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Winners Three pairs of the Impulse Dance Club in the first three places - this is the result of the final of the Cup "Bulgaria" in the standard dances for juniors. With the winners' cup Adrian Delchev - Ivanka Georgieva, silver for Hristo Grcchi - Sanya Kostova and bronze for Georgi Ganev - Veronika Gadzheva.

CELEBRATION Again, as last year, we will mark May 24 without student demonstrations. The reason is that the Representative Brass Orchestra and the cheerleading squad are invited and will participate in the demonstration in the capital. In Velingrad for the celebration of Bulgarian writing there will be a concert in the central square "N. For the capital, at a reception at the invitation of President G. Parvanov and his wife Zorka, on May 24, will also travel the teacher and musician Nikola Yanev-Choli, elected as an honorary citizen of Rakitovo.

NOMINATION Rositsa Paunova from the Velingrad amateur theatre was nominated for best female supporting role at the festival of amateur comedy theatres in Topolovgrad, which ended a week ago.

EXHIBITION On the eve of May 24 in the Art Gallery in Velingrad will be arranged paintings by the local artist and teacher of fine art Maria Kulaksuzova. The opening is on May 22 at 5.30 pm.

The National Revenue Agency (NRA) in Pazardzhik reported that for the first 4 months of the year VAT revenues from the companies in the district increased by 227% or 3.25 times more than the period January - April 2006. 61 million leva of the corporate tax were collected, which means that the annual plan is implemented at 68%. The number of companies filing their tax return by internet is also growing - from 41 in 2006, now 294 companies from the whole district have already benefited from the service.

In a specialized police operation last week in Velingrad, one (!) illegal taxi was caught. The operation was attended by employees of the Economic Police, Police Station-Velingrad, RD "AA" Pazardzhik.

Guest of the eleventh graders from SOU "V. Levski" was prof. Julian Vuchkov. The host of the TV "Reflections and Passions" devoted part of his speech to criticism against his colleagues from "Lords of the Air".

MEETING The pensioner's club in Rakitovo welcomed on May 17 friends from Pazardzhik. The folk group "Forest Geranium" from Rakitovo sang folk songs for the guests, and they returned the greeting with old town songs from a trio accompanied by a guitar.