Balgarianovinite.com BTA Director General Kiril Valchev and Bansko Mayor Stoycho Banenski signed a cooperation agreement on Saturday when the winter tourist season opened in this Pirin Mountain resort.
Valchev said the agreement with Bansko Municipality covers the entire municipal cultural programme. He recalled that in August last year, BTA, the municipality and the Bulgarian Festivals Association, co-organizer of Bansko Jazz Festival, signed a separate agreement specifically for the festival.
“Bansko hosts a wide range of festivals, and it makes sense to expand this partnership,” Valchev said, listing major events, including the country’s largest mountain film festival, Bansko Film Fest, the Bansko Ultra Marathon, Bansko Opera Fest, and the culinary celebration Unique Bansko. He added that the town is historically connected to prominent figures such as Paisius of Hilendar, author of Slav-Bulgarian History (1762); the monk and artist Neophyte of Rila; and the poet Nikola Vaptsarov, and events linked to them deserve regular coverage by BTA.
Valchev highlighted a significant increase in BTA’s coverage of Bansko since 2015, noting a manyfold rise in the last few years. So far this year, there have been 99 news items about Bansko in the LIK cultural service and 23 reports in BTA’s English Service. In the past three years, more than 1,000 reports from institutions have been published by BTA.
Mayor Stoycho Banenski said: “Thanks to the natural and architectural features of our town and the mountain, Bansko will continue to maintain a strong presence on the European and global tourism map.” He thanked Valchev and BTA for the fruitful cooperation and added that the cooperation agreement reflects a relationship built on trust and professionalism.
Valchev presented archival photos of Bansko, including its natural and historical landmarks. The oldest of the photos dates from 1953.
He also gifted Banenski two copies of BTA’s LIK magazine. One of them covers tourism development in Bulgaria, including the 100 national tourist sites. Some of them are in Bansko: the house museums of Nikola Vaptsarov and Neophyte of Rila, Velyan Ognev’s House Museum, the permanent icon exhibition, and the Holy Trinity church. The other copy of LIK showcases jazz festivals in Bulgaria, and includes Banenski’s remarks on the history and development of Bansko Jazz Festival. BTA, Bansko Municipality Sign Cooperation Agreement on Winter Season Opening Day 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-12-13 18:46:07 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law