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Code Yellow along Black Sea coast over strong wind Focus News - ‎Oct 17, 2011‎ Sofia. Code Yellow remains along the Black Sea coast over the strong wind the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology with the Bulgarian Academy of Science announced for FOCUS News Agency. null

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Marine Tourism

The Bulgarian Black Sea coast is a wonderful place for a summer holiday. Cape Emine is the place where the Balkan Mountain ends at the sea shore, and this place conditionally divides the Black Sea coast into north and south part. The coast line is 378 km long and it has 209 beaches with total area of 16 square kilometers. A large part of them are wide, others are small and nested in picturesque marine bays. The beaches and the sea offer conditions for practicing various types of water sports (surfing, water ski, diving, underground archaeology) and fishing (including underwater). In 2011 with a blue flag are awarded the beaches in Albena, Bunite (Varna), Dyuni, Elenite, Pomorie (east beach), Harmanite (Sozopol), St. Vlas (central beach and Venid beach), Sunny Beach (north and south beach) and Sunny Day. The salinity of the Black Sea is low (in the coastal waters – 16-17‰), and the high and low tides are insignificant. During the summer, the average water temperature is 22-24°С, and in the shallow parts up to 26°С, which makes it particularly pleasant for swimming.

During the past few years a part of the elite marine complexes and resort towns acquired yacht ports. The ports in the resorts Rusalka, Tyulenovo, Balchik, Golden Sands and Varna offer serious opportunities for yachting along the northern Black Sea coast. Options for yacht tourism on the southern Black Sea coast are offered in Burgas, the resorts St. Vlas, Nesebar, Sozopol, Dyuni.

Besides the combination of sun, sand and sea, the Black Sea resorts offer hiking, biking and horse riding tourism, as well as eco tourism, photo safari, visiting of natural, cultural and architectural landmarks. In the northern part of the Black Sea there are 3 golf courses, offering conditions for world level practicing of this type of sport.

Some of the Bulgarian rivers flow into the Black Sea. Their mouths are surrounded by dense and breezy moist loving forests. A part of the rivers are floatable (Ropotamo, Kamchia, Veleka) for small motor boats and offer unforgettable trips along the currents for tourists. The unique dense forests of the rivers Batova, Kamchia, Ropotamo and Veleka are suitable for nature admirers. At the Southern Black Sea you can enjoy the coolness of Strandzha and the centuries old traditions in the villages, nested in the mountain. Tourists can also enjoy the wonderful Black Sea lakes: Alepu, Arkutino, Atanasovsko lake, Balchik Tuzla, Beloslav lake Burgas lake, Varna lake, Durankulak lake (where an Eneolithic settlement mound 4600 - 4200 years BC was found, as well as a temple of the goddess Kibela), the Ezeretsko lake, Nanevska tuzla, Orlovo swamp, Pomorie lake, Stomoplo (swamp) and Shabla lake. Multiple rare plants and animals can be seen in these coastal lakes (lagoons and firths), and deposits of medicinal mud (firth mud) had been found, based on which mud treatment is performed – Pomorie lake, Varna lake, Balchik Tuzla, Shabla, Rusalka and Atanasovsko lake.

Along the coast line there are also mineral springs, and the combination of these natural facts is the reason for the successful combination of spa, balneological and wellness tourism with sea holiday.

Tourists also have the opportunity to visit the five Black Sea islands – St. Anastasia, St. Ivan (where the relics of St. John the Baptist were found), St. Peter, St. Kirik and Yulita, St. Tomas.

The resorts, located on the Black Sea, are suitable for family vacation, as well as for individual holiday and entertainment: Albena, Rusalka, St. Konstantin and St. Helena, Riviera, Obzor, Elenite and Dyuni are some of the most preferred mostly for families with children.

Younger tourists prefer Sunny Beach, Golden Sands, Primorsko, Kiten, Lozenets, because of the large number of clubs, bars, and entertainment options. Sunny Beach is the largest resort complex in the country and it is often a host to the parties of world famous DJs and performers.

Sozopol and Nesebar (UNESCO) are famous for their combination of beautiful coastal nature and historical landmarks. These two towns with thousands of years of history attract the romantic summer tourists.

Excellent conditions for relaxation are offered in the resorts Kranevo, Chayka, Sunny Day, St. Iliya, St. Vlas, Ravda, Pomorie, Chernomorets, Tsarevo, Ahtopol and Sinemorets.

