Optimism for Bulgaria

By Desislava Taliokova, ABF Executive Director Desislava Taliokova has been ABF’s executive director since its inception in 2009. Prior to joining ABF, she was a manager at the Bulgarian-American Credit

During one of his annual trips to Bulgaria, Blago Baychev spent a few days in one of Bulgaria’s oldest spa resorts, Varshets, in northwestern Bulgaria. He enjoyed dips in the

Seventeen years is how long it takes to raise a human being and prepare them for independent living; 17 years is the average time it takes to pay off a

“Yours is a free generation, one that can make its own choices and choose its own destiny. That is a beautiful thing. Freedom is beautiful. Your parents and especially your

Nicole Simmons isn’t a diplomat, yet she has become one of the most recognizable faces on the diplomatic circuit in Bulgaria in recent years. The wife of outgoing US ambassador

In the aftermath of World War Two, US Senator James William Fulbright conceived of a cultural and educational exchange program whose aim was “to erode the culturally rooted mistrust that

Margarita Dorovska has built bridges for years. Not bridges of the kind that require feats of engineering, but those that call for vision, humanity, sincerity, and a taste for the

In Spain, natural and manmade wonders are not the only places that attract tourism. Visitors also flock to the places that offer the best view of these sights—the so-called “miradores”

When a couple with young children visited Brodilovo Farm last fall, they were expecting to see stables, fencing, and a hay feeder. Instead, there were lush open meadows stretching as