Joey Left His Gloves in Sofia…
I received a strange email from the rabbi of Chabad in Sofia. He asked to meet him and a man whose name meant nothing to me, as he wrote, "to do business together. He works for the famous company Manowar ... »
"Mr. Nokia" Changed the World, but Successors Couldn’t Adapt to the Future
Savonlinna is a small Finnish town about 350 kilometers from Helsinki. To save us time, the European Business Leaders' Meeting organizers decided to fly us there on a small plane, allowing us to enjoy the world-renowned opera festival at the ... »
Attali - Symbol of the Perfect Financier
Excelsior Hotel Gallia in Milan is so centrally located across from the train station that you can't miss it no matter where you come from in this incredible and multicultural city. The vast square in front of it and the ... »
Lior, who knows how to know
He casually walks into a tiny downtown restaurant, holding his folded trench coat over his arm while gripping the handrail with the other hand as he climbs the narrow stairs. From his curious gaze and eyes looking around every corner ... »
Gurudev Ravi Shankar: Only happy people should lead the world.
The residence of the Indian Ambassador to Bulgaria, situated amidst the Boyana trails just below the mountain, is defined by its vast garden and spacious rooms. Still, both are too small this time to accommodate everyone coming to connect with ... »
James Shields, the re-discoverer of Bulgaria...
"Hey Max, they told me your company can make business cards..." Even though I was still in the early stages of my business and my office had only one assistant who hadn't even finished a university degree yet, those ... »
Few minutes of work that united billions of people around the world forever
Looking like a professor, knowledgeable, and probably already retired. And he already is. He never brags about anything, doesn’t interfere in conversations, and speaks slowly, more scientifically but quite understandably. He always smiles, and you can understand that this person ... »
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 ... »