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author: Sylvia Petrova

Demand for Bulgarian organic products grows

The world's leading trade fair for organic food BIOFACH ended recently in the German city of Nuremberg. Bulgaria took part in the food fair for the first time. Chairperson of Bulgarian Organic Products Association Albena Simeonova told Radio..

27.02.16 16:15 |

A Bulgarian micro farm: work while not at home

Four years ago, Ludmil Egov invented a machine for seed germination unique for Bulgaria. Using the machine any family can grow healthy food at home such as sprouts, seedlings and even mushrooms at a symbolic price of one euro a month. These..

10.02.16 15:33 |

Bulgaria has great people with great ideas, Plamen Rusev says

The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, attended by 2,500 of the most influential leaders in business and politics was an event that not a single owner of a global company would want to miss. However, certain criteria..

09.02.16 14:06 |

Ekaterina Karabasheva, the woman who overcame anorexia, one of Forbes’ “30 under 30”: Have faith in yourselves and never give up!

The Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe List: The 300 Top Young Leaders, Inventors and Brash Entrepreneurs, spanning ten diverse categories includes four Bulgarian names. Ekaterina Karabasheva and Hristo Tenchev are in the Social Entrepreneurs category..

31.01.16 09:25 |

Bizz IT charity event in Sofia

The first Bizz IT charity conference is taking place in Sofia on 23 January. The event will feature discussions at which some of the most prominent names in the sphere will be answering questions like: “How does one build an IT business and..

14.01.16 11:12 |

Fortitude from a Bulgarian perspective in a film by Stefan Apostolov

Bulgarian actor and film director Stefan Apostolov, who has been living and working in USA these past eight years, has now set himself an ambitious task – to make a film demonstrating the power of the will from the perspective of Bulgarian..

16.12.15 13:42 |

Is cyber security a contradiction in terms?

We all know that any system is only as strong as its weakest link. The overall number of cyberattacks in Bulgaria this year has been declining compared to last year, but they have been growing more and more powerful, the National Cyber..

09.12.15 13:46 |
author: Pavel Constantin, Romania

What makes people in the Balkans laugh?

Can there be a better way to start the day than with a smile? Before the age of the Internet and easy access to a host of jokes 24/7, it was newspapers that served a portion of cartoons every day. There is a Chinese saying that a picture is worth..

19.11.15 11:41 |

Seventy years of higher technical education in Bulgaria

The start was given to higher engineering education in Bulgaria with the law establishing a Higher Technical School in Sofia, published in the Official State Gazette in June 1941. Classes started on 5, October 1942 and continued until the..

15.11.15 09:05 |
King Ferdinand feeds the first couple of elephants in Bulgaria, Nal and Damayanti, brought for Sofia Zoo. The photo is taken in the yard of Vrana Residence, early 20th century

Internet platform shows little known facts about Bulgaria’s history

The past does not consist of official historical facts only. It is also the personal experience of the events. The project named My Bulgarian History aims at proving that thesis. Some little-known stories which have been left outside the..

13.11.15 12:55 |