The Bulgarian Black Sea resorts offer various accommodation options – from luxurious 4-5-star hotels to small romantic family hotels, which correspond to global standards.

A part of the hotels in the Black Sea resorts work all year long and offer options for congress tourism, conducting of various events and incentive undertakings. Visitors of the Bulgarian Black Sea shore have the opportunity to enjoy multiple cultural events, including Kavarna Rock Fest, Varna Summer, Apolonia, Spirit of Burgas, the International Folklore Festival in Burgas, fire dancing shows, etc.

Congress Tourism

Owing to the strategic location of Bulgaria in the heart of the Balkan Peninsula, its crossroad location between three continents, and its four international airports, Bulgaria is located at a distance of two hours from most of the European capitals and the large international airports, which perform flights to the whole world. This, together with the fact that the country offers multiple three, four and five-star hotels, located in the large city centers, as well as along the Black Sea coast and the mountain resorts, is a precondition for its increasing international authority in the area of congress tourism.

Excellent conditions for congress tourism are offered by the capital – Sofia. It offers multiple hotels with suitable halls, as well as congress centers, such as the National Palace of Culture and INTER EXPO center. Almost all hotels and hotel ranges offer equipment for conducting business meetings and seminars. In the city there are multiple higher education establishments, which also offer options for similar types of events. Additional options are offered in the Central Army Club, Boyana Residence, Universiada Hall, as well as the just finished multifunctional sports hall Armeets Arena - Sofia. The guests of business events can make use of the wonderful possibilities for cultural tourism in the city, as well as the conditions in close proximity to for mountain tourism, country and eco tourism, and golf tourism.

The city of Plovdiv, located in the central part of South Bulgaria, not only provides opportunities for congress and cultural events, but it also offers possibilities for science tourism. The city is famous for its international fair.

The Black Sea resorts offer wonderful combination of congress tourism, sea relaxation and spa. The resorts at our Black Sea coast offer the option for organizing similar events outside the summer season as well – Varna, Burgas, the resort complexes Albena, Golden Sands, Sunny Beach, St. Konstantin and St. Helena, Dyuni, the towns of St. Vlas and Primorsko. The guests of the resorts on the North Black Sea have the option to practice golf on some of the best European and world golf courts. The town of Dobrich also offers options for business meetings.

The mountain resorts Bansko, Borovets and Pamporovo combine all year long options for mountain and eco tourism with business events. In them the participants in congresses have the opportunity to enjoy some of the best ski tracks on the Old Continent.

A wonderful combination of congress tourism and spa is offered by the town of Kyustendil and the spa resorts Hisarya, Velingrad, Devin and Sandanski.

The Danube towns of Vidin and Ruse, as well as the towns of Montana and Pleven also offer opportunities for congress forums. The former capital of Bulgaria – Veliko Tarnovo – offers the combination of congress and cultural-science tourism. A combination of unique nature and options for business meetings is also available in Vratsa, Sevlievo, Ribaritsa, Teteven and Troyan. Good conference halls are also offered in the towns of Pazardzhik, Stara Zagora, Sliven, Dimitrovgrad, Haskovo, Yambol and Kazanlak.

Adventurous Tourism

If you are searching for new adventures, if sport occupies an important part of your daily life, if your way to relax is related to motion, conquering of high peaks and new territories, Bulgaria will seem exceptionally attractive to you.

Conditions for practicing various sports and activities have been created along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. In almost every resort there are clubs which offer training and equipment for diving, surfing, kite-surfing, etc. It is possible to hire a boat, a jet or a yacht, regardless of whether you will only use it for hiking or for exciting fishing.

The mountains in Bulgaria cover one third of the territory of the country and offer their guests a thick network of eco paths to provide them the opportunity to research their remarkable beauties. Wonderful conditions have been established for alpinism in some mountain regions – in the region of the town of Vratsa, Lakatnik Rocks, Malyovitsa and many others.

You can also explore mountain on a horse back. There are equestrian facilities all over the country. They offer hiking and longer crossings with a guide along mountain or lowland areas. Along the Black Sea coast you can also make use of similar services. There is probably nothing more romantic than hiking on a horse back along the beach and facing sunset. Equestrian sport has been developing in the country for almost 90 years, and a round of the World Cup of Equestrian Sport is conducted in the town of Bozhurishte.

