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An entertainment zone will function alongside the skating rink. An hour and a half of skating will cost three leva.Nearly 200 people will be able to skate at the same time. And yes, Pchelinski Bani has a spa, dating back to communism and decaying in a sort of melancholic way. And, if the UK tax system is not complicated enough, the purchaser of a property abroad has to cope with a local tax system that may be culturally dissimilar to our own."The report says that today 2% of the UK population owns a property overseas. Argentina takes place in “top 10” for the first time. As seen in the sample below, the new cards do not have a picture of the holder, nor do they give the national identification number (EGN in Bulgarian). Bulgaria and Romania have "gone through a remarkable transformation", said European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso announcing their EU accession. Bulgaria shares that high position in the list of 193 countries with Panama and Slovakia. Bulgaria takes one of the first places because of the low prices and favourable climate, according to “Scotsman” newspaper. Bulgaria will return profitability in 2007.It’s true that Bulgarian property as an investment asset has boomed significantly in just three short years. But at least five more are under construction and about twice as many are at design stage. Contrary to popular belief, you are still subject to tax on your offshore income and capital gains if you are a UK resident and live here. For a start, it is one hour away from Sofia, driving on the (very good) motorway to Plovdiv. For Britons, among the many areas of life which will undoubtedly be changed by this, is the property market. For the latter, all previous regulations remain unchanged. France is absolute leader in the classification, in spite of the high taxes, bureaucracy and the high cost of living. Great Britain takes the 37th place – it is the next country after Bulgaria, and Greece and Cyprus come after it with even results. In addition, Paris is the most beautiful and romantic city in the world – says Laura Shedrian, Management Director of “International Living”. In the last two years, however, at least 80 new ones have opened their doors to a wave of British buyers looking for a slice of the Bulgarian housing market. It is said that the cost of living outside Paris is much lower, and a house can be bought for less than 100 000 dollars. It will open at 10am and continue working until 10pm each day. Lithuania, Poland and Romania are the next countries in the classification. Malcolm Yaxley, 55, gave up his construction job in the UK and moved to Veliko Tarnovo last year. Maybe this is what attracts storks to the place – actually, the first stork I saw in Bulgaria was in Pchelinski Bani. Montenegro, which features in the latest Bond movie Casino Royale, is also on the shopping list of British bargain hunters. Now there are so many Britons in the city that is becoming known as one of the places at the forefront of the British invasion. Organisers said these facilities will enable the staging of DJ parties and concerts.The entertainment zone will be completed by March 2007. Romania takes the 45th place together with South Africa, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Chile and South Korea. Skates will be offered for rent and a personal instructor will also be available. Still, it remains the best place for living in the world because of the high-speed trains, the good hospitals, its culture, its ski resorts, its beaches and mild climate. Strangely enough, this change of rules was not made public by the Migration Directorate and it became known to The Sofia Echo only through a reader of the newspaper, a citizen of an EU country, whose identity card had expired and had to get a new one. The changes follow the recently adopted law for EU citizens and members of their families entering, residing and leaving Bulgaria. The city used to be best-known for being the home of Trifon Ivanov, the bearded football defender who helped Bulgaria reach the World Cup semi-final in 1994. The climate is unexpectedly milder than in Sofia. The document contains only the name, sex, date of birth, date of registration, date of expiry and a police stamp, possibly making forgery very easy. The event will be opened by Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev on Wednesday. The event will gather for the first times the tourism ministers from the Balkan region. The law, in force since October 3 last year, makes a distinction between EU citizens and nationals of other countries. The new regulation replaces the identity cards (lichni karti) issued to EU citizens living in Bulgaria with new residence permit cards, or certificates as they are officially called. The next countries that take places among the first five in the world are Australia, the Netherlands, New Zealand and USA. The rink's area is 600sq m and it will open on November 25, Bulgarian news agency BTA reported.The new winter facility will be called Ice Park. The sixth edition of the conference to run January 10-11 at Kempinski Hotel Zografski, in Sofia, will focus the eyes back on tourism, one of the country's most fast developing and promising sector. The two countries, which were the poorest of the former Soviet satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe, made changes such as tackling organised crime and corruption, and introducing farming reforms. The zone will feature a stage and a restaurant. Then, the view from Rila Mountain is absolutely stunning. These certificates are still issued by the National Police Service Migration Directorate. This distinction is in line with Bulgaria’s obligations to the EU since the country became a member state on January 1 2007. This is the largest scale investment project in Bulgaria, the golf course is planned to lie on 191.8 ha in the vicinities of Kableshkovo town, near Pomorie. Thousands of Britons have already bought homes in these countries - but will many more now join them? Today Kabland OOD will receive the first class investor certificate for its project Black Sea Golf & Country Club. With Borovets only 30km away, the village climbs into nearby hills and a stream flows through it. Words of welcome will be said also by Sofia Mayor Boyko Borissov, Stanislav Novakov from the state Tourism Authority and Mathieu Hoeberigs from the Tourism Unit of the European Commission.