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Bulgarian-American Commissionfor Educational Exchange

Fiscal Year

ANNUAL PROGRAM REPORTProgram period: October 1, 2016 – September 30, 2017

2017

2 Bulgarian–American Commission for Educational Exchange

ContentsHistory & Mission ......................................................................................................................................... 03

The Fulbright Commission Board ............................................................................................................. 04

Messages from the Executive Director and the 2017 Board Chair ................................................ 05

Fulbright Bulgaria’s Year At-a-Glance: .................................................................................................. 06

Maps of Bulgarian and U.S. Grantees ....................................................................................................... 08

Bulgarian Fulbright Grantees .................................................................................................................... 09

U.S. Fulbright Grantees ................................................................................................................................. 10

U.S. Scholars .................................................................................................................................................... 12

U.S. Students ................................................................................................................................................... 13

ETA Program ...................................................................................................................................................... 14

U.S. Specialists ................................................................................................................................................. 16

Bulgarian Scholars .......................................................................................................................................... 17

Bulgarian Students ......................................................................................................................................... 18

Highlights of AY2016-17............................................................................................................................... 20

EducationUSA ................................................................................................................................................... 22

Fulbright Testing and Training Services ................................................................................................ 23

Cultural and Enrichment Activities ...................................................................................................... 24

Fulbright Partner Organizations .............................................................................................................. 26

Program Partners .......................................................................................................................................... 28

Budget ................................................................................................................................................................ 29

Fulbright Media Presence ............................................................................................................................ 30

Staff & Sponsors ............................................................................................................................................... 31

3Annual Program Report, Fiscal Year 2017

History & Mission

In September 1945, in the wake of World War Two, Senator

James William Fulbright (D-Arkansas) introduced a bill

establishing an international academic exchange program to

be funded through the disposal of U.S. wartime properties in

Europe. The bill passed without debate and was signed into

law by President Truman on August 1, 1946. Today, Fulbright

is the most widely recognized and prestigious international

exchange program in the world. Over the past seven decades,

the Fulbright Program has enabled more than 360,000

people to participate in the Fulbright exchange. The Fulbright

Program awards approximately 8,000 grants annually,

seeking out individuals with potential who represent the full

diversity of their respective societies and selecting nominees

through open, merit-based competitions.

Educational exchange between the United States and

the Republic of Bulgaria under the Fulbright program

started as early as 1967. In 1993 the Bulgarian-

American Commission for Educational Exchange

was officially inaugurated under a ten-year bilateral

agreement between the governments of the United

States and the Republic of Bulgaria. In 2003 a new

bilateral agreement was signed, establishing the

Fulbright Commission in perpetuity.

Between 1967 and 2017, more than 1,200 American

and Bulgarian citizens have taken part in Fulbright

exchanges between the two countries.

International educational exchange is the most significant current project

designed to continue the process of humanizing mankind to the point,

we would hope, that men can learn to live in peace – eventually even to

cooperate in constructive activities rather than compete in a mindless contest of

mutual destruction.... We must try to expand the boundaries of human wisdom,

empathy and perception, and there is no way of doing that except through education.“

Senator J. W. Fulbright,

from remarks on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the Fulbright Program, 1976

The mission of the Bulgarian-American Commission

for Educational Exchange is to increase intercultural

communication and understanding through

academic and cultural exchange, to build long-

term relationships between American and Bulgarian

citizens and institutions, to raise the visibility of

the Fulbright program in Bulgaria and worldwide

through initiatives and partnerships with a broad

variety of public and private institutions in the

sphere of education, civil society, business, culture,

science, technology and government. Our ultimate

goal is to change lives!


Honorary ChairsMeglena Kouneva

Bulgarian Minister of Education and Science

(until January 27, 2017)

Nikolay Denkov


(January 28 – May 3, 3017)

Krassimir Vulchev


(as of May 4, 2017)

Eric Seth Rubin

Ambassador of the United States to Bulgaria

ChairBrian Stimmler

Public Affairs Officer, US Embassy in Bulgaria

TreasurerTammy Paltchikov

Cultural and Educational Affairs Officer,

US Embassy in Bulgaria

(until June 2017)

Matthew Hagengruber

Cultural and Educational Affairs Officer,

US Embassy in Bulgaria

(as of June 2017)

The Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission board consists of ten members, five American citizens and

five Bulgarian citizens. They represent the major areas of state and public activity: government, education,

the arts, and business. The Ambassador of the United States to the Republic of Bulgaria and the Minister of

Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria serve as honorary chairpersons of the Commission and

appoint the regular board members. The board members during Fiscal Year 2017 included:

The Fulbright Commission Board

US Members of the BoardThomas Higgins

CEO, Yatoto

Stratsimir Kulinski

President, American University in Bulgaria

(until March 2017)

Jeffery Warner

Head of Teacher Support, Teach for Bulgaria

Sarah Perrine*

Executive Director, Trust for Social Achievement

BG Members of the BoardIvan Dimov

Deputy Minister of Education and Science

Kaloyan Damyanov

Advisor to Minister of Education and Science

Viktoria Melamed

Minister Plenipotentiary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Maria Metodieva

Family Economic Success Officer,

Trust for Social Achievement

Julia Stefanova*

Former Executive Director

of the Bulgarian Fulbright Commission

*Fulbright alumni


J. William Fulbright once wrote, “The essence of

intercultural education is the acquisition of empathy

– the ability to see the world as others see it, and to

allow for the possibility that others may see something

we have failed to see, or may see it more accurately.”

As I talk with current participants and alumni of

our various exchange programs, I am reminded of

Fulbright’s concept of empathy. Regardless of their

field of expertise, they enthusiastically share their new

perspectives on race, gender, democracy, international

relations, and a range of other issues. They also talk

about newfound friends, new partnerships, and new

approaches to problems that will only be solved

through collaboration across borders and cultures.

While building empathy among participants by

transforming lives and relationships on an individual

level, the Bulgarian Fulbright Commission has had an

exciting and fruitful year on an institutional level as

well. We have expanded our budget through active

fundraising initiatives, overhauled our safety procedures

and training to ensure the security and well-being of

our grantees, strengthened our alumni network, and

increased the competitiveness of our candidates by

promoting our exchange opportunities to the widest

possible audience.

