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A symbiosis of appearance, functionality and technologies: the solutions that the team of GPA Studio offers to its individual and corporate clients consciously seek the balance between these elements. And they achieve it. Since its establishment in 2012, the studio has created scores of successful projects and interiors for houses, apartment buildings and residential compounds, hotels and resorts, commercial and administrative buildings, and industrial premises. What is behind the studio's success? What are its core principles?

Traditional education models put children into a passive role, expecting from them to obey rules they often do not understand and rebel against. Democratic Education is a private school that challenges this idea.

Its development follows a clearly defined mission - to create an educational environment that empowers students to become confident and motivated individuals who pursue their goals. The school's educational philosophy envisions the high-school as a base camp in personal growth of each young person.

In the school year of 2024-2025, Educational Technologies Private Vocational High-School will accept students in 8th grade in three programmes: Foreign Languages, Entrepreneurship and Software and Hardware Sciences with Graphic Design.

Since 1989, the IVIS professionals have created working, modern solutions for a wide spectrum of buildings and projects. When needed, they can also do the construction, the finishing works and the interior design. Public buildings and commercial sites, blocks of flats and country villas - regardless of the type of the project with IVIS you are confident in the quality of all processes, the modern solutions and that the deadlines will be kept.

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Since Bulgaria joined the EU in 2007, the country's main geopolitical asset has been to be a gateway between the Union and the East. As the country prepares to fully join the Schengen area and the Eurozone, its strategic location and growing industries make it an attractive prospect for trade and investment in Europe. The role of foreign investment is growing, and so is the need for a trusted legal partner in Bulgaria who not only understands the law and the client's business, but also knows the local peculiarities. Dr.

Projects with EU and public funding can be key for a company's development. However, the successful application and realisation of the project, the participation in tender or other activities are impossible without qualified legal help. Since 2013 Hristova & Bankova Law Firm has successfully helped Bulgarian and foreign companies to participate in projects, tenders and public procurement deals on Bulgarian territory.

Why do companies need qualified legal help when applying for projects with EU funding?

Thanks to the professionals from Vitrage you can easily enjoy this at home or make it into a outstanding element in your office. The compositions created by Vitrage are made specifically for the client with the Tiffany technique from the best materials on the market. Each of them is a triumph of craft and art, is carefully made and brings to life the needed feel of luxury, beauty and timelessness.

Modern architecture is defined by its constant striving to find the balance between impeccable aesthetics and the ultimate things that all human beings seek from a building and an interior – functionality, comfort and cosiness. FOV Studio is an architectural and interior design practice where you will find a dedicated and competent partner in the search of the ideal blend of beauty and practicality for your residential or public project. The studio's founder, architect Dimitar Avramov, elaborates.

This year, she celebrates the 10th anniversary of her Bulgaria-based studio, Artimpact Interiors, with a bold rebranding step. In May, the company will become Kontrov Kollective.

You specialise in tailored interiors. What is the most important step in this process?

The boutique real estate agency is dedicated to the mission to satisfy every client's individual needs, and has a high success rate in connecting sellers and buyers and protecting its customers interests. The founder of IMOPOLY, Angel Sokolov, elaborates.

You have previous experience in a large real estate company. Why did you decide to found IMOPOLY?

This is the belief of Nevena Basarova-Dicheva, founder and education leader at Kids Academy, the first school in Bulgaria that teaches good manners.

You pay special attention to teaching good manners. Why?

The honest smile, the emotion that is aware of itself, the good words, the adequate nonverbal communication, the personal style and the outstanding presence: good manners, politeness and emotional intelligence can take you in places where good education and money will not!

The importance of the University of Mining and Geology St Ivan Rilski, or MGU, can hardly be overestimated. Since its foundation in 1953, it has trained specialists in a vital field in the Bulgarian economy – the mineral and raw materials industry. Today, the university is aware that it has another important task: to make everything possible to protect the environment. It is working towards these goals thanks to adequate, modern programmes and curriculum, young faculty and strategic partnerships with private companies and state institutions.

· Scientific: conferences, seminars, congresses and workshops;

· Corporate happenings, team building and company parties;

· Special: launch of new products or brand presentations, catering services for personal or themed occasions;

· Networking, expo, and other events of unconventional format that you can get consulted about by any of our professionals.

Then build it the best way possible – sustainably, with natural materials, without CO2 emissions, and with a better indoor climate. This can be achieved by designing and building a prefabricated straw panel house.

Humanity has been building straw houses for centuries. Some houses have straw roofs and others have straw walls plastered with clay. The thick walls of these homes have provided shelter for people against brutal winters and burning summers around the world.

The interior design awards – Dibla Design Awards 2023, organised by the platform dibla.com, were a remarkable achievement. On 13 March 2024, the winners were announced to an audience exceeding 1,200 at Inter Expo Center – Sofia.

Over 100 projects were shortlisted for the competition. They demonstrated the growing popularity of and the  increasing trust in interior design in Bulgaria. The international jury of Bulgarian and foreign experts in the field faced a hard task to choose the best projects because all competitors were excellent.

Sil ven-7 helps both individual and corporate clients to achieve this with ease. Thanks to the high quality of its services and their reliable execution, the company for professional cleaning has accumulated a rich portfolio of corporate clients: shopping centres, office buildings, industrial premises, store chains, showrooms, supermarkets, hypermarkets and others all over Bulgaria. 

The rector of the University of Telecommunications and Post Professor Miglena Temelkova, PhD, is the new Chairperson of the Council of Rectors of the Universities in Bulgaria. She won the election’s second round with 27 votes, outperforming the other candidate, Professor Dimitar Dimitrov, Rector of the University of National and World Economy, who won 19 votes. 

Impressively, the last time when a woman chaired the organisation was 25 years ago - Professor Yordanka Kuzmanova, the then rector of the Agrarian University in Plovdiv.

The perfect interior is possible, when it is in the hands of experienced interior designers who are knowledgeable and wise enough to match the clients with the solutions that work best for their taste, budget, habits, and needs. Desislava Ananieva is doing just that with her interior design studio Style Build Group. The company also offers furniture design services, overhaul and repair work and a broad range of connected activities.

Each modern building, be it a skyscraper or a family house, is a materialized dream: a dream of successful business buzzing in bright, comfortable offices or of cozy living in a healthy environment full of sun and joy. It is also a materialized dream of having a more sustainable impact on the environment, with buildings that consume less energy but provide a high standard of inhabitation. Technologically advanced facades, sun protection solutions, window and door systems are crucial for the materialization of this dream.

We take our cardiovascular health as given until we realise that our heart might have some problems. Luckily, modern echocardiography is more than capable of helping. When qualified professionals are using the most advanced technologies in this field, correct diagnosis and proper treatment are possible.