A treasured World Heritage Site in Bulgaria is under threat from a trans-European road network – Equal Times

19 June 2019, Equal Times

From Valentin Stoichkov’s terrace, the views over the Pirin Mountains are breathtaking. The deputy mayor of the small town of Kresna, in south-western Bulgaria, has built an extension to his family’s modest dacha (summer home) in the foothills of this national park, a UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Heritage Site since 1983. He now offers accommodation to those travelling here to enjoy the great outdoors. “This region is very well preserved; the air here is very (…)

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