Bulgaria has not changed its name since its founding in 681, as if the 200-year Byzantine and the 500-year Ottoman rule never happened, but the list of the preserved and known graves of its rulers makes for an extremely short paragraph in its long history.
France's outgoing ambassador, Bulgarian-married Xavier Lapeyre de Cabanes, has made a name for himself as being outspoken on any issue ranging from art to education, public relations and politics. By calling a spade a spade on key issues for Bulgaria as the rule of law and compliance with EU-related commitments, Lapeyre de Cabanes has gained the respect of many intellectuals and ordinary citizens who see Bulgaria firmly in both the EU and NATO. Xavier Lapeyre de Cabanes arrived in Bulgaria in the autumn of 2013.
Driverless cars, quantum computers, the Internet of things: we are living in times when sci-fi ideas are becoming reality. Biotechnologies are one of the fields in human knowledge that have been experiencing a rapid development in the past few decades. Now is the time to reap the benefits in the form of a growing portfolio of biotechnology medicines for deadly and previously untreatable diseases, says Krassimira Chemishanska, MD, MBA, Country Director of the Bulgarian branch of Amgen.
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