In the Headlines

In September 2021, representatives of the America for Bulgaria Foundation undertook a study visit to Belene Island, a place of contradictions — of natural beauty but also of painful memory. Together with friends from the diplomatic corps, Sofia Platform, Belene Island Foundation and local representatives, we commemorated the victims of the communist regime. We also had a memorable encounter with camp survivor Tsvetana Dzhermanova, whose time in the Belene and Bosna camps is detailed in her memoir Memories of the Camps.

The largest volunteering platform in Bulgaria, TimeHeroes, helps companies build better, smarter CSR strategies. They found five surefire ways businesses can reenergize their teams and keep top performers, ultimately improving their bottom lines as well.  

Three design proposals received distinctions in the Thracian Treasures request for proposals of the America for Bulgaria Foundation. Conducted in partnership with Vratsa Municipality and the Regional History Museum of Vratsa, the RFP aims to generate ideas for the redesign of the Thracian Treasures standing exhibition at the Regional History Museum in Vratsa.

Bulgaria was an improbable choice as a home to an American educational institution, at least in 1989, and no one remembers who exactly came up with the idea of setting up an American university there, as political science professor Robert Phillips Jr. writes in his 2021 book The American University… Where?, which inspired our headline.  

The transformative role of digital technologies will be the main theme of the first ever World Press Institute conference in Bulgaria. Titled “New Horizons in Journalism,” the event will be held in Sofia on September 24–25 in cooperation with the Association of European Journalists – Bulgaria and the America for Bulgaria Foundation.

Plamen Nikolov likes to joke that he is in the business of diffusing wellbeing. He is the executive director of Esseterre, the Bulgarian arm of the world’s largest producer of essential oils, dōTERRA.

The Young Medics for Bulgaria Foundation has made it its mission to stem the exodus of medical graduates by providing scholarship support for early career professionals pursuing residencies and specializations at Bulgarian hospitals.

The America for Bulgaria Foundation approved 15,000 levs in funding for Maryan Ballet Academy to continue their scholarship program, supported for nearly ten years by the late Ambassador James Pardew and his wife Kathy with personal donations. The scholarship will be named after the spouses and will cover the training of several talented Bulgarian participants at the summer academy each year. The Foundation’s grant will be for a period of five years.

The America for Bulgaria Foundation is the new owner of the building of the US Ambassador’s Residence on 18 Veliko Tarnovo Street in Sofia.