We have achieved these successes thanks to the

leadership of Executive Director Angela Rodel and her

exceptional team. On behalf of the Board of the Bulgarian

Fulbright Commission, I would like to thank Angela and

the Commission staff for their vision and hard work over

this past year. Their achievements exemplify the very

best of the Bulgarian-American bilateral partnership and

help us all “see the world as others see it.”

Since 2017 was the Year of the Rooster, I hope you

won’t mind me “crowing” a bit about Fulbright Bulgaria:

we had another terrific year! Highlights included

working with an inspiring cohort of grantees, hosting

a Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminar on migration,

celebrating 10 years of cooperation with Thanks to

Scandinavia, broadening our cultural preservation

and museum education initiatives, expanding our

outreach and advising activities, and creating new

partnerships with corporate sponsors and NGOs.

Of course, the successes we have enjoyed this

past year would not be possible without the wide

network of partners and supporters who make the

Bulgarian-American Commission for Educational

Exchange’s work possible: the US Embassy in

Bulgaria, the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and

Science, ECA, IIE/CIES, the America for Bulgaria

Foundation, the Thanks to Scandinavia Foundation,

ContourGlobal and all our host universities, schools

and institutions. I am also grateful to the Fulbright

Commission board members for their leadership and

dedication to the program. Huge thanks also to the

Fulbright Commission staff, who constantly meet

the challenges generated by a dynamic exchange

program with grace and good humor.

In 2018, the year of the dog, I look forward to

working together – once again like dogs, I would

suspect! – with all of our grantees and partners to

further the Fulbright’s mission of expanding mutual

understanding between the people of Bulgaria and

the US.

From FY 2017 Board Chair Brian Stimmler

From the Executive DirectorAngela Rodel


FULBRIGHT BULGARIA’S YEAR AT-A-GLANCE:

GRANTEES BY CATEGORY 96

OUTREACH VISITS TO 48 CITIES:

• 20 for Fulbright Competition campaign

• 43 for EducationUSA events

• 33 ETA school visits

9,360 BULGARIAN STUDENTS

taught by

33 ETAs around the

country

18,864

ETA classroom contact hours for

the year – not including extra-

curriculars!

30,452

Record-high number of the EducationUSA social media contacts

in 2016/17, almost doubled for the third

consecutive year

49.93% Increase in social

media impact (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube) as compared to 2016

63

FULBRIGHT BULGARIA GRANTEES

46 US/17 BG

33 ETA PARTNER

SCHOOLS

in 26 cities

64,791 VISITS TO

Fulbright.bg

WEBSITE

U.S.: 5 scholars

5 students

33 ETAs

3 specialists

BG: 5 scholars

9 students

3 other


1st FULBRIGHT VOLUNTEER DAY

April 28, 2017,

helping excavate the Episcopal Basilica

in Plovdiv

1st MONTHLY

LECTURE SERIES

for US granteeslaunched in

January 2017

1st FULBRIGHT PMP COURSES

in Nov 2016 with five five-day trainings

completed to date

1st BULGARIA-GREECE JOINT US STUDENT

GRANTEE

FIRSTS

EDUCATION USA’S FIRST OPPORTUNITY

FUNDS PROGRAM

“GRADUATING CLASS”

Six Bulgarian students were

accepted to US universities with

total scholarships amounting to

$2.1m ($530k for 4 years)


Maps of BG and US Grantees


Visiting Scholars

Dr. Valentina Georgieva

Field of specialization: Teaching

English as a Foreign Language

Home Institution: Rakovsky National

Defense Academy

Host Institution in the U.S.: Texas

State University-San Marcos, TX

Spring, 2017

Dr. Vyara Kalfina

Field of specialization: Literature

Home Institution: Sofia University

Host Institution in the U.S.: University

of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA

Spring, 2017

Assoc. Prof. Dr.

Stoyan Karakashev

Field of specialization: Chemistry

Home Institution: Sofia University

Host Institution in the U.S.: University

of Illinois at Chicago, IL

Fall, 2016

Assoc. Prof. Dr.

Radostina Petrova

Field of specialization: Engineering

Home Institution: Technical

University – Sliven

Host Institution in the U.S.: Cornell

University, NY

Spring, 2017

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ivan Tchalakov

Field of specialization: Sociology

Home Institution: University of

Plovdiv

Host Institution in the U.S.: Georgia

Institute of Technology, GA

Fall, 2016

Atanas Sabev

Field of study: Law

Home institution: Sofia University “St

Kliment Ohridski”

Pursued degree: LLM in Law

Host Institution in the U.S.: Harvard

University, MA

Mirena Taskova

Field of study: Law

Home institution: University of

National and World Economy

Pursued degree: LLM in Law, Science

& Technology

Host Institution in the U.S.: Stanford

University, CA

Non-Degree Research Grants for Doctoral Students

Katerina Klinkova

Field of study: Literature


Kliment Ohridski”

Host Institution in the U.S.: New York

University, NY, Fall, 2016

Kristina Stefanova

Field of study: Law



Host Institution in the U.S.: Florida

International University, FL, Fall, 2016

Hubert Humphrey Fellows

Ivaylo Vezenkov

Field of specialization: Journalism

Home institution: bTV Media Group

Host Institutions in the U.S.:

University of California, Davis, CA;

Arizona State University, AZ

Length of Program: 12 months,

starting June 2016

Graduate Students

Maria Androushko

Field of study: Film Studies

Home institution: Bard College Berlin

Pursued degree: MFA in Screenwriting

Host Institution in the U.S.: New York

Film Academy, LA, CA

Ivaylo Dimitrov

Field of study: Law



Pursued degree: LLM in International

& Comparative Law

Host Institution in the U.S.: George

Washington University, Washington,

D.C.