Those who are searching for more adrenalin must orient towards any of the more swift-flowing rivers in the country – Struma, Iskar, Mesta, etc. Rafting and kayaking descending are organized along the river currents in the region of Iskar and Kresna Gorge. Exceptionally exciting is the experience in the months of May and June, when the rivers are with the highest waters. The Black Sea offers conditions for diving and underwater fishing.

Another way to raise the level of adrenalin in your blood is to fly. The heights over the town of Sopot, for example, are some of the best places for practicing paragliding in Europe. Conditions for practicing paragliding and hang-gliding are also provided in the regions of Vitosha, Sliven, Kyustendil, Stara Zagora and Albena.

Two of the routes of the Eurovelo network, established by the European Biking Federation, also pass through the country. Those are Eurovelo 13, which passes along the length of the Iron Curtain, and Eurovelo 6, which follows the rivers Loire, Rein and Danube.

Bungee jumps are organized at the higher bridges in the country, as well as in the Prohodna cave. The feeling is unforgettable and it is remembered for life.

In the past few years Bulgaria established itself as a serious golf destination. Modern golf courses, designed by globally famous experts, function in the country. They are located in a number of areas – three along the Northern Black Sea coast, 3 in the region around the capital, one next to the mountain resort of Bansko and one near the town of Sliven.

Hunting and fishing tourism are also quite well developed in our country. The game diversity in Bulgaria is presently presented by red deer, fallow deer, roe deer, wild boar, mouflon, chamois, capercaillie, bear, pheasant and partridge. Excellent conditions for hunting of bulky game are available in the hunting game-breeding farms: Botevgrad, Vitinya, Samokov, Aramliets, Borovets, Borovo, Zhenda, Kormisosh, Studen Kladenets, Rusalka, Palamara, Rakitovo, Midzhur, village of Parvenets, Bosna, Byalka, Voden and many others. The Black Sea offers unique opportunities for fishing of turbot, mullet, bluefish, cod, mackerel, bonito and others. Bulgarian rivers are very abundant in fish. In the country there are many dams, offering opportunities for sport fishing.

Bulgarian Multiple resorts

Multiple resorts are located on the territory of Republic of Bulgaria, which are exceptionally diverse in their profile. The following resorts are located along the Black Sea Shore: Rusalka, Albena, Kranevo, Golden Sands, Riviera, Chayka, Sunny Day, St. Konstantin and St. Helena, St. Iliya, Obzor, Sunny Beach, Elenite, Dyuni, Nesebar, Ravda, Kiten, Pomorie, Chernomorets, Sozopol, Lozenets, Tsarevo, Ahtopol and Sinemorets.

The holiday settlement Rusalka is an inheritor of the French club “Mediterrane”. It is located in the natural park Tauk Liman.

In Albena tourists can enjoy more than 5-kilometer long coast line and water temperature of 24 ˚С during the summer.

Golden Sands possesses a 3.3-kilometer long coast line, reaching up to 100 meters width, with water temperature of 24 ˚С during the summer, and average summer air temperature of 27 ˚С.

The holiday club Riviera possesses a wonderful beach and is located in a park with centuries old trees.

St. Konstantin and St. Helena and Sunny Day are resorts, distinguishing with mild climate, tranquility and quietness.

The larges one of the Bulgarian Black Sea resorts is Sunny Beach. It has a 5.5-kilometer long sand stripe, where water temperature in the summer is 26 ˚С, and the average summer air temperature is 28 ˚С. The resort St. Vlas is located nearby.

Mediterranean is the style of the villas built in the resort Elenite, and the resort Dyuni is located amidst a pine forest on the sea shore.

A part of the hotels in the Black Sea resorts work all year long and offer options for congress tourism. The Black Sea beaches are divided into large ones (over 100,000 square meters) – Durankulak, Albena-Kranevo, Golden Sands, Kamchia-Shkorpilovtsi, Obzor, Sunny Beach, Pomorie, Atanasovo, Alepu, Primorsko south beach; medium sized (from 50,000 to 100,000 square meters) – Krapets, Shabla, St. Konstantin, Varna city beach, Asparuhovo, Shorpilovtsi-south, Obzor-south, Irakli, Burgas, Kavatsi, Stomoplo, Nestinarka, Ahtopol, etc.; and small ones (from 10,000 to 50,000 square meters) – they are mainly located along the south Black Sea coast.

