I know a lot of people that would jump with joy at that move, but honestly I wouldn't advise it. Bulgaria has enough problems as it is, without getting a reputation as the country of the joint. The hard line is better, but I somehow don't see the Bulgarian police enforcing it.

Issue 51-52, December 2010 – January 2011 

Whatever he does is CIA, so the real question is how I rate the CIA.

Issue 49-50, October-November 2010 

I get to enjoy the best of both worlds this summer. I will be in Blagoevgrad, then I fly to the United States by way of London..

Issue 47-48, August-September 2010

"I like shopska salata, but it's nothing special. And – what was that thing the Bulgarians make in pots? Oh yes, kavarma. Only I prefer it home-made, not the one you can order at restaurants."

Issue 45-46, June-July 2010

"I drove a taxi home from a club one night because the driver did not know where Lozenets was."

Issue 43-44, April-May 2010

"In the old days the airport staff used to steal from passengers' bags. Has this changed?"

Issue 41-42, February-March 2010

"No, it will not. The economic crisis in Bulgaria has barely started and the so-called recovery in the United States is false. Bulgarian real estate prices have a long way to fall because they are not in parity with rent prices or average incomes."

Issue 39-40, December 2009 - January 2010 

"At that time I had only a vague idea of where Bulgaria was located and I had no idea who Todor Zhivkov was."

Issue 38, November 2009

"Yes, I've been cheated in Bulgaria. By merchants, police, cab drivers, customs agents and so on."

Issue 37, October 2009