Lyuba Manoilova

Field of study: Archaelogy

Home institution: New Bulgarian

University

Pursued degree: MA in Classical

Studies

Host Institution in the U.S.: Brandeis

University, MA

Alexandra Milcheva

Field of study: Public Policy


Kliment Ohridski”

Pursued degree: Master in Public

Policy

Host Institution in the U.S.: Harvard

University, MA

Dilyana Popova

Field of study: Economics

Home institution: University of Essex,

UK

Pursued degree: MS in Applied

Economics

Host Institution in the U.S.: The

University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Bulgarian Fulbright GranteesAcademic Year 2016-2017


U.S. Fulbright GranteesAcademic Year 2016-2017

Scholars

David Austill

Field of Specialization: Business Law

Home Institution: Union University,

Jackson, TN

Host Institution in Bulgaria:

Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”,

Sofia

Dr.Gene Berryhill

Field of Specialization: Art History


Maryland, College Park, MD

Host Institutions in Bulgaria: National

Academy of Arts, Sofia

Jeremiah Chamberlin

Field of Specialization: Creative

Writing


Michigan-Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI

Host Institution in Bulgaria: Sofia

University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, and

Elizabeth Kostova Foundation,

Sofia

Michael Musial

Field of Specialization: Music

(Piano)

Home Institution: Russell Sage

College, Troy, NY

Host Institution in Bulgaria: New

Bulgarian University, Sofia

Traci Speed

Field of Specialization: Linguistics

Home Institution: Self-employed

Host Institution in Bulgaria: Shumen

University “Konstantin Preslavsky”,

Shumen

Graduate Students

Elizabeth Bews

Field of Specialization: Archaeology

Project Title: Politics and

Archaeology in the Middle Strymon

River Valley

Elizabeth Bews

Field of Specialization: Archaeology

B.A. French, Russian, History; Saint

Olaf College, MN

Host Institution: New Bulgarian

University, Sofia

Laura Leddy

Field of Specialization: Art History

M.A. Innovation Design Engineering,

Royal College of Art/Imperial College

London, UK

Host Institution: National Academy

of Arts, Sofia

Kate Mower

Field of Specialization: History

M.A. History, University of Utah, UT

Host Institution: New Bulgarian

University, Sofia

Delaney Nolan

Field of Specialization: Creative

Writing

M.F.A. Fiction Writing, University of

Iowa, IA

Host Institution: Elizabeth Kostova

Foundation, Sofia

Valentina Tomov

Field of Specialization: Cultural

Anthropology

Ph.D. student, Socio-cultural

Anthropology, McMaster University,

Canada

M.A. Social Sciences, University of

Chicago, IL

Host Institution: Sofia University,

Sofia

English Teaching Assistants

Jillian Anderson

B.A. Biology, Reed College, OR

Host City: Kardzhali

Anna Brainerd

B.S. Integrative Studies/English,

University of Memphis, TN

Host City: Gabrovo

Boris Busov

B.A. Biomolecular Science/Spanish,

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI

Host City: Sliven

Erin Coggins

B.A. Anthropology, Virginia

Commonwealth University, VA

Host City: Smolyan

Lewis Collins

M.A. Theological Studies, Vanderbilt

University, TN

Host City: Razgrad

Hannah Combe

B.A. English, Oberlin College, OH

Host City: Pravets

Kenneth Cortum

B.A. Russian/Mathematics, Bowdoin

College, ME

Host City: Varna


Kate Cowie-Haskell

B.A. Anthropology/Art History,

University of Rochester, NY

Host City: Montana

Morgan Ellison

B.A. History/Russian Studies, George

Mason University, VA

Host City: Dobrich

Emily Enquist

B.S. International Business/

Anthropology, Drake University, IA

Host City: Blagoevgrad

Reid Furubayashi

B.A. Philosophy/Politics/Economics,

Claremont McKenna College, CA

Host City: Sofia

Lauren Gieseke

B.A. History/Political Science/

French, Southwestern University, TX

Host City: Shumen

Anna Hernick

B.S. International Political Economy,

Georgetown University, DC

Host City: Pazardzhik

Hannah Leib

B.A. Psychology/Media Studies,

Pitzer College, CA

Host City: Sofia

Andrew Malin

B.A. History/International Studies,

Denison University, OH

Host City: Sofia

Zachariah Martinez

B.S. Biology, San Diego State

University, CA

Host City: Vratsa

Nina Matsumoto

B.A. Sociology/Spanish, Pitzer

College, CA

Host City: Galabovo

Marcus Michael

B.S. ESL/Linguistics, Ohio State

University, OH

Host City: Kyustendil

Caroline Murphy

B.A. Secondary Education, University

of Maine at Farmington, ME

Host City: Pernik

Rachel O’Hanlon

B.A. Psychology/Japanese/

Sociology, University of Nebraska-

Lincoln, NE

Host City: Dimitrovgrad

Molly O’Keefe

B.A. Theatre, Middlebury College, VT

Host City: Stara Zagora

Robin Parrish

M.A. Second Language Studies,

University of Hawaii at Manoa, HI

Host City: Silistra

Emily Paxson

B.A. International Studies/German,

Miami University, OH

Host City: Lovech

Amanda Petersen

B.A. English Language Arts

Education, Doane College, NE

Host City: Pleven

Alexa Price

B.A. International Studies/

Government, Centre College, KY

Host City: Silistra

Maksim Rusev

M.A. Accounting, University of

Washington, WA

Host City: Burgas

Dominick Sansone

B.S. Kinesiology/Exercise Science,

University of Connecticut, CT

Host City: Vidin

William Smeal

B.A. Linguistics/Spanish, Miami

University, OH

Host City: Vidin

Rebekah Straneva

B.A. Philosophy/East European

Studies, Boston College, MA

Host City: Plovdiv

Helena Tatgenhorst

B.A. Geosciences/Biological Studies,

Smith College, MA

Host City: Ruse

Bria Trosclair

B.A. Anthropology/English,

Tulane University, LA

Host City: Ruse

Wilhelmina van den Berg

B.A. History/Education, College of

William and Mary, VA

Host City: Burgas

Jeremy Yeaton

B.A. Linguistics/French/Chinese,

Rutgers University, NJ

Host City: Haskovo

U.S. Fulbright GranteesAcademic Year 2016-2017


U.S. ScholarsI am most interested in trying to understand how

we are taught and reproduce what it means to be

part of a particular culture – in this case, Bulgarian – and

what this complex intersection of history, performance

and identity reveals about being human.”