The Black Sea coast is also famous for its mud deposits: Pomorie, Varna, Balchik, Shabla, Atanasovsko Lake, Taukliman. Also famous are the mineral waters in Krapets, Tyulenovo, Rusalka, Kavarna, Balchik, Albena, Golden Sands, St. Konstantin and St. Helena, Varna, Lower Kamchia, Emine, Medovo and Burgas.

Globally famous are also the mountain resorts Pamporovo, Borovets and Bansko. Pamporovo is located on 1,650 meters above the sea level in the Rhodope Mountain. The snowy days are more than 150, and the tracks are from 800 to 3,800 meter long. In Rila, on 1,350 meters above the sea level lays the resort Borovets. It offers excellent tracks, and the biathlon track is one of the best in the world. The fastest developing mountain resort in Europe is Bansko. Besides offering world level ski tracks, in Bansko there are also more than 140 monuments of culture. The renowned Bansko icon painting school originates from there. Good conditions for skiing are also offered in the mountain resorts: Malyovitsa, Panichishte, Batak, Beklemeto, Ribaritsa, Osogovo, Momchilovtsi, Chepelare, Kom-Berkovitsa, Uzana, Yundola, Belmeken, Bodrost-Kartala, Predel, Semkovo and Aleko.

Bulgaria also offers excellent spa, balneological and wellness resorts: Hisar, Velingrad (the spa capital of the Balkan Peninsula), Sandanski, Banya, Kyustendil, Narechen, Pavel Banya, Kostenets, Varshets, Burgaski Mineralni Bani, Momin Prohod, Slivenski Mineralni Bani, Starozagorski Mineralni Bani, Haskovski Mineralni Bani, Sapareva Banya, Teteven, Tryavna, Apriltsi, Kotel, Elena, Govedartsi, Dryanovo.

History

The territory of Bulgaria has been inhabited since antiquity. Proofs of this are the multiple settlement and burial mounds. The lands of the present Bulgaria were a cradle of some of the earliest civilizations in Europe – the oldest processed gold every found, dug out of the Chalcholite necropolis near Varna, is an evidences of that. From the age of Ancient Thrace we have inherited valuable cultural monuments - tombs (Kazanlak tomb, Aleksandrovska tomb, Sveshtarska tomb, etc.), treasures (Panagyursko, Rogozensko, Valchitransko, etc.), sanctuaries and temples (Perperikon, Starosel, Kozi Gramadi, Begliktash, etc.).

The cultural interactions between the Thracians and the Hellenistic civilization were particularly active. Multiple cities and towns, which were transfers of Greek cultural influence, were established within the period 6th-2nd century BC in Thrace, Misia and along the shores of the Black Sea. In the middle of the 1st century AD all Bulgarian lands became a part of the Roman Empire. Many architectural and archaeological monuments have been preserved from this period – the Ancient Theater and the Roman Stadium in Plovdiv, the remains of the Roman cities Ulpia Escus, Nove, Nikopolis ad Istrum, Nikopolis ad Nestum, Augusta Trayana, Abritus, etc.

After the breaking up of the Roman Empire, the present Bulgarian lands were a part of the East Roman Empire, later called Byzantium by historians. In the second half of the 7th century the proto-Bulgarians settled on the territory of the present Northeast Bulgaria. In a union with the Slavs they formed the Bulgarian state, recognized by Byzantium in 681. The head of the state was the leader of proto-Bulgarians – khan Asparuh, and the city of Pliska was declared a capital. 
During the ruling of khan Krum (803-814) Bulgaria bordered to the west with the empire of Karl the Great, and to the east the Bulgarian armies reached the gates of the Byzantium capital - Constantinople. In 864, during the reign of Prince Boris I (852-889), Bulgarians adopted Christianity as an official religion and Bulgaria became one of the oldest Christian states in Europe.

At the end of the 9th century, the brothers Cyril and Methodius created and spread the Slavonic alphabet. Ohrid and Veliki Preslav became centers of the Bulgarian and Slavonic culture. From Bulgaria the Slavonic letters spread in other Slavonic states as well. Even nowadays, countries like Russia, Serbia, Ukraine, Macedonia and Belarus use the Cyrillic alphabet, which spelling rules were established by the students of Cyril and Methodius and their followers in the Bulgarian capital Preslav. The ruling of Tsar Simeon the First (893 – 927) is famous as the Golden Age of Bulgarian Culture, and the borders of the country at that time reached the Black Sea, the Aegean Sea and the Adriatic Sea.

