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Bulgaria is a new homeland for Iranian Abdoullah Zargar, MD

Dr. Abdoullah Zargar-Shabestari‘ s first Bulgarian word was related to goodness. And good he did, year after year, healing patients in a poverty-stricken region of Bulgaria close to the Romanian border. So when he needed a helping hand, he..

published on 2/18/22 10:25 AM
Charles Myer with his

The Myer family from Bulgaria’s village of Bryagovitsa and how love for pets can add meaning to one’s life

Charles and Janice Myer are British settlers in Bulgaria. More than 12 years ago, they acquired a holiday property in the village of Bryagovitsa close to the town of Veliko Tarnovo and fell in love with Bulgaria forever. There followed a..

published on 2/15/22 11:16 AM

Masha Ilieva: Dancing brings harmony between body and soul

Ballet dancer Masha Ilieva is marking her 40 th professional anniversary on the stage of the Sofia Opera and Ballet on 11 and 12 February. She chose to celebrate it by staging Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty. Ballet lovers know Masha..

published on 2/11/22 1:10 PM

A radio voice that matters: Lidia Mihova

“I have dedicated 40 years of my life to radio. I used to stop at the entrance of the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) and look around to check if the passers-by would notice what an important institution I was entering,” says Lidia Mihova, a favorite..

published on 1/25/22 9:25 AM

Young Bulgarian scientist Vanesa Getseva conquers bioinformatics with flying colors

How does the science of tomorrow integrate the knowledge of all scientific branches to warn, find cures and seek salvation? Syncretic new sciences - bioinformatics, computational biology and artificial intelligence are in the search for early..

published on 1/22/22 9:00 AM

Cleaning up corruption in the Bulgarian institutions could motivate Bulgarian expats to return to their country

State policies towards Bulgarians abroad are the focus of a special parliamentary committee. Head of the Committee in the 47th National Assembly is Antoaneta Tsoneva, Democratic Bulgaria Coalition MP and co-founder of a non-governmental..

published on 1/18/22 11:01 AM

The Sun Also Rose – 365 Times for Photographer Rositsa Rikova

It was at the break of day on the very first morning of 2021 in Varna. The rising sun was so spectacular that Rositsa Rikova made a New Year’s resolution – to take a photograph of each and every sunrise in the next 365 days. And so The Sunrise..

published on 1/15/22 8:00 AM

Bulgaria’s Rangel Vasev - from the Bundestag to a successful business around the world

Music is part of everyone's daily life. For some, it is just an unobtrusive background yet for others, listening to music is a form of a ritual. In such an environment, there is no place for music from an online platform. It requires only the..

published on 1/3/22 8:25 AM

DJ Marten Roberto – Radio’s colorful character

He is not a musician, but music is his life. He says he invented playing air drums. He talks about albums, singles and artists as if this is the air he breathes - without unnecessary sentimental pathos, but with all the firmness and confidence in..

published on 1/1/22 9:15 AM

Daniela Zekina and her visual poetry

"I define my style as fantastic realism, because painting only the real thing is less interesting for me. I always want to add something fantastic, something that is impossible to exist in the real world. I try to combine..

published on 12/26/21 8:25 AM