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On January 1, Bulgaria introduced limitations on smoking in public places. The Sofia Echo solicited accounts of experiences of the effectiveness, or otherwise, of the regulations. Compiled by CHRISTINA DIMITROVA. BY decree number 329 of December 8, 2004, the Government issued an Ordinance regulating smoking in specific zones in enclosed public and work places, including public transport.
Martin Roberto is 25, very cool, with tattoos and lots of silver jewellery, and in spite of his name he is Bulgarian. He is one of the most popular DJs in Sofia - DJ Marten - a party maker, a fashion role-model, and a part of the Bulgarian pop elite.
GEORGI Sofroniev - Getzata to his friends - is a tall teenage-looking 29-year-old man, who spends his working day in a tiny closet in front of a mixing-panel, a computer and various other electronic gadgets. For breaks, in a bit larger room, he fixes wires and rearranges mikes and musical instruments.
MARIETA Angelova is a clown, and she says that there is nothing in the world she would rather do - even though she considers this to be maybe the most difficult profession in the sphere of stage arts.
AFTER moving to Bulgaria in 1976, Jaroslava Todorova from Czechoslovakia, as it was then, was amazed by the quantity of mineral springs throughout the country.
HANKA Todorow is a 65-year-old woman, but doesn't look her age, due to her energetic spirit.
When the time came for Milena Makaveeva to apply to university, she applied simultaneously to the National Sports Academy, and to Sofia University (SU), and she was accepted by both. "To everybody's surprise, including myself, I chose to study defectology (abnormal psychology and learning disability) at SU," Milena says with a smile. At present, 24-year-old Milena has a B.A. in Pedagogy for Children with Neuromuscular Diseases, and is near to completing her M.A. in logopedics (the treatment of children's sp
HRISTO Stoichkov, widely seen as Bulgaria's most successful footballer ever, was appointed on July 15 as the new coach of the Bulgarian national football team.
IF you were Bulgarian, waking up between 7am and 9.30 am and in the habit of preparing for the day with a cup of coffee in front of the TV, then Nikolai Barekov would probably be one of the first to bid you "Dobro utro". Barekov is the male part of the duo that hosts bTV's morning program "Tazi Sutrin" (This Morning). Every morning he brings to the studio politicians, public officials, executives and public figures to discuss the hottest events of the day, and tries to extract news from them.
Petar Svarc is not your typical expat. He is Serbian, which compared to, say, an American, makes him almost Bulgarian. But the community he is mostly part of is neither the Bulgarian, nor the expat - it's the community of graduates and scholars of the American University in Bulgaria (AUBG).
THE Balkan Political Club was born in Sofia at the weekend to work towards a new strategy for solving the region's complex problems.
The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) - the only international organisation permitted to observe the Bulgarian parliamentary elections on June 17 - is optimistic about the event.
THE king's coalition, National Movement Simeon II, will lead a positive election campaign to the tune of its motto: "Bulgaria - a home for its citizens."
Following an increase in tensions in Macedonia, Bulgarian Prime Minister Ivan Kostov cut short his election campaign to pay the country an urgent visit last Friday.
The United Democratic Forces (UtDF) programme has no rivals among the election candidates, and this is why every other political formation has copied it, according to Finance Minister Muravei Radev, who is also among the leaders of the Union of the Democratic Forces (UDF) - the major party in the UtDF coalition.
THE Balkan Political Club was born in Sofia at the weekend to work towards a new strategy for solving the region's complex problems.
The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) - the only international organisation permitted to observe the Bulgarian parliamentary elections on June 17 - is optimistic about the event.
THE king's coalition, National Movement Simeon II, will lead a positive election campaign to the tune of its motto: "Bulgaria - a home for its citizens."
Following an increase in tensions in Macedonia, Bulgarian Prime Minister Ivan Kostov cut short his election campaign to pay the country an urgent visit last Friday.
The United Democratic Forces (UtDF) programme has no rivals among the election candidates, and this is why every other political formation has copied it, according to Finance Minister Muravei Radev, who is also among the leaders of the Union of the Democratic Forces (UDF) - the major party in the UtDF coalition.
MARIO Solatchki's childhood dream was to be an actor, to perform on stage. He didn't follow it through though because he left his artistic environment when he immigrated to Canada 11 years ago.
Bulgaria's chances of joining NATO are very good even though a lot more has to be done, said U.S. Senator John McCain on Monday.
In September, a major photographic event will draw professionals and amateurs to the seaside.
Bulgaria's chances of joining NATO are very good even though a lot more has to be done, said U.S. Senator John McCain on Monday.
In September, a major photographic event will draw professionals and amateurs to the seaside.
He is 21 and has already been to more places than most people will ever go. He is one of the most popular people in Bulgaria and has been in the media and on MobilTel advertising billboards across the country for more than a year. Women chase him and stop him on the street to tell him what they would like to do to him.
With less than three months to go before the presidential election deadline, there is only one definite presidential candidate - Petar Stoyanov, the current president, who has widespread support.
OVER the last year 45,000 to 50,000 Bulgarians, most of them young people, have tried heroin at least once and 50 per cent of them use the drug every day.
OVER the last year 45,000 to 50,000 Bulgarians, most of them young people, have tried heroin at least once and 50 per cent of them use the drug every day.
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