Mitko Dimitrov
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Mitko Dimitrov is a prominent Bulgarian businessman. As the owner and CEO of the Payner music company promoting pop-folk music, Dimitrov belongs to the group of the most successful entrepreneurs from South-East Europe region. He discovered and brought to fame many modern stars of the Bulgarian pop-folk music scene.
. During the Zhivkov era he worked as a mechanical engineer and later as a chief engineer. In 1990 he started his company Payner.
In 2007 Dimitrov announced that he would run from the lists of the GERB
party for the municipal councillor in his family town of Dimitrograd. However after the objections of the party leader Boyko Borisov
, Dimitrov had withdrawn his candidature.
recording company in Bulgaria. It hosts the most famous singers of the Bulgarian pop-folk scene these days. Originally Payner started with the production of audio and videotapes for the Bulgarian market and for export abroad. In 1993 the "Payner" created company's first recording studio and in 1995 its videos production.
In 2002 Dimitrov created a music television channel "Planet", which is considered the best folk TV media of the Balkans and in 2007 second satellite channel "Planeta Folk".
Production facilities and the head office of Payner LTD are situated in Dimitrovgrad
.
Biography
Dimitrov is a graduate of the Engineering Faculty at the Technical University of VarnaTechnical University of Varna
The Technical University of Varna is a state university in Varna, Bulgaria, founded in 1962.-History:The Technical University of Varna was established in 1962 by the Council of Ministers of Bulgaria and the Decree of the National Assembly in order to ensure the training of engineering staff in the...
. During the Zhivkov era he worked as a mechanical engineer and later as a chief engineer. In 1990 he started his company Payner.
In 2007 Dimitrov announced that he would run from the lists of the GERB
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party for the municipal councillor in his family town of Dimitrograd. However after the objections of the party leader Boyko Borisov
Boyko Borisov
Boyko Metodiev Borisov is a Bulgarian politician who has been Prime Minister of Bulgaria since July 2009. Previously he was Mayor of Sofia from 8 November 2005 until his election as Prime Minister....
, Dimitrov had withdrawn his candidature.
Payner
Payner is the most popular pop-folkPop-folk
Pop-folk is the umbrella term for the popular musical genres originating in the Balkans and Eastern Europe that are characteristic by the fusion of commercial folk music and "nightclub" music. The term is used alternatively for Turbo-folk and Chalga and is mostly used in Bulgaria...
recording company in Bulgaria. It hosts the most famous singers of the Bulgarian pop-folk scene these days. Originally Payner started with the production of audio and videotapes for the Bulgarian market and for export abroad. In 1993 the "Payner" created company's first recording studio and in 1995 its videos production.
In 2002 Dimitrov created a music television channel "Planet", which is considered the best folk TV media of the Balkans and in 2007 second satellite channel "Planeta Folk".
Production facilities and the head office of Payner LTD are situated in Dimitrovgrad
Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria
Dimitrovgrad is a town in Haskovo Province, South-central Bulgaria, located close to the province capital - Haskovo. It is a newly founded settlement, built in the end of the 1940s. and named after the communist leader Georgi Dimitrov. The town is the administrative centre of the homonymous...
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