Energy Drink after the Holidays
By Milena Hristova Amid relentless headlines about death in Libya and post-EU shocking hikes, an important and full of energy topic faded into oblivion this week.
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By Milena Hristova Amid relentless headlines about death in Libya and post-EU shocking hikes, an important and full of energy topic faded into oblivion this week.
"Traffic in Sofia is a real nightmare!", I told an American teacher of mine at the university some ten years ago. "It's nothing compared to the traffic in Asia!," she fired back.
HE Yves Saint-Geours was appointed France's Ambassador to Bulgaria in September 2004. Prior to his arrival in Sofia he served as counselor of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deputy General Director (International Cooperation and Development) with the For
By Ivelina Puhaleva Christmas is a wonderful holiday, one of the most repenting-orientated and joy-instating days of the year, a fest of the family and of the individual, teaching people that after death always steps in life, that evil cannot endure long
By Petya Sabinova A day after the verdict against Bulgaria's medics was pronounced, slightly forgotten figures from all spheres of Bulgaria's public life saw in it a chance to shine anew with insightful comments that all sounded the same and said nothing
HE Bertil Roth was appointed Sweden's Ambassador to Bulgaria in 2003. Prior to his arrival in Sofia he was on a special assignment at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (2002).
By Milena Hristova It would have been nothing short of a Christmas miracle.
Doctor Zdravko Georgiev is husband of Kristiyana Vulcheva, who is in a Libyan prison together with the four other Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor. Doctor Georgiev was also imprisoned for the HIV infection for the 426 Libyan children, but court
By Ivelina Puhaleva A key agreement was signed Monday in a manner, which has reminded us of a recently concluded pastime we have thought about as a "closed page".
HE Willem van Ee was appointed the Netherlands' Ambassador to Bulgaria in 2005. Prior to his arrival in Sofia he served as Deputy Head of Mission of the Dutch Embassy in Rome (2001-2005).
by Lora Petrova Some days ago I had to spend a few hours in a pensioners' club just to pay a social call to an old couple of relatives.
Alexander Goldfarb, the person who read Alexander Litvinenko's pre-death letter, is the spokesperson of Litvinenko's family. Goldfarb is also the closest person to the billionaire Boris Berezovski, the one with whose oligarch money was founded the Interna
By Milena Hristova "Collapse", a doctor from the emergency hospital in Sofia yesterday spelled out for me the diagnosis of Bulgaria's ailing health care system.
HE Kauko Jamsen has been serving as Finland's Ambassador to Sofia since 2005. A graduate of the University of Helsinki (Master of Political Science) and Sanoma School of Journalism (Degree in Journalism).
By Ivelina Puhaleva The mostly frequented mountain of the two-million-large Bulgarian capital Sofia is attractive during any season with two wildlife reserves, three climatic zones, highest peak Cherni Vruh, varied flora and fauna, curative mineral sprin
By Ivelina Puhaleva Less than a month before becoming a EU citizen, besides Bulgarian, I've felt deeply ashamed and truly dismayed at the easy-going way with which the country was imposed a sever safeguard clause.
By Milena Hristova Here is an oddity.
Meglena Kuneva is Bulgaria's EU Commissioner. She was approached by Darik News hours after the European Parliament voted for her candidacy.
By Zlatka Velichkova When the reality TV show Big Brother was first launched in Bulgaria I thought it was the most degrading thing a person could choose to watch out of the enormous options one has during prime time.
By Milena Hristova "How can the audience be so bored, when the stakes are so high?", a foreign colleague of mine recently asked me, amazed at Bulgaria's political theatre.
By Ivelina Puhaleva People crowding in front of air carriers bureaus, boards showing cancelled, cancelled, cancelled flights.
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