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On June 2, the head of the state agency for sports and youth, Vessela Lecheva turned the first sod, initiating construction on the new Sofia Sports Hall. However, the construction process has been marred by complaints from Strabag Sports Hall.

Plovdiv airports new terminal is poised to transform the region into a major tourist destination and substantially increase investment in southcentral Bulgaria, Stroitelstvo Gradut has reported.

The Super Bourgas project, which aims to renovate infrastructure facilities and open the city to the sea was effectively given a kick start at a launch ceremony attended by Transport Minister Petar Moutafchiev, Finance Minister Plamen Oresharski and Bourgas mayor Dimitar Nikolov.

Varna has passed a new bill which will protect the environment around the urban area as the city undergoes continuous expansion. The strategic plan envisages the conservation of the nature quot;for decades ahead quot;, and it was formulated by a municipal team headed by professor Ivan Nikiforov, a government press release announced on June 29.

The new building of the National Academy of Arts in Sofia, which has caused controversy in artistic circles for the past three years, is being exhibited for the general public for the first time and can be seen until June 17 at the academy.

The Road Infrastructure National Agency has initiated a new ambitious scheme that maps out the construction of a ring road around the town of Gabrovo, north of the Balkan mountain range in central Bulgaria, in addition to the tunnel which will be excavated under the mountain range, bypassing the Shipka summit pass, and connecting the town with southern Bulgaria, Stroitelstvo Gradut has reported.

Varnas new court house, a lingering concept since 1937, and which commenced construction on four occasions in the past 72 years, will finally be constructed.

Investment firm Elana Holding has invested 30 million euro in the construction of a new wind park near the Popsko and Pashkul villages in Ivailovgrad municipality, Ivan Gerginov, the manager of wind electric power central in Popsko WEC Popsko has said. The facility, initially at least, will entail the construction of nine wind generators.

In Sofia for the first quarter of 2009, 19 100 sq m of new office space have been completed and made available on the market, the consultant company Forton revealed on May 12. According to the most recent report, the highest supply currently available is around the Sofia circular Road along major boulevard arteries and near Sofia Business Park.

Hit hard by the economic downturn, a group of construction companies in Northern Ireland are considering establishing a foothold in Eastern Europe and the Bulgarian market in particular, the Bulgarian news agency, BTA, has reported.