Optimism for Bulgaria

Zoya Paunova may be one of the most influential women in business in Bulgaria, but she will switch the business suit for a reflective vest in a minute to participate

In the movies, lawyers’ lives are really dynamic: they travel all the time and have exciting, and sometimes dangerous, experiences. Real-life lawyers can usually be found at their desks, writing

Rositsa Mineva’s English-as-a-second-language classroom does not feature rows of desks. Instead, portable modular tables offer flexibility in classroom layout, and seating can be rearranged to suit the class activity for

When renowned merchant Andrey Arsov tasked Austrian architect Karl Heinrich to design his family home in 1910, the latter had more than 20 years of experience as architect and designer

Perpetual motion would defy the laws of physics, but it is the metaphor that most readily springs to mind when one meets the eminent physicist Minko Balkanski. At 91, he

“Who’s that girl?” The audience’s whispers are directed at the beautiful black-clad young woman who has just come onstage. They quickly subside as the gentle soprano picks up the aria

Kremena Dervenkova took her current job as entrepreneurship advocate because of her love for bugs. Or, rather, because she likes snacking on them. Wait, what? Let’s go back to the

At ABLE Mentor events, Nikolay Nikolov usually sits in the audience, avoiding the stage and limelight. He offers quiet counsel when asked. His youthful appearance often makes him indistinguishable from

One day after school, Moryana Filipova went to an exhibition of carpets and traditional clothing from the Chiprovtsi region at the National Ethnographic Museum. There she met a nice woman