In 1018, after prolonged wars, Bulgaria was conquered by Byzantium. In 1186, the uprising led by the boyar brothers Asen and Peter, rejected the Byzantine ruling. The Second Bulgarian Kingdom was established, and Tarnovo was declared a capital.

The former might of Bulgaria was restored during the ruling of their youngest brother - Kaloyan (who ruled within 1197-1207), and during the ruling of tsar Ivan Asen the Second (1218-1241) the Second Bulgarian Kingdom reached its greatest zenith – it established political hegemony in Southeast Europe; it spread its borders to the Black Sea, the Aegean Sea and the Adriatic Sea; its economy and culture developed. Some of the most important monuments preserved of that time are the wall paintings in the Boyana church, the churches in Veliko Tarnovo, Zemenski Monastery, Ivanovski Rock Churches, the miniatures in the London Gospel and the Manasiy Chronicle.

In the end of the 14th century the country was conquered by the Ottoman Empire. In the first years of the Ottoman Dominion there were individual attempts for the liberation of Bulgaria. Later the Haydiouk movement created preconditions for the occurring of an organized national liberation movement.

The Bulgarian Revival began in the beginning of the 18th century. The Bulgarian church, education and culture were established. The beginning of the organized national liberation movement for rejection of the Ottoman dominion is related to the activities of Georgi Rakovski (1821-1867). Basic figures in the liberation movement were Vasil Levski (1837-1873), Lyuben Karavelov (1834-1879), Hristo Botev (1848-1876) and others.

In 1876 the April Uprising burst. This was the largest and the most organized attempt for liberation from the Ottoman Dominion. The uprising was suppressed with unheard violence, but it placed the national Bulgarian issue in the center of the international political life.

In 1878, as a result of the liberation war between Russia and Turkey, the Bulgarian state was restored. The Berlin Congress (1878) divided the former Bulgarian territories into three parts – Principality of Bulgaria, ruled by a prince, Eastern Roumelia with a Christian governor, appointed by the sultan, and Thrace and Macedonia, which were left under the ruling of the Ottoman Empire. Alexander Battenberg was selected for the first prince of the Principality of Bulgaria.

The first constitution of Bulgaria was adopted in 1879. It was one of the most democratic constitutions for its time. In 1885 the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Roumelia united. In 1908, the Bulgarian Prince Ferdinand Sachsen-Coburg-und-Gotha proclaimed independence of Turkey and he was declared a tsar of the Third Bulgarian Kingdom.

Bulgaria conducted the victorious Balkan War in 1912. Together with Serbia and Greece Bulgaria fought for the freedom of Thrace and Macedonia. The discords between the former allies led to the burst of the First Balkan War (1913), in which Bulgaria was defeated. As a result of this war, more territories inhabited with Bulgarians were cut off from the state. The interference of Bulgaria in the First World War on the side of the so called Allied Powers ended with a national catastrophe. The Neuilly Peace Treaty (1919) imposed strict clauses to Bulgaria. It lost a large part of its territories. In the Beginning of the 1940s Bulgaria’s policy was pointed towards the interests of Germany and the powers of the Axis. In 1941 Bulgaria was involved in the war on the side of the Axis, but the Bulgarian army did not participate in the battles on the East Front. Tsar Boris the Third supported the social pressure and did not allow the deporting of about 50,000 Bulgarian Jews. Of all European countries only Denmark and Bulgaria managed to protect their Jew population from the gas chambers of the Nazis. In the autumn of 1944 Bulgaria joined the allied forces and actively participated in the expulsion of the German forces from Southern and Central Europe.

After the Second World War, Bulgaria fell within the political and economical influence of the USSR. In 1946 the country was declared a republic. The Bulgarian communist party came to power. The political parties except for the so called Fatherland Front (Otechestven Front) were forbidden; the economy and the banks were nationalized, the agricultural land was organized in cooperations.

The democratic changes in Bulgaria started in the end of 1989. Multiparty elections were conducted. A new constitution was adopted. Bulgaria started the way towards democratic development and market economy. In its external policy Bulgaria is oriented towards rapprochement with the European structures. Since 1991 it has been a member of the Council of Europe. In 2004 Bulgaria became a member of NATO. In 1995 it filed an application for membership in the European Union. In 1999 the negotiations for joining began. On 25 April 2005 in Luxemburg was signed the Accession Treaty of Republic of Bulgaria to the European Union. As of 1 January 2007, after completing the membership criteria, Bulgaria became of full right member of the European Union.