– Jeremy Chamberlin, US Fulbright Scholar

In AY2016-17, five US Scholars taught and conducted

research in Bulgaria. David Austill, US scholar in business

law and accounting, was affiliated with Sofia University,

but also taught intensive half-courses at Varna University

of Economics and the University of National and World

Economy. In addition, he worked with the American

Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria and taught a workshop

in Forensic Accounting to Bulgarian news reporters in

Sofia. Dr. Gene Berryhill, specialist in art history, combined

teaching and research at the National Academy of Arts

and presented at a conference on Museum Standards co-

organized by the Bulgarian Fulbright Commission. Michael

Musial taught music (with focus on American musicals)

at New Bulgarian University, gave a master’s class for the

Broadway Performance Club at the American University in

Bulgaria, and performed a duo piano concert with his wife

at the National Academy of Music in Sofia. Dr. Traci Speed

researched linguistic code-switching among Bulgarian Turks

and Roma at the University of Shumen, while writer Jeremiah

Chamberlin explored the ways in which history, memory, and

nostalgia intersect in the daily lives of the people in Bulgaria.

He was affiliated with Elizabeth Kostova Foundation, the

leading NGO promoting creative writing in Bulgaria.

In June 2017 Fulbright Bulgaria, in cooperation with Sofia

University and Shalom Bulgaria, had the pleasure of hosting

US Fulbright Scholar to Germany Kenny Fries on an inter-

country grant. During his stay in Sofia, the memoirist

and poet presented three thought-provoking talks - one

focused on his current research on Aktion T4 in Germany,

one on disability history and the disability rights movement

in the US, and one on disability representation in the arts.

Dr. Gene Berryhill (left) gives a lecture at the American University

Dr. Michael Musial and his wife perform duo piano pieces

David Austill lecturing at Varna Economics University

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U.S. Students

In AY 2016/2017, five US graduate students were awarded

Fulbright grants to conduct research. The topics of their

projects varied from assessing the impact of political protests

in the country (Valentina Tomov), exploring political influence

over archaeological finds in the Middle Strymon River Valley

(Elizabeth Bews), compiling the history of Thracian Apollo

worship (Kate Mower), to creating a map combining historical

topography, memory, and identity in Sofia (Laura Leddy),

and research for a novel reflecting stories from the life of

people living in the Rhodope Mountain (Delaney Nolan).

Two of the students were on joint grants - one with Romania

(Kate Mower), and one - with Greece (Delaney Nolan). The

Commission sponsored Valentina Tomov to participate in the

EU and NATO Seminar, organized by Fulbright Belgium, while

Delaney Nolan received a mini-grant from the Commission

to conduct workshops in creative writing for university and

high-school students.

I really think the most valuable thing that Fulbright

offers is face time – physical, face-to-face

opportunity for interaction between people who would never

otherwise have met. You can’t rely on generalizations or

cultural common ground or vague assumptions or Wikipedia

to give you the answers. You have to *be* there, physically and

mentally present, actually talk to people, negotiate, discuss,

and come to some kind of understanding.”

– Laura Leddy

Valentina Tomov (second from right) at the EU-NATO seminar in Brussels

Elizabeth Bews on a dig

Delaney Nolan leads a writing workshop for high school students


In September 2016, the Fulbright ETA award in Bulgaria

was given a new title, the “Fulbright | America for

Bulgaria Foundation English Teaching Assistantship,” to

recognize the ongoing support of the main program

sponsor, the America for Bulgaria Foundation (ABF).

In AY2016-17, 32 ETAs received the Fulbright| America

for Bulgaria English Teaching Assistantship awards,

and one ETA was funded through a partnership with

ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 TPP.

In the classroom, Fulbright ETAs focus on developing

students’ communicative skills. Outside of class they

are encouraged to develop their own side projects

and activities, which is supported by the Commission

through mini-grant competitions. In AY 2016-2017,

twelve ETAs received funding to develop extracurricular

activities such as pen pal exchanges; sports, handicraft,

wellness, creative writing and acting clubs; community

projects – cleaning of public areas, supporting a local

pet shelter. Almost all ETAs were involved in the BEST

Foundation’s English Speech and Debate Tournaments

as team coaches and judges. They also took part in

numerous volunteer initiatives through local NGOs,

such as teaching refugees, working with children at

orphanage centers, judging the national spelling bee

and creative writing contests, volunteering at English

language teacher trainings and competitions as

facilitators, leading English test preparation clubs, and

much more.

ETA Program

Boxing Club in Vidin with Dominick Sansone

Emily Paxson and Anna Hernick conquer Mussalla Peak

Rachel O’Hanlon in Bulgarian national costume


My Fulbright was a true cultural exchange.

I got to experience what it felt like to be a

true outsider, being the only American in my

small town. As someone who has the goal of working

as a U.S. Diplomat and the dream of becoming an

Ambassador, this was a great way to dip my feet into

what it truly means to be a cultural ambassador--and it

further enhanced my desire to pursue that career path.”

– Emily Paxson, ETA in Lovech

Learning about a culture through living it is a difficult but extremely

transformative process. My empathy, ability to navigate unfamiliar

situations and self-confidence have all increased exponentially.”

– Anna Hernick, ETA in Pazrdzhik

• 33 ETAs

5 returners and 28 new

• 32 ABF and

1 corporate-sponsored

• 26 cities

• 24 foreign language schools

• 6 K-12 schools

• 1 math school

• 2 professional schools

• 14-20 teaching hours

a week

• 9,360 Bulgarian students

taught

• 18,864 annual ETA

classroom contact hours

ETA Program At a Glance:

Morgan Ellison’s class in Dobrich

ETA cohort AY 2016 at Orientation

Andrew Malin, Emily Paxson and Boris Busov at the Plovdiv Marathon

Thanks to the America for Bulgaria Foundation

for their ongoing support of the English Teaching

Assistant program in Bulgaria!


The connections made with the first-

ever nationwide workshop attended

and viewed by Down syndrome families and

caregivers across Bulgaria paves the way for

more direct interactions. Such community

connections are critical for expanding care and

providing important medical information for the

continued care of the Down syndrome people.”

– Larry Suva

Fulbright specialists are highly valued by Bulgarian

institutions, as their innovative teaching approach and know-

how inspires both students and faculty, frequently leading

to expanded collaboration. In 2016/2017, five projects were

submitted and approved; three of them took place in spring/

summer 2017, one in the fall of 2017, and one is scheduled

for March 2018.

