Optimism for Bulgaria

Launched in 2017, Jamba has been instrumental not just in improving access to jobs, but in changing attitudes to the disabled in Bulgaria as well.

Sofia’s Bistro Caristo is your best introduction to traditional Lebanese cooking. And this is not just because Imad and Salha — the Lebanese couple who runs the kitchen — have taken homemade food to a whole new level.

The welcoming interior, interesting patrons, and ambient music are sure to please, but it’s interacting with the staff that will make for a memorable stay.

We present four inspiring businesses to make you salivate. So, proceed at your own risk: sampling their culinary creations may induce repeat buying and turn you into a regular customer!

“Advancing our bilateral relationship and building a more prosperous, just, and secure future requires more than government-to-government diplomacy. It requires a whole-of-society effort,” Ambassador Mustafa said.

“Your actions matter. Your voices matter. This community matters. Only with a strong, engaged, connected, and vocal community can your dreams for a better Bulgaria become a reality,” Ms. Schiller said.

ABF Executive Director Desislava Taliokova closed the forum with poet Blaga Dimitrova’s words: “There is light above the clouds. The most direct path to the light, the only one, is through the clouds.” Overcoming the storm requires confronting it.

After four decades at Starshel, Bulgaria’s oldest and best-loved newspaper, and twenty at its helm, Mihail Veshim truly is an institution.

It’s anger at the state of affairs in her corner of Bulgaria that has kept Diyana Zhelyazkova in an increasingly unpopular profession for more than 30 years.