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Post by radovic on Nov 29, 2007 22:02:49 GMT -5
This is quite interesting. Rather old news. I know Sofia tried to bid for the 2014 games, so this could only be for 2018. I don't know if Bulgaria does also, by know the Serbian government has an interest in developing the area on the Serbian side of the border to be a skiing area to rival Kopaonik regardless of whether or not the plans to host the olympics come for fruitition. www.sofiaecho.com/article/bulgaria-and-serbia-to-apply-jointly-for-winter-olympics-host/id_20831/catid_71Bulgaria and Serbia discuss the opportunity to present a joint candidature to host winter Olympic Games. During his visit to Serbia on February 21 2007 Bulgarian President Georgi Purvanov supported the idea for the construction of a tourism centre in Stara Planina Mountain on the border between the two countries, Serbian newspaper Blic said. Mladan Dinkic, leader of Serbian party G17 Plus, suggested that the two countries could host together Olympic Games. According to Blic, Purvanov assigned to Bulgaria’s Economy and Energy Minister Roumen Ovcharov to launch discussion with Serbia on the execution of the project. The last Olympic Games hosted on The Balkans were in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Sarajevo in 1986, Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) said. If Bulgaria and Serbia present joint candidature, it would be the first case in which two Balkan countries present a common host application.
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