Dr. Larry Suva from Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine

& Biomedical Sciences collaborated with New Bulgarian

University to implement a program in medical care centers that

will promote better bone health for cancer, autism spectrum

disorder, and Down syndrome patients across Europe.

Writer Josip Novakovich took part in the Sozopol Fiction

Seminars and CapitaLiterature series, organized by Elizabeth

Kostova Foundation, which brought together Bulgarian,

American and international journalists, travel writers, historians,

biographers, cultural/literary critics, essayists and memoirists.

Danita Emma taught at the Ballet Academy Marian,

giving ballet classes and coaching rehearsals of “Paquita”

ensembles and variations. She also created a choreography

especially for the students of the academy, and staged the

students’ work for public performances in the village of

Marian and in the town of Elena. This project, initiated by

Nikiforov Art Foundation, gave talented students a chance to

learn approaches very different from the traditional Russian

classical style that is prevalent in Bulgaria.

U.S. Specialists

Josip Novakovich (fourth from left) leads a creative writing seminar

Danita Emma’s students at the Marian Ballet Academy

Dr. Larry Suva visits the Fulbright office


BG Scholars

Five Bulgarian scholars took part in the 2016-17 Fulbright

program. Dr. Valentina Georgieva (TEFL; Texas State

University-San Marcos), Prof. Ivan Tchalakov (space

entrepreneurship; Georgia Institute of Technology), Dr.

Vyara Kalfina (theory of culture: University of Massachusetts

at Amherst), and Prof. Radostina Petrova (robotics; Cornell)

completed their research successfully and submitted

excellent reports on their Fulbright experience. Unfortunately,

Dr. Stoyan Karakashev (chemistry; University of Illinois at

Chicago) had to suspend his visit due to a family emergency.

Their readiness to become an active part of the Fulbright

community upon their return and support the Commission’s

initiatives testifies to the high level of satisfaction with the

program. Being leading scientists in their fields, they are

undoubtedly a valuable addition to the community.

During my Fulbright grant I laid the foundation of a

new topic in my career as a researcher - investigation

of walking bipeds. I also learned new methods and approaches

to the simulation of dynamic processes. I will continue working

in that direction and enriching my expertise.”

– Professor Radostina Petrova

Thanks to Fulbright, I had the chance to fulfil my

dream of entering the world of the commercial

space industry and researching the community of New Space

Entrepreneurs in the US”

– Professor Ivan Tchalakov

Bulgarian Grantees 2017-18 at Predeparture Orientation

Prof. Radostina Petrova at Cornell University

Prof. Ivan Tchalakov at Werner von Braun office in Huntsville Space and Rocket Museum


My experience at George Washington law

school was a year full of memories, tears

and friends. After all, this is the true Fulbright

experience – to understand each other, to embrace

differences and to create friendships and long-lasting

links which will change the world for the better.”

– Ivaylo Dimitrov

Seven Bulgarian graduate students and two visiting

researchers participated in the 2016-17 Fulbright

exchange. Mirena Taskova, Ivaylo Dimitrov and

Atanas Sabev completed their programs successfully;

Maria Androushko, Alexandra Milcheva, Lyuba

Manoilova and Dilyana Popova are in their second

year of studies with solid funding and report good

progress. Both visiting researchers, Katerina Klinkova

in literary theory and Kristina Stefanova in business

law returned to Bulgaria and are eager to share their

experience with the potential future participants

in this exchange. All grantees have been active

contributors to commission activities, including

publicity campaigns, newsletter publications, public

lectures, and meetings.

BG Students

Ivaylo Dimitrov graduates with honours from George Washington University

Visiting Researcher Katerina Klinkova Presents at Open Lectures 2017

Graduate student Maria Androushko (second from left) with fellow filmmakers


Other BG GranteesBulgaria’s 2016-17 Hubert H. Humphrey

fellow was Ivaylo Vezenkov, a prominent

Bulgarian journalist who studied at

Arizona State University and completed

an internship at CNN in New York. He

has since returned to Bulgaria where he

is regularly on television and has been

contributing to the publicity and visibility

of the Fulbright program in Bulgaria, taking

part in commission and alumni events.

One recently graduated law student, Ina

Boncheva, was nominated to participate

in the 2017 Fulbright Court Internship

Program, a joint initiative of Sofia Regional

Court and the Fulbright Commission.

Nearly forty Bulgarian law students intern

at the Sofia Regional Court for one year,

one of whom is then selected by a jury to

complete an internship in a US court. For

a sixth year on end, the internship takes place at the

United States District Court for the Eastern District-of

Louisiana and provides professional training for future

Bulgarian judges.

Svetla Baeva, a representative of the Bulgarian Helsinki

Committee, was our FY2017 Civil Society Scholar in

the field of human rights. She spent her fellowship at

the New York branch of Change.org organization.

“As part of my Fulbright scholarship for

the development of civil society, I joined

the Change.org North America team in

New York City for a period of five months. Change.

org is the largest global online petition platform and

during the last several months, I’ve worked with and

interviewed campaigners tackling issues around

criminal justice, women’s rights, racial justice and much

more. I’ve learned about innovative practices in digital

campaigning, strategy and mobilization. I’ve also had a

chance to take a campaign lead on petitions dealing

with women’s rights and migrant/refugee rights in the

US and globally.”

Ivaylo Vezenkov during CNN Internship

Civil Society Scholar Svetla Baeva at Change.Org


Highlights of AY2016-17

On March 9, 2017, at an event hosted by HE US

Ambassador to Bulgaria Eric Rubin, the Bulgarian

Fulbright Commission celebrated ten years of

partnership with Shalom Bulgaria and the Thanks

to Scandinavia Foundation (TTS). The Thanks to

Scandinavia Foundation is a US-based non-profit

that provides scholarships to students from European

countries that made great efforts to save their Jewish

populations from the Holocaust.

After learning about Bulgarians’ efforts to save their

Jewish countrymen in 1943, TTS began generously

providing a $20,000 annual scholarship to a Bulgarian

Fulbright student grantee to complete a master’s

degree in the United States. In addition to acting as a

liaison with TTS, the Shalom Organization of Jews in

Bulgaria assists the Fulbright Commission every year in

the interview and selection process for the TTS grantee.

