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LEVSKI SOU "Vasil Levski" and community center "Vasil Levski" will mark the anniversary of the hanging of the Apostle of Freedom. The school will celebrate the day of its patron with a rich program, discussion in English with students from Sofia, relays and sports competitions. ONCH "V. Levski” invites velingradians to a solemn concert at 17.30 hours on 17 February.

CASE The Plovdiv Court of Appeals has set a date on which it will hear the appeal of the mayor of the municipality of Velingrad Stoyan Dulev against his suspended sentence of 1.5 years imprisonment by the Pazardzhik District Court. The case in the Court of Appeal will begin on 16 March 2006. Further, the decision can also be appealed to the Supreme Court of Cassation.

A fire last week burned down a barn in the village of Grashevo. Firefighters were able to locate the hearth of the fire and limit the damage.

STUD 23 degrees below zero measured the thermometers in the early morning of February 7 in Velingrad. This is a record low temperature for this winter, experts reported.

The Regional Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child organizes a poetry contest on the topic "Love - Feeling and Movement". The competition is on the occasion of Valentine's Day 14 February, and the winners will be awarded this week.

NURNBERG For the third consecutive year, the Agency for Regional Development - Velingrad will participate in one of the largest international bio products exhibitions - "Biofah" in the German city of Nuremberg. 8 Bulgarian companies will show their products on the European market. ARK-CBI will present itself with herbs, sweet and dried berries, said the agency's director Vaska Milusheva before her departure to Germany.

RODOPI On 14 February in Velingrad will be held another meeting under the Rodopi project. It will present the essence of geographic information systems and how they can be used in the Rhodopes. Representatives of the project, local media, ministries of agriculture and environment will participate in the meeting.

The Municipal Children's Complex announced a competition for martenitsas, in which children up to 18 years old can participate. Many awards will be given out in 4 different age categories. The best martenitsas will participate in an exhibition, which will open in the OCD on March 1.

STRATEGY On February 8, the new strategy for development of the district was discussed in the Regional Government and individual municipalities made specific additions to the document. Among them are the development of the dekovilni road Septemvri - Dobrinishte as a tourist attraction and the construction of a ski-lift in the summer resort "St. Constantine” near Tsigov Chark.

At the order of the Health Ministry, RIOCOZ specialists carried out inspections in the commercial network throughout the district of Pazardzhik for goods dangerous to consumers. The signals of the Consumer Protection Commission for Italian spirals IKOS, black tattoo powder from Bangladesh, sprays, etc. were checked. The inspection data is reassuring - commercially in the area the health-hazardous goods in question have not been found.
Beekeepers on the day of st. Haralampi February 10 beekeepers from the company in Velingrad celebrated the holiday of their branch. The beekeepers gathered at Mirage restaurant on honey, sweet talk and wine.