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Bulgaria is a small Balkan country in the very south-east of Europe. While it offers beautiful landscapes and tourism magnets, it fails many of its own citizens.

Animal Rescue Sofia runs a large dog kennel in Bulgaria. The organization accepts responsibility for stray dogs, abused, abandoned and ill ones, puppies and…

Professor Narcís Parés is an information technology expert at the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. The research he did on the effects of 5G wireless…

Europe, the old continent has lots of tiny countries. Thanks to the European Union, many of them feel like one and the same country, at least sort of. Because there are hardly any borders, travelling from A to B is easy, right? Yes, under normal circumstances. But not if you intend to cross the Bulgarian border.

There is so much history in Sofia, especially under the ground, it even annoys people. Whenever a large new building is being erected in the city center,…

In August of 1978, when I was 13 years old, my mother and I moved to Mexico City. The transition from a Hamburg commune kid to an expat teenager in the largest…

So, here we go. The two of us are the only humans in this huge and dark place, but not the only living creatures. A few hundred meters into the cave, the first small bats fly by, in some cases rather close. Their wings, which also seem to serve as coats, look like they are made of satin. They are as fascinating as they are scary.

Yes, the world has gotten so small. Vienna, Frankfurt, Paris and Rome are just around the corner, for those who are willing to get up at 02:45 a.m.. There is a…

The first jet airliner was built in England. The "de Havilland Comet" was put into service in 1952, when the passenger jet age officially began. Today, 66…

Driving down the national highway no. 99 from Bulgaria’s port city of Burgas towards the south feels good to anyone living in Sofia. It means the boring part of the trip on Trakia Freeway is over and the beaches are already in sight. Then, after a while it appears out of nowhere. Anyone who sees it on the right will ask the same question: “What…