The March 9 event was attended by former

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev, high-ranking

representatives from the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry

Fulbright and Thanks to Scandinavia Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Joint Grant with a Second Scholarship

and the Sofia Municipality, Shalom Bulgaria President

Dr. Alek Oskar, members of the international and local

Jewish community, and current Fulbright grantees and

alumni. The program included a moving performance

of excerpts from “The Diary of Anne Frank” by BEST

participant Aleksandra Georgieva, followed by a brilliant

testimonial by Fulbright/TTS alumna Roumyana

Mihaylova about her experience “talking to strangers”

as a student in New York. The program closed with a

striking performance of a passage from Elie Wiesel’s

“Night” by Dr. Eva Volitzer, theater professor at New

Bulgarian University, Fulbright alumna, and member of

the Bulgarian Jewish community. The US ambassador’s

residence was a gorgeous backdrop for the event,

especially since the home was a Holocaust property

that had once belonged to a wealthy Bulgarian Jewish

family who fled the country on the eve of World War II.

The Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission would

once again like to thank the Thanks to Scandinavia

Foundation for its support over the past decade and

looks forward to new decades of cooperation!

Fulbright grantees, alumni and staff with Dr. Alexander Oscar, president of Shalom Bulgaria


In July 2017, sixteen American high schools teachers

spent a month in Bulgaria as part of the Fulbright

Hays Summer Seminar “Bulgaria in the Context of

Migration and Challenges to European Cohesion.”

The seminar introduced participants to the country’s

cultural and political history, exploring how its past

affects its current national identity and attitudes

towards migration.

Since Bulgaria is an EU border state on the frontlines

of the recent refugee and migrant crisis, participants

discussed the country’s strategies for dealing with the

influx of newcomers that has challenged regional and

European stability. The seminar also explored migration

in a broader sense, not only addressing refugees and

migrants from the Middle East and Africa, but also the

considerable Bulgarian emigration to the EU and US

for educational and employment opportunities and

how this “brain drain” has affected the country.

The seminar kicked off with a pre-departure

orientation at the University of Chicago, which

provided a crash course in Bulgarian history and

culture, as well as a general introduction to the

current refugee and migrant crisis in Europe. Then

it was off to Bulgaria – after a short stay in Sofia and

an intensive schedule of lectures, tours and cultural

events, the group set off for Veliko Tarnovo, Varna

and Burgas, where they visited historical and cultural

sites and enjoyed lectures by local scholars, artists

and NGO activists. The group also spent a day in

the Harmanli refugee camp, where they helped give

English lessons to children and talked to Syrian and

Afghan youngsters about their experiences. Back

in Sofia, their first-hand experiences with asylum

seekers were put into broader context during a day-

long conference on refugee and migration issues

with the major governmental and NGO stakeholders.

Since the discussion of migration inevitably brings

up the topic of borders, the Fulbright-Hays group

hopped across Bulgaria’s southern border with

Greece and spent four days in the Thessaloniki area

exploring how the refugee crisis has played out there.

The Bulgarian Fulbright Commission would like

to thank our partners at the US Department of

Education, the University of Chicago, the Greek

Fulbright Commission and our Bulgarian lecturers and

presenters for helping make the 2017 Fulbright-Hays

Summer Seminar in Bulgaria a success!

The Opportunities and Challenges of Migration: The 2017 Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminar in Bulgaria

Fulbight-Hays participants with Iraqi restaurant owner Freddie Benjamin


Fulbright EducationUSA Advising Center

The Fulbright EducationUSA Advising Center

has acquired an even greater importance in the

context of Bulgaria’s integration with the European

Union and the strong competition from European

universities. Annually, the center services over 8,000

inquirers.

In 2016/17, for the third consecutive year, the number

of the EducationUSA social media contacts almost

doubled, reaching a record high of 30,452.

EducationUSA advising is a major component of

the Commission’s grant supporting activities. It is an

effective and time-tested instrument of promoting

the EducationUSA brand, the strengths of the U.S.

educational system and the Fulbright program in

Bulgaria by providing up-to-date information and

competent guidance on educational opportunities

in the U.S., admission procedures at U.S. universities,

financial aid, testing, language training, the annual

Fulbright and other competitions, etc.

The EducationUSA Advising Center at the Bulgarian-American

Fulbright Commission is a full-service center which offers on-

site, as well as virtual, individual and group advising.

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Individual Appointments

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Fulbright Testing and Training ServicesDuring FY2017, the Bulgarian Fulbright

Commission continued to operate a Prometric

Testing Center in Sofia, the only place in the

country where prospective candidates can take

the GRE exam, and even attracts international

candidates. The center is also the exclusive

national provider of the European Personnel

Selection Office (EPSO). For FY2017 a total of

810 tests were administered at the Fulbright

Test Center. The Fulbright Commission also

exclusively administers the CFA and LSAT

exams for Bulgaria.

In July 2017, the commission closed the Fulbright Language Center, which had focused on English-language

and test-preparation courses, since the Bulgarian market is currently flooded with competitors offering similar

courses at very low cost, often compromising the quality of the instruction. The commission has begun offering

a new selection of more targeted courses at its main office: bi-monthly Project Management (PMI) courses were

launched in November 2016 and are now fully enrolled and generating revenue. Since PMI participants generally

come from the business, governmental and civil society sectors, we are also able to advertise our Fulbright

fellowship opportunities to a new, not strictly academic audience through such programs. We also continue to

offer GRE, GMAT, TOEFL and other test preparation courses at the new location.

EducationUSA Virtual Group Advising Program

The EducationUSA advising center implements

an innovative virtual educational group advising

program which prepares high school students

from all over the country to successfully apply for

admission with financial aid to fully accredited U.S.

colleges and universities. More than five hundred 8th

to 12th graders around the country take part in the

program annually. In 2017, eight program participants

were accepted to U.S. universities and colleges with a

total scholarship amount of $790,804 USD ($197,701

x 4 years). Three students were admitted on a full-

ride scholarship to the EducationUSA Academy and

one more program participant was awarded the

prestigious YES scholarship to attend a U.S. high

school for one academic year.

