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Is the European Union Coming?

120 years since the Union of Bulgaria

Unity is Strength

Official visits

• Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev made his first visit to Brussels
• NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer made a visit to Bulgaria
• Iceland’s President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson made a working visit to Bulgaria
• Vice President Angel Marin took part in the Fourth Bulgarian Gathering in Odessa

European Union

• Interview - Enrique Baron Crespo, Leader of the EP Socialist Group, Chairman of the Committee on International Trade in the European Parliament
• The Dilemmas of Bulgaria and of Europe. European Summer University
• General sponsor of the only European Summer University in Bulgaria was Ivana Consultancy

Analyses - By Simeon Vasilev

НАТО

OSCE

60 Years UN
50 Years Bulgaria in UN

• Off the Record - Ivan Garvalov about an acquaintance that ran through the years

Parliament

Government

Highlights. Events. Meetings

• IMF
• Bulgaria-Libya
• Bulgaria–Iraq
• The Balkans
• The Cultural Heritage of the Balkans
• Ecology
• Business.Investments

The Law

• Interview - Javier Gomez Bermudez, President of the Penal Division of the National Court of Spain
• The Spanish Ambassador and a Bulgarian National Television journalist brought together the political elite for a film premiere

The Fourth Power

• The Cream of Bulgarian Journalism in Bansko
• We met with the BMC Executive Director Mr. Dimitar Sotirov

Letters of Credence

Embassies. National Days. Interviews

• Bulgarian Embassies
• Interview - H.E. Mr. Fernando Arias Gonzalez, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Spain
• In our Constitution are set the rights and freedoms of the man and the citizen
• Reception on the occasion of the final departure of Mr. Petr Vavra, Counselor at the Embassy of the Czech Republic
• Reception on the occasion of the Day of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Turkey
• Reception on the occasion of the Constitution Day of Kazakhstan
• Reception on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the declaration of independence of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
• Reception on the occasion of the National Day of the Federative Republic of Brazil
• Reception on the occasion of the National Day of Ukraine
• Reception on the occasion of the National Day of the People's Bureau of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
• Reception on the occasion of the National Day of the Slovak Republic
• Interview - H.E. Mr. Avraham Sharon, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Israel

We and the World
Bulgaria – Italy

• Reportage - Ariadne's thread

Exclusive guest

• H.E. Mr. Nikola Kaludov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to Italy

Interview - Mr. Gustavo Selva, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament

Interview - Minister Plenipotentiary Ferdinando Nelli Feroci, Director General for European Integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Italy

Cultural panorama

• Time of Harvest - Acad. Anton Donchev celebrated his 75th anniversary
• Interview with the writer
• Shores of Clay
• The renovated National Library opened its doors
• Artist of the Rhodopes
• Maxim Behar with a second solo exhibition
• Sofia Eterna
• Hot passions at the Sofia Opera
• Angel Manolov Academic Choir at the International Choir Contest in Torrevieja, Spain
• Apollonia 2005 Festival of Arts

Bulgarians abroad

• Yordanka Popova received a British Royal Award

High life

• Second National Contest for young stylists and designers
• Jeny Style opened the fashion season

Etiquette

• At the restaurant

Bulgarian routes

• Days of Haskovo
• With European standards and optimism for the future - Interview - Mr. Gerogi Ivanov, Mayor of Haskovo
• Mrs. Mary Draycott, Lord Mayor of Leicester, Great Britain

Special supplement : Bulgarian Gobelin