Optimism for Bulgaria

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.

According to Milena Leneva from the Tempo Foundation, active inquiry rather than rote learning will improve student motivation and advance science and technology learning in Bulgarian schools.

In 2018, Yana made an unusual career move: she packed up her life in Sofia and moved to Lyutibrod, a small village in the region of Mezdra, in northwestern Bulgaria.

Once a busy transportation hub, Ruse River Station is now an urban eyesore lined with concrete and crumbling buildings. The Collective’s team wants to change that.

Today Anton Strashimirov is a successful school by any measure. It is the top ranked school in mathematics and Bulgarian language among non-specialized schools in Burgas region, according to the national external assessment results after seventh grade.

Off the Beaten Path Chamber Music Festival in the Western Rhodope village of Kovachevitsa has had a positive impact on the local community.

Ambassador Zarra and her team are partners in the America for Bulgaria Foundation’s agritourism call for proposals.

Gergana Kabaivanova’s name is well known among small farmers and food producers around Bulgaria. For more than 15 years, she has worked to promote the consumption of sustainably grown local food and ensure better conditions for its producers. Recently, she launched #PendaraInTheVillage, a project to connect busy city dwellers with rural life and farming traditions.