Opportunity Funds-Bulgaria Program

The Opportunity Funds-Bulgaria program that

was launched in February 2016 has also delivered

excellent results. Ten U.S. colleges and universities

offered acceptance to six of the twelve first-year

cohort members with a total scholarship amount

of $2,121,336 ($ 530,334 x 4 years). Five students

enrolled at the following institutions: Amherst

College, MA; MIT, MA; Dickinson College, PA; NYU

Abu Dhabi, UAE; and Yale-NUS College in Singapore.

They will be studying Psychology, Economics,

Aerospace Engineering, Life Sciences, and Biology.


Cultural and

Enrichment Activities

Sep Oct/Nov Dec

US GRANTEES

ORIENTATION, SEPT.

1-10, SOFIA,

for ETAs, students and

fall-semester scholars

OPPORTUNITY FUNDS

MODULE: Essay Writing

and Common App Training

MEETING FOR

BULGARIAN STUDENT

NOMINEES for AY2017-18

VISITS TO ETA PARTNER

SCHOOLS

FULBRIGHT OPEN

LECTURES, featuring

TED-style talks by 12

recent Bulgarian alumni

TWO-DAY CONFERENCE

“MUSEUM STANDARDS:

A LOOK AHEAD,”

bringing together 200+

Bulgarian museum

educators and US experts

100 DAYS IN BULGARIA

MEETING FOR US

GRANTEES, including

student/scholar

presentations and

additional ETA training

FULBRIGHT CHRISTMAS

PARTY AND TALENT

SHOW for current US

grantees, Bulgarian alumni

and partner organizations


Jan/Feb Mar/Apr May/Jun Jul/Aug

ORIENTATION

for spring semester

US scholars

LAUNCH OF

LECTURE SERIES

for US grantees

SELECTION

PROCESS

for AY2017-18

US grantees

THANKS TO

SCANDINAVIA

10th Anniversary

Celebration

OPPORTUNITY

FUNDS MODULE:

SAT Preparation

FULBRIGHT

VOLUNTEER DAY

helping excavate

the Episcopal

Basilica in Plovdiv

2017 BEST

NATIONAL

TOURNAMENT

in Varna

WRAP-UP SEMINAR

with US grantees,

and mentor

teachers/principals

in Burgas

INTERVIEWS AND

SELECTION of

Bulgarian Fulbright

nominees for

AY2018-19

ORIENTATION for

out-going Bulgarian

AY2017-18 grantees

FULBRIGHT-HAYS

SUMMER SEMINAR

on Migration

OPPORTUNITY

FUNDS MODULE:

IELTS/TOEFL

Preparation

FULBRIGHT

LANGUAGE

CENTER

Relocation to

main office

premises


Fulbright Partner Organizations

In the winter of 2012, six Fulbright English Teaching

Assistants started the Bulgarian Forensics League.

Their idea was simple – to give Bulgarian high

school students a platform for intelligent debate

and creative expression in English.

Help students develop their speech and debate

skills, and they will develop much more: critical

thinking, creativity, confidence, and leadership skills.

In 2014, BFL became a registered non-profit and

changed their name to the BEST (Bulgarian English

Speech and Debate Tournaments) Foundation.

Since then, BEST has grown tremendously. In

2016-2017, a total of six tournaments took place

and involved more than five hundred Bulgarian

8th–12th graders. In summer 2017, BEST sent a

delegation of six talented and dedicated students

to compete in the NSDA National Tournament in

Birmingham, Alabama, and eight students formed

Team Bulgaria, competing at the Heart of Europe

Debating Tournament in the Czech Republic.

Fulbright fellows continued to be the backbone of

BEST, thanks to the America for Bulgaria Foundation’s

generous support of the ETA program: nearly all 32

ETAs coached teams, while Fulbright scholars and

students served as judges. The management team

is largely made up of current ETAs, while ETA alums

serve on the Board of Directors. Fulbright ED Angela

Rodel is a member of the Board of Advisors. We are

proud to be partners and supporters of this dynamic

and inspiring organization!

The BEST Foundation – a Fulbright Legacy in Bulgaria

The BEST Foundation Management Team; photo by Sevastian Petkov


The Bi-National Commission for the Preservation of

Bulgaria’s Cultural Heritage was established as a result

of US Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to Bulgaria

in January of 2015. During this visit, Secretary Kerry

announced that education and culture was one of

a number of key areas in which the US and Bulgaria

would engage in strategic dialogue.

The goal of the cultural preservation commission is

to bring together experts from diverse fields dealing

with tangible and intangible cultural heritage and to

identify projects worthy of preservation and to work

with American specialists to identify and recommend

best practices for such preservation efforts. The

new commission was placed under the auspices

of the Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission

for Educational Exchange, which has successfully

been facilitating educational and cultural exchange

between Bulgaria and the United States for more

than twenty years. Commission members include

representatives of the Ministry of Culture, the

Ministry of Tourism, and the US Embassy, as well as

scholars working in the fields of material and non-

material cultural heritage, NGO representatives, and

museum administrators.

In 2016, the commission organized a conference

entitled “Museum Exhibits and Standards: A Look

Ahead”, which featured US museum representatives

from the Smithsonian, the National Gallery of Art and

the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology and

which gathered more than 200 Bulgarian experts

in cultural heritage and museum studies to discuss

contemporary tendencies in museum exhibition, the

future of digital expositions and mobile applications

for stimulating cultural tourism, and best practices

in designing events and educational programs

dedicated to cultural heritage. As a follow up to this

conference, the commission organized two museum

education seminars with US-trained experts in

November 2017 in Sofia and Varna. In cooperation

with Plovdiv Municipality and My Museum Foundation,

the commission will also be offering a series of

seminars to Plovdiv-area museums throughout 2018

in preparation for Plovdiv 2019 – European Capital

of Culture.

CPC Museum Conference


The U.S. and Bulgarian governments both provide

Fulbright Program funding, meeting the obligations

defined by the agreement concerning the Fulbright

Commission. The other major sponsor of the Bulgarian

Fulbright Commission is the America for Bulgaria

Foundation (ABF), a private philanthropic foundation

created with the profits earned from the Bulgarian-

American Enterprise Fund founded with funds from

the US Congress’s 1993 SEED Act. ABF has been a

major partner of the Bulgarian Fulbright Commission

since 2010, when they began financing the expansion

of the ETA program within the country, which has

grown to 30 grantees per year since 2014. During

FY2017 the Bulgarian Fulbright Commission signed

a new three-year agreement with ABF to continue

funding the program at that level during 2017-2020.

