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Interview by Violeta Petkova with Allexandre Ferreira Allexandre Ferreira:”Beauty I believe isn’t in the eyes of the beholder; it’s in your mind.” What does it mean to be a citizen of the world, as you say? I always loved to travel and I generally feel comfortable to be in any country. I seldom get home […]

Agnieszka Rogowska: Colourful planes just create and talk about something, building a kind of tension You say you are interested mainly in colour and the way it can be a creativity tool. Tell us more about your attitude toward colour. It is interesting what you say as on the whole we are used to give […]

Interview by Dessislava Berndt with the singer Lila Ammons The International Jazz Festival in Bansko is one of the biggest summer musical events in Bulgaria and one of the foremost international cultural happenings on the Balkans. Since its foundation in 1998 the festival has been held every year from August 8th to 13th in the […]

Interview by Dessislava Berndt with the song writer and singer Gabriella Massa Gabriella Massa, Photo: Jere-Me

This is the theme this year for the International flower exhibition of Keukenhof in Lisse, the Netherlands. Germany, Nation of Poets and Philosophers, Photo: Keukenhof The 62nd edition of the world famous international flower exhibition of Keukenhof was officially opened by Mrs. Bettina Wulff, spouse of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany. Accompanied […]

Jointly organized by the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European Council on Foreign Relations, the Sofia Platform will aim to bring together non-governmental organizations, journalists, politicians and practitioners from Europe, the Middle East and the United States for an in-dept conversation about the lessons learned, and not learned, in the transition. The goal […]

Interview by Violeta Petkova with Dušan Marčeta Dušan Marčeta: “Click by click, photography has become my obsession.” How did you get interested in photography? Well, quite by accident. Click by click, photography has become my obsession. One thing led to another. People began to show interest in my photos and it gradually became my profession. […]

Interview by Dessislava Berndt with Vinko Mihajlovic, director of the Petrovac Jazz Festival Nikola Mimo Mitrovica, Photo: Nikolay Why and how was the Petrovac Jazz Festival founded? When was the first festival? NGO Urban Cult is a non-profitable, non-government organization, which started the first Petrovac Jazz Festival in 2007. The idea began back in 2005, […]

Interview by Dessislava Berndt with multi-talented artist Bastien Gaisne Bastien Gaisne, Photo: Veneta Rajnovska

Interview by Dessislava Berndt with the jazz singer Maya Nova The International Jazz Festival in Bansko is one of the biggest summer musical events in Bulgaria and one of the foremost international cultural happenings on the Balkans. Since its foundation in 1998 the festival has been held every year from August 8th to 13th in […]

Interview by Dessislava Berndt with the founders of the talent management company Hadeel El Deeb and Noha Nabil Hadeel El Deeb and Noha Nabil, Photo: De Sabry

Interview by Dessislava Berndt with the Director of the contest Massimo Toffolo

Photo: beamillion Sanity is a cozy lie. Today everything exists to end in a photograph. Photo: mark217 I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list. The likelihood that your acts of resistance cannot stop the injustice does not exempt you from acting in what you sincerely and reflectively hold to be the best interests […]

Interview by Violeta Petkova with Taymaz Valley Taymaz Valley:”Art in any form or medium is expression of thoughts and ideas, and I do believe no matter where you are from you can appreciate a work of beauty.” Your photos are amazing. It is easy to see that every single one of them has its own […]

An interview with the photographer Markéta Kalvachová by Aneliya Angelcheva “All I want now is to look at life. You may come and look at it with me, if you care to.” Oscar Wild Iceland is a place where Nature has put a bridge between its inexhaustible beauty and life. Icelandic beauty gives a rise […]

In December 2010 Priestess of the White, Book 1 of Trudi Canavan’s Age of the Five Trilogy, was published in Bulgaria. It is also the first book in Bulgarian for the Australian SF writer.

Trudi Canavan is author of seven bestselling fantasy novels to-date. She currently lives in Melbourne, Australia.

She gave an interview exclusively for her Bulgarian fans and readers all over the world.

Interview of Yana Radilova with the artist Mihail Kamberov Mihail Kamberov: “My paintings reflect my sensibility to the world. To me it is colourful and cheerful.” Mihail Kamberov was born on November 20, 1952 in Sofia. Mihail Kamberov frequented School of Arts in Sofia until 1973. From 1976 to 1981 he studies painting in the […]

Photo: horiavarlan Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions. Photo: 28208534@N07 Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future. Photo: dominicspics I don’t know why women want any of the things men have when one the things […]

Zdzisław Beksiński, 1984 I am obsessed with the process of creation. In my paintings I never use any “means”. I paint them completely naively, just as I would be taking photos of my own dreams.

Photo: calliope The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes. Photo: 40066970@N08 Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.