Bulgaria

Bulgaria is located in Southeast Europe, in the northeast part of the Balkan Peninsula. Its territory is located between 44°13’ and 41°14’ north latitude, 22°22’ and 28°37’ east longitude. It is a European, Balkan, Black Sea and Danube country. This geographic location places it on the crossroad between Europe, Asia and Africa.

Bulgaria is situated closer to the Equator, than the pole. It falls within the southern part of the temperate climate zone with influence of the subtropic. Its location on the transition line between two climate zones influences the climate, soils, vegetation and animal species. All of them are characterized by great diversity. The astronomic geographic position also determines the relatively large angle of falling of the sun beams, which determines our country as a sunny one. The official time in Bulgaria is East European Time, which is two hours ahead of the Greenwich Time. The Black and the Aegean Sea influence the territory of the country. The influence of the Mediterranean is determining for the formation of climate in the southern parts of the country. The influence of the Black Sea is tangible in a stripe of about 40 km from the shore. This influence determines the specific Black Sea climate, the diverse flora and fauna. The Danube River is important for the country with the water resources and the various species diversity. The favorable natural geographic location of Bulgaria creates excellent preconditions for development of tourism.

Bulgaria is a kind of a transport crossroad and a transit territory between West Europe, the Near East and the Middle East and the Mediterranean. Series of major general European transport corridors pass through Bulgaria. These transport corridors are crossed by the international highways of Western and Central Europe (through Beograd – Sofia - Svilengrad) for the Near East and the Middle East (with a branch to Bagdad and Basra at the Persian Bay); from the Baltic Sea (through Moscow – Kiev – Bucharest – Ruse – Stara Zagora – Thessaloniki) for the Aegean Sea and the Adriatic Sea (Sofia – Skopje - Drach). Of important transport significance is the road Constanta – Varna – Burgas – Tsarevo – Malko Tarnovo - Istanbul. In the Trans-European Network Bulgaria is also connected through the sections Berlin – Prague – Budapest - Sofia – Thessaloniki and Istanbul and the section Durres – Tirana – Skopje – Sofia – Varna and Burgas. The basic transport directions, crossing the country, double with railway lines. Besides that, the wide outlet of Bulgaria to the Black Sea connects it with all Black Sea countries. It offers excellent opportunities for development of transport and loading and unloading activity through the large bays – Burgas and Varna. Through the Danube River the country connects with the transport corridor Rhein – Main – Danube and the internal network of water roads of Western Europe.

The total length of the Bulgarian borders is 2,245 km. 1,181 km of them are on land, 686 km on rivers and 378 km on sea. Bulgaria borders to the north with Romania, to the east with the Black Sea, to the south with Turkey and Greece, and to the west with Macedonia1 and Serbia. The distances between Sofia and the capitals of the neighboring Balkan states are: Skopje - 239 km, Beograd – 374 km, Bucharest – 395 km, Athens – 837 km, Ankara – 1,012 km. The following border control checkpoints (BCCP) operate on the borders – along the Bulgaria-Serbia border – BCCP Bregovo, BCCP Vrashka Chuka, BCCP Kalotina, BCCP Strezimirovtsi, BCCP Oltomantsi; along the Bulgaria-Macedonia border – BCCP Gyueshevo, BCCP Stanke Lisichkovo, BCCP Zlatarevo; along the Bulgaria-Turkey border – BCCP Malko Tarnovo, BCCP Lesovo, BCCP Kapitan Andreevo; along the Bulgaria-Greek border – BCCP Kulata, BCCP Ilinden, BCCP Kapitan Petko Voyvoda, BCCP Ivaylovgrad, BCCP Zlatograd; along the Bulgaria-Romania border – BCCP Vidin – ferryboat, BCCP Oryahovo – ferryboat, BCCP Ruse – Danube bridge, BCCP Silistra, BCCP Kardam, BCCP Durankulak; on the river ports – BCCP Vidin, BCCP Lom, BCCP Somovit - Nikopol, BCCP Svishtov, BCCP Ruse, BCCP Tutrakan, BCCP Silistra; on the sea ports – BCCP Balchik, BCCP Varna, BCCP Burgas, BCCP Tsarevo, and on the airports – BCCP Sofia Airport, BCCP Plovdiv Airport, BCCP Gorna Oryahovitsa Airport, BCCP Varna Airport, BCCP Burgas Airport.