We are extremely grateful for ABF’s ongoing support

of Fulbright Bulgaria and look forward to working

together for the next three years.

The Bulgarian Fulbright Commission also continued

its fund-raising efforts, creating new partnerships and

expanding existing ones. The US energy company

ContourGlobal once again agreed to sponsor an

ETA in the town of Galabovo for AY2017-18, given

the great success of the program the previous year.

New partnerships were established with Asarel Medet,

Optix and OpticoElectron, three local companies

in the town of Panagyurishte, to support an ETA for

AY2017-18 at the professional high school there.

Since 2017 was the ten-year anniversary of the

partnership between the Thanks to Scandinavia

Foundation and the Bulgarian Fulbright Commission,

the TTS board decided to double their support,

offering two $20,000 scholarships to Bulgarian

students annually in recognition of our long-standing

cooperation and the high quality of the Bulgarian

Fulbright students.

Program Partners

Meeting with corporate partners in Panagyurishte

ABF President Nancy Schiller (second from right) addresses ETA program participants

ETA Nina Matsumoto in Galabovo


Fulbright Bulgaria’s FY2017 Budget

$140,000$39,000$31,267

$13,600

$6,000

$27,000

$84,330

$159,020

$610,588

$ 426,071

• $610,588 funding from ECA/US Department of State ($599,492 FY17 allocation; $846 intercountry travel grant;

$250 Fulbright-Schuman program administrative support and $10,000 end-of-year FY17 funds);

• $140,000 funding from the Bulgarian government;

• $39,000 EducationUSA grants for advising and Opportunity Funds program ($14,000 FY17 funding and $25,000

end-of-year FY17 funds);

• $31,267 US Embassy grants ( $5,000 support for the FY17 Opportunity Funds program; $17,267 –US Academy

Program funding ; $9,000 – Cultural Heritage Education & Digitalization);

• $426,071 grant from America for Bulgaria Foundation to support 30 English Teaching Assistants in language

schools in Bulgaria;

• $13,600 grant from ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 AD to support one English Teaching Assistant in the town of

Galabovo;

• $6,000 grant from Asarel Foundation and $ 2,400 grant from Optix AD to support one English Teaching

Assistant in the town of Panagyurishte;

• $27,000 support from the Thanks to Scandinavia Institute for joint grants to two Bulgarian graduate students;

• $2,500 grant from Trust for Social Achievement to support one English Teaching Assistant in the town of Plovdiv;

• $159,020 funding for FY17 Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminar;

• $84,330 left-over funds.

In FY 2017 the total Commission budget amounted to $1,541,776, including:

$2,500


Fulbright Media Presence

Articles:

Rachel O’Hanlon (ETA, Dimitrovgrad): http://bit.ly/2D3Gdv0

Jeremy Yeaton (ETA, Haskovo): http://bit.ly/2g9TSHs

Marcus Michael (ETA, Kyustendil): http://bit.ly/2i309FP

Lewis Collins (ETA, Razgrad): http://bit.ly/2xwPPYr

Molly O’Keefe (ETA, Stara Zagora): http://bit.ly/2yE4SVu

Alexa Price (ETA, Silistra): http://bit.ly/2xwNFbe

Emily Enquist (ETA, Blagoevgrad): http://bit.ly/2kEzkbw

Reid Furubayashi on U.S. Embassy’s Facebook: http://bit.ly/2FpSeJT

TV Appearances:

Gene Berryhill (US Scholar): https://www.btv.bg/video/cinema/shows/kato-na-kino/videos/

ljubov-kato-na-kino-s-kultova-muzika.html

David Austill (US Scholar): www.chernomore.bg/video/2017-04-10/posokieu-9042017

Maksim Rusev (ETA, Burgas): https://chernomorie-bg.com/post/uchenitsi-pishat-tekst-za-

par-parche; https://chernomorie-bg.com/post/geogradiq-s-angliyski-hit-v-uchilishte-kiril-i-

metodiy

BEST Vratsa Tournament: http://bit.ly/2D1oTI9

Reid Furubayashi and BEST student ambassadors on BNT2, starting at 50’15”:

http://bit.ly/2hZ04mn

Emily Enquist (ETA, Blagoevgrad) and Fulbright Program Officer Iliana Dimitrova on BNT2,

starting at 37’: http://bit.ly/2FnDbjP

Hannah Leib (ETA, Sofia): http://bit.ly/2mqaUky

Again in AY2016-17 Fulbrighters once again received considerable attention from both national and local

media in Bulgaria. ED Angela Rodel also gave more than ten interviews with leading TV channels bTV,

Bulgarian National Televison, BiT and Bulgaria On Air to discuss education-related issues and to raise

the profile of the Fulbright program. The overwhelmingly positive coverage of the Fulbright program is

extremely enheartening, as anti-western and anti-EU biases appear to be gaining a foothold in certain

Bulgarian media. Local NGOs and international watchdog groups have voiced concerns about undue

political and economic pressures on Bulgarian media; Reporters Without Borders’ 2017 World Press

Freedom Index ranks Bulgaria 109th out of 180 countries, the lowest ranking for an EU member-state.

Fulbright Bulgaria continues to partner with local universities and NGOs to improve support independent

journalism in Bulgaria and to underscore the importance of a free press in a democratic society.


Fulbright Bulgaria thanks its sponsors for their support:

FULBRIGHT BULGARIA STAFF

Angela Rodel Executive Director

[email protected]

Anastassia Miteva Financial Officer

[email protected]

Tanya Petrova Accountant/Cashier

[email protected]

Maria Kostova Program Officer, Bulgarian Grantees

[email protected]

Iliana Dimitrova Program Officer, ETA Program

[email protected]

Rada Kaneva Program Officer, U.S. Grantees

[email protected]

Snejana Teneva Educational Advisor

[email protected]

Lyra KonstantinovaAdministrative Secretary

[email protected]

Adrian ZlatanovTest Center Manager/IT Support


Bulgarian-American Commission for Educational Exchange

12 Vitosha Blvd, 5th floor, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria

+359 2 981 85 67

+359 2 980 82 12

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