Contents:

Step by step but at the speed of light

Elections for 40th National Assembly

• On June 25, 2005, Bulgaria voted for its 40th National Assembly
• How our compatriots in Athens voted
• Let us not doubt the common sense of Bulgarian people

60 Years UN, 50 Years Bulgaria in the UN

Analyses. By Simeon Vasilev

European Union

• Europe voted against the enlargement… - Atanas Semov, Director of the Institute of European Law
• Interview Michael Stubgen on the EU enlargement

Official Visits

Parliament. Government

• Interview Dr. Helmut Palder, doctor of law, leading advisor for the Bavarian State Minister of Justice

Highlights. Events. Meetings

Was Bush right about Iraq?

24 May – Day of Bulgarian Education and Culture and of the Slavonic Alphabet

Business. Investments

• Thorn Spring – World Quality Bulgarian Mineral Water

The Law

• The combat against financing terrorism is important for the EU security - Interview Oliver Hecker
• Considerable progress in the judiciary is observed - Interview Alain Moreau, President of the International Institute of the History of Notaries

The Fourth Power

• First world meeting of Bulgarian media, Sofia, May 23–25

Embassies. National Days

Bulgarian Embassies

Exclusive Guest

• H.E. Mr. Cheong Jai-sik, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea

Reception on the occasion of the awarding of H.E. Mr. Yuri Rylach, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine

Reception of the Arab Republic of Egypt on the occasion of the Day of Africa

Reception on the occasion of the National Day of Georgia

Reception on the occasion of the Armed Forces Day of the Czech Republic

Reception on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Independence of the Kingdom of Norway

Reception on the occasion of the National Day of the Kingdom of Sweden

Reception on the occasion of the birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Reception on the occasion of the National Day of the Russian Federation

Reception and awarding ceremony on the occasion of the National Day of the Republic of Italy

Italian Festival in Bulgaria - Interview H.E. Mr. Giovan B. Campagnola, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Italy

Health Fair

Bulgaria is rich - Interview Mrs. Kathy Pardew, wife of H.E. Mr. James Pardew, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USA

16 Years International Women’s Club – Sofia

Cultural Panorama

• The sculptor Ivan Rusev about Ilindentsi – a dream in the heart of the Pirin Mountain
• The Tenth Salon des Arts Sofia
• The Annual Awards of the National Palace of Culture
• Dimitar Kirov at Sofia City Art Gallery
• Grace in motion: ballet and visual arts
• The lone samurai of Bulgarian calligraphy
• Georgi and the Butterflies
• The National Museum of Polytechnics marked its anniversary
• Bulgarian plastic arts in an open-air exposition
• 400 years since the first edition of Don Quixote
• 80 years since the establishment of the Bulgarian Association of University Women
• The National Art Gallery – National Pride
• To Chagall with love
• The children of Sofia and Bucharest making art
• We and time
• Zarzuela in the heart of Sofia
• The 4th International Festival of Tourist Songs
• Guest performance of actors from the Royal Swedish Theater in Bulgaria
• Farewell, Ghena!
• The measure of talent
• The deeper the root, the higher the peak!

High Life

• The Triumph of “Triumph”
• Sofia Awards for Fashion and Design Ulpia Serdika
• A Lady’s Boudoir in the Colors of Water
• A Journey through Fashion and Style
• A Meeting with Bulgaria in Paris
• Express it… with A Meal for Two
• Ball of the Yellow Rose

Manners

• The code of conduct

Achievements

• They chose Bulgaria
• The problems of science require national consensus
• Slavyana Award for Prof. Rumen Skorchev
• The first German diplomas of Erich Kestner High School

Sport

• Ivet Lalova Daughter of the wind

Bulgarian Cuisine

• How to Prepare Yogurt

Bulgarian Routes

• The monuments have to come to life! - Interview Prof. Nikolay Ovcharov

Special Supplement: Bulgarians the First Europeans Dr. Bojidar Dimitrov