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In the extended meeting of NIS of UDF over the weekend in Sofia took part the mayor Dr. Tsvetan Dafov, who is also the chairman of UDF - Velingrad. The main topic of the forum was the Blue Party's strategy for the 2003 local elections. and the rules for the elevation of candidates for mayors and municipal councilors.

On December 5 and 6, Muslims will celebrate the Feast of Ramadan Bayryam. The two days are a holiday for students professing a Muslim religion.

On the evening of December 6 in the "Banner of Peace" hall in Chepino, the municipality organizes a pre-school party for all seniors from the schools in Velingrad.

WEDDING The wedding of the owner of the greenhouses K. Coppe and M. Kiryakova was the secular event of the week and surprised the residents with brass music and cheerleaders. On Saturday evening, the wedding cortege passed through the town square with special wooden platforms set up for this purpose. In the church "Assumption" was performed the religious ritual, for which arrived and monks from Samokov monastery.

TOURISM The Business and Information Centre will showcase local eco-tourism opportunities at a forum in the Radisson Hotel in Sofia from 2 to 5 December. During the Fair of Alternative Tourism, the municipality of Velingrad will present rural tourism in Sarnitsa and photo safaris in the Shiblyovtsi area.

A boom of thefts in Velingrad was noted on November 27. From Tsar Simeon Street during the night was stolen Opel Vectra with Haskovo registration, which was declared a national search. Money and belongings for 350 leva were stolen from a private home on ul. ‘Vl. Chernozemski", and from a dwelling on ul. ‘Cl. Ohridsky" stole aluminum doors.

From 1 to 31 December is the deadline for changing the GP. For this purpose, a special form is filled in, which those wishing to buy from the Municipality of Velingrad.

In Panagyurishte, another meeting on forest issues was held for the district. The Mayor of Rakitovo G. Mihailov and the Deputy Mayor of Velingrad A. Toporchev. Municipalities again insist on their rights to municipal forests. Meanwhile, the first tender for the sale of wood from a forest municipal property was held in Rakitovo, of which over 13 000 levs were posted in a hazn atta.