Optimism for Bulgaria

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

Bulgaria, 2010. You have a good business idea and need funding to develop it. Unfortunately, you don’t have many options: you can either mortgage the family home or borrow from

Genoveva Christova is in the business of proving things. Proving that a girl can go far in sports. That she can remake herself when her original plan does not bear