Idan, who doesn't need people to understand his native language
Text by Maxim Behar In Sofia, he barely managed to fill a specially built small hall with interesting figures, but tickets are sold out months before his concerts in New York’s Madison Square Garden. On the squares of Tel Aviv, ... »
Sir Mancham - the dreamer who managed to see a better world
I confess - I got up from the chair behind my desk, approached the map of the world that invariably accompanied me in all my offices, and started looking... I had just received an email from my friend from Paris, ... »
The Barcelona native from Shumen, the advertising “guru” who reinvents Bulgaria every time
I have traditionally had a warm relationship with all the Spanish ambassadors in Sofia for the last thirty years. And not only because the city of Bejar is in Spain. There is probably some heredity in this relationship, a ... »
German, European... and almost Bulgarian
I have always wondered how we could prove how grateful we are... Making him an honorary citizen, somehow might work. I haven't read or heard of a university in Bulgaria that has made him a Doctor Honoris Causa, or a ... »
Prince Michael of Kent, still curious about Bulgaria
I hadn't heard of him. It was obviously my mistake. He appeared out of nowhere in all his dignity, with no fuss, no security, or luxury cars, not even honors or royal business cards. Modest and befitting his titles, an ... »
When Donald Trump called to scold me...
- In American politics, you can meet anything... But really. Even people like Donald Trump. In the winter of 2019, the "unconventional" President Trump is in his element so while talking to Nancy Gibbs I don't even look at my ... »
Francis, who always did the hard things easily...
I was sitting with Francis Ingham at the elite Bucks Club in London recently, just in the foyer having a cocktail before dinner, when a stylish waiter in a white jacket, gloves, and bow tie came in, turned to ... »
Lou Tice, who taught the world how to speak better
I landed in Seattle after a very long flight, a small van is waiting to take me directly to… the airport again to board Lou Tice’s private jet… I have done a short research about him in advance and ... »
One King and two Barons...
“But do you know how two barons have had an extraordinary influence on the development of Bulgaria… Both, I can proudly say, did it with Belgian investments… Both of them bear the prestigious title of “baron”!” If an ambassador ... »
The “brat’ched” who changed Bulgaria forever…
-Brat’ched (Bulgarian slang for “cousin”), this city will be shining brightly once we celebrate the opening. I will make you proud, you will see… Sofia’s mayor, then Boyko Borissov, was looking at me rather stunned and in his eyes, I ... »
PR is the business of truth...
Stockholm is a lovely city in summer and not so welcoming in late autumn, mainly because there is a slight cold wind from the coast, and the spaces between the buildings are pretty open to give it a free path… ... »
Hola Felipe, Hola European Bulgaria...
Felipe is a legend from several points of view. Apart from his name sounding rather solemnly and his hairstyle, styling, and everything else suggesting something revolutionary and the start of significant changes, all his actions taking over post-Francoist Spain and ... »
Bill, who didn't always watch from the sidelines...
It was almost midnight; we were finishing our dinner in a small restaurant near the Ring Road, very fashionable at that time, at the end of the 90s in Sofia, when good restaurants were no more than the fingers ... »