Novinite.com's 1st Article 10 Years Ago: 'RADISSON SAS IN SOFIA'

Maxim Behar, founder and publisher of Bulgaria's largest English-language media Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency), tells the guests at the media's 10th birthday party about its first article. Photo by M3 Communications, March 7, 2011

As Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) has become 10 years old on Friday, March 11, 2011, we are reprinting the first article we ever published. 

The 1st news article ever published in Novinite.com, "Radisson SAS In Sofia" (Sunday, March 11, 2001), was about the opening of the five-star Radisson Hotel in Bulgarian capital.

Ten years later Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) held its glamorous birthday party in the exact same hotel, the Radisson Blu in Sofia, with a number of representatives of the diplomatic corps in Sofia, the Bulgarian government, the business, sector, and the media joining the Publishers and Editorial Board, and EU Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva being a special guest awarded as "Bulgaria's Personality in the News 2010".

At the 10th birthday party of Novinite.com, its founder and publisher Maxim Behar reminded that the first article ever published by Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) written by him personally was "Radisson SAS Opens In Sofia" (Sunday, March 11, 2001), which is why the holding of the birthday event at the Radisson had a symbolic meaning.

Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) first article ever:

RADISSON SAS IN SOFIA

From Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)

Sunday, March 11, 2001

Radisson SAS Grand Hotel opened in the heart of Sofia. The perfect location of the hotel - in the center of the town - makes it a perfect meeting point for the local community and for the foreigners visiting the country. The hotel has a 5-star category and 136 rooms, and a conference and fitness center.

Starting on our 10th birthday, we are going to reprint for you from our archives one of our articles that we published on the respective day "10 Years Ago."

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