Contents:

The Bulgarian Borders of European Europe

European Union

Exclusive guest

• People are happy when they are in charge of their own life - Mrs. Meglena Kuneva, Chief Negotiator of the Republic of Bulgaria with the European Union and Minister of European Affairs
• I was impressed by the quality of the human resources in Bulgaria - H.E. Mr. Dimitris Kourkoulas, Head of the European Commission Delegation to Bulgaria

Blitz

• The chairpersons of the parliamentary groups about the significance of the Accession Treaty

Analyses by Simeon Vasilev

• Keep Cool, EUROPE-2

60 Years UN, 50 Years Bulgaria in the UN

• Jubilee exhibition at the National Library

John Paul II harboured Bulgaria in his heart

Official visits

Highlights. Events. Meetings

• The Genuine Motive of the Bulgarian Warriors in Iraq
• Parliamentary events and meetings
• Ecology
• EXPO 2005

Law

• International Scientific Conference Applying the norms of international law
• Interviews with the members of the Russian delegation - Prof. Vyacheslav Lebedev and Prof. Stanislav Razumov and the co-chairmen of the Bulgarian-Russian Juridical Club
• Interview with Dr. Vassil Kirov, Director of the Agency for Financial Espionage

Embassies. National Days. Interviews

• Bulgarian Embassies
• The spiritual sphere occupies a special place in our relations - Interview with H.E. Mr. Teimuraz Sharashenidze, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia
• Reception of the Islamic Republic of Iran on the occasion of the Iranian New Year’s celebration
• Reception of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the occasion of the spring holiday Nouruz
• Reception on the occasion of the National Day of the Republic of Hungary
• Reception on the occasion of the Independence Day of the Republic of Greece
• Reception on the occasion of the coming to office of the Honorary Consul of Chile in Bulgaria Mr. Georgi Krumov
• Bridges in the past, bridges in the future - Interview with H.E. Mr. Budragchaa Dash-Yondon, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia
• Mongolia

Cultural panorama

• Andersen’s stories – a ray of goodness
• Artist and workaholic - Interview with Prof. Bozhidar Ionov, Rector of the Art Academy in Sofia
• Let’s remember Margarit Tsanev-Margo
• The drawings of Borislav Stoev
• Hungarian textile
• Survived dreamers
• Impressions in oil and aquarelle
• This is Bulgaria – Foundation Bulgare
• Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio at the National Theater
• Jules Verne and his time – lecture of the French Ambassador
• Liz Lea in Bulgaria
• Icon-Writer - Interview with Petar Shalafov
• House Museum of Pancho Vladigerov in Sofia
• The Reims Gospel was written in Old-Bulgarian
• The Bulgarian Opera Myth - Feeling of a real star - Interview with the opera prima Tsvetelina Vasileva
• Musical dialogues

High life

• Bulgarian Fashion Forum
• Five “Golden Needle” statuettes have their new owners
• Love Comes Along with Spring
• Bulgaria’s most beautiful girls
• Lengthy applause for Nely Koleva

Protocol

• Japanese tea ceremony

Bulgarians abroad

• Donvena Pandurski with a premiere at the Mariinski Theater

Achievements

• The Business Ladies of 2004
• Interview with Slavka Stefcheva, Business Lady of the Year
• Georg Potika awarded the honorary distinction with blue ribbon
• 135 years of the proclamation of the Bulgarian Exarchate

Health

• Maternity hospital “St. Lazar” Sofia

Bulgarian cuisine

• A Feast of Feasts
• Easter

Bulgarian routes

• Day of the Rose in Karlovo

Editions of Bulgarian Bestseller

• If there is anything that cannot be invented it is the people’s soul
• Premiere: Dimitar Tomov – Quakes of Love

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