Contents

Bulgaria is a Rich Country

60 Years UN. 50 Years Bulgaria in the UN

Exclusive Guest

• Ambassador Stefan Tafrov, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Bulgaria to UN
• Mr. Neil Buhne, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative

Impressions of ex-ambassadors of the Republic of Bulgaria to the UN and UN representatives in Bulgaria

• Ambassador Dimiter Kostov, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Bulgaria to UN (1990–1991)
• Ambassador Svetlomir Baev, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Bulgaria to UN (1991–1992)
• Mr. Fabrizio Ossella, UNDP Resident Representative in Sofia (1992-1996)
• Mr. Antonio Vigilante, UNDP Resident Representative and UN Resident Coordinator in Bulgaria (1996-2001)

Interview with Mrs. Tashka Gabrovska, JOBS Project Manager

Interview with With the latest Goodwill Ambassador from Bulgaria Mrs. Diana Dafova

Sofia marked the UN Day

Off the record

• Of religious intolerance or the meaning of a single word

Official visits

European Union

• The reports of the European Commission on Bulgaria

Analyses: by Siemon Vasilev

Parliamentary events

Highlights. Events. Meetings

NATO

The Law

• Bulgarian-Swiss Juridical Club was established
• The Spanish experience. Interview with Mrs. Hema Goyaego, an investigating judge in penal court 35, Madrid

Embassies. National Days. Interviews

• Interview with H.E. Mr. Drazhen Vukov Colich, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Croatia
• Reception on the occasion of the coming into office of the commercial representative of Russia Mr. Alexander Tomilov and the regional representative of Russia's Chamber of Commerce and Industry Mr. Grigori Rostovsky
• Reception on the occasion of the National Day of the Kingdom of Spain
• Reception on the occasion of the National Day of the Czech Republic
• Reception on the occasion of the National Day of the Republic of Austria
• Reception on the occasion of the 82nd anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic of Turkey
• 100 Years of Independence of the Kingdom of Norway

We and the World

• Bulgarian writers in Paris
• The Thracians: Enigmatic Treasures of Bulgaria
• Vassil Levski in the United States

Cultural panorama

• Sculpture in the National Art Gallery
• In the beginning was the drawing
• Balkan ceramics
• Lyuben Dimanov in Sofia
• Tour Bulgaria in minutes!
• Heinrich Dumser at Sofia City Art Gallery
• Moods of Austria
• The visions of Tomas Sikora
• Prague through the eyes of Karel Kramule
• Mountains “captured” on paper
• Reading is a feast
• The French selection of films at the Cinemania
• Vietnam Today
• Days of Japanese culture in Bulgaria
• Interview with Anna Tomova-Sintow: To Awaken Love
• Film music on stage for the first time
• Interview with Maestro Atanas Kurtev: Touching people's hearts
• Armenian Books in Bulgaria
• Bulgarian Novel of 2004
• Bulgarian Book Fair

Health

• Most Successful Campaign against Breast Cancer
• Municipalities and therapeutic communities – filling the gap

Achievements

• Prof. Juri Apresjan – Doctor honoris causa
• Did the Leaders of the Bulgarian National Revival wake up authorities?
• BAS marks its 136th anniversary
• Innovative Bulgarian Enterprise of the Year – 2005
• Bulgaria: a center on the Balkans for technology transfer

Tradition

• Let's join our forces and create the new culture of peace - This was the message of the fourth edition of the International Festival and Conference on culture, religions and traditions of the peoples, which took place in Blagoevgrad, October 7-11, 2005.

Never opened pages

• 110th anniversary of Prince Kyril of Preslav

Bulgarian routes

• The Gorge of Kresna - A Taste of the Living Earth

Special supplement: Bulgaria and the UN: The 60th Anniversary of the UN. Bulgaria's 50-year-long UN Membership