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		<title>Environmental groups and ski resorts standoff in Bulgaria</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ski Rebel Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The company that runs the Vitosha ski area, the main Bulgarian ski centre for the country&#8217;s capital Sofia, has said it won&#8217;t open the ski centre this winter as the long-running conflict between environmental groups and ski resort operators intensifies. The main issue dividing the two interest groups at almost every Bulgarian ski area is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Embassy increases presence at Bansko</title>
		<link>http://www.skirebel.com/magazine/archives/14389</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because of the increasing tourism interest that has been fuelled primarly by British tourists, the British Embassy is increasing the amount of advice it’s providing to UK residents in the popular Bulgarian ski area of Bansko. The embassy has sought to increase awareness of what help is, and isn’t available in Bulgaria, “when things go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bulgaria’s Green Party demand government resignations over ski expansions</title>
		<link>http://www.skirebel.com/magazine/archives/14383</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pirin National Park]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pressure and heavy handed lobbying to stop further development of Bulgaria’s Pirin mountain range, a UNESCO world heritage site from over expansion, have lead members of the national Green Party to demand the resignation of the Minister of Environment, Nona Karadzhova, and her Deputy, Evdokiya Maneva along with the Director of the National Office for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flood in Bansko ski resort ravages dozens of newly built hotels</title>
		<link>http://www.skirebel.com/magazine/archives/7344</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike J. Styles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dozens of hotels and houses flooded, streets and pavements destroyed, vehicles smashed and an avalanche of mud. This was the aftermath of a mighty river bursting its banks on the night last May 17th, in Bansko, Bulgaria’s upmarket winter resort in the Pirin Mountains. The deluge was caused by waters from the Glazne River, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Petition surfaces fighting Bulgarian ski area expansion</title>
		<link>http://www.skirebel.com/magazine/archives/6996</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 09:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ski Rebel Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bulgaria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 40,000 people have signed a petition protesting against the planned expansion of Vitosha ski area in Bulgaria. Increasingly vocal environmental campaigners said that the proposed expansion of the ski runs and lifts, with resulting deforestation, was illegal, when it submitted the petition to the Bulgarian government this week. The protests began in 2008 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WWF joins UNESCO in targeting European ski resort developments</title>
		<link>http://www.skirebel.com/magazine/archives/5363</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ski Rebel Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Romania]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Slovakia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bansko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dolomites]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several ski resort developments in the Balkans, Carpathians and Dolomites have been under fire from environmental interests for their impact on protected areas and forests, and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is the latest to protest. SkiRebel.com reported recently on UNESCO&#8217;s futile efforts to stop these developments, particularly at Bulgarian ski resort Bansko. The WWF, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More British ski vacationers flocking to Eastern Europe</title>
		<link>http://www.skirebel.com/magazine/archives/4896</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ski Rebel Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Poland]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Slovenia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jasna]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ski destinations in Eastern Europe are becoming more popular with UK ski travelers, according to a travel search site. Skyscanner says it has seen a 154 per cent rise this year in searches for winter flights from the UK to cities east of the Alps. The most popular eastern ski hubs are Krakow in Poland, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bulgarian ski resorts challenge opponents for development</title>
		<link>http://www.skirebel.com/magazine/archives/4419</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ski Rebel Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bulgaria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ski Resorts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bansko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dolomites]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Possibly all and proposed Bulgarian ski resorts are mired in multiple battles at various levels to allow for resort and ski area development to continue. In an unusual twist, Bansko, the country and one of Europe’s most successful resorts of the past decade, is fighting against its UNESCO world heritage site status as it believes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Terse UNESCO demands towards Bulgarian ski resort developers are fruitless</title>
		<link>http://www.skirebel.com/magazine/archives/3607</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ski Rebel Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bulgaria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[American President Theodore Roosevelt once said “speak softly and carry a big stick,” referring to the effectiveness of negotiating peacefully while threatening something fierce. Apparently the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) follows the speak loudly and carry a small twig philosophy. The organization is all up in arms about ski resort development [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bulgarian ski resorts under investigation for overbuilding</title>
		<link>http://www.skirebel.com/magazine/archives/3025</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 01:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bulgaria has developed an unwanted reputation in recent years for seemingly uncontrolled development of ski resorts on land which is supposed to be protected by national and international law. However with Bulgaria now part of the European Union, Ski Rebel Magazine has learned the EC government is currently looking at numerous complaints by environmental groups [...]]]></description>
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