in world prehistory.