16th October 2014
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Every year since 2007 on Blog Action Day, thousands of bloggers come together to talk about one important issue, like poverty, climate change and human rights amongst others. This year the event is held on 16 October and the theme is inequality. HMA Jonathan Allen joins the initiative and blogs why to defeat intolerance and inequality, we must have […]
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15th October 2014
Sofia, Bulgaria
by Ronald Young Ronald Young left Britain in 1991 and since then he has been on the move – first in Central Europe and then from 1999 in Central Asia and Caucusus. After working on various projects in China, Bulgaria and Romania, now Ronald shares his time between an old house in the Carpathian Mountains […]
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10th October 2014
Sofia, Bulgaria
by Hazel Onn Hazel Onn lived in Bulgaria in the late 1980s when her husband Tony was Head of Security at British Embassy Sofia. Hazel kept many good memories of her time in Bulgaria, including of their diplomatic flat on Juliot Currie Str., Kuchia, the dog of their Russian neighbours, how once she was absolutely covered head […]
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29th September 2014
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Last week, I spent a day on the road following the election campaign and various candidates, and will do the same this week. My colleagues in the Embassy have done likewise. It’s a great way to see politicians up close dealing with real people and their real concerns, before they get pulled back into Sofia […]
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24th September 2014
Sofia, Bulgaria
by Hilary Arthur Hilary Arthur lived in Bulgaria from 2001 to 2005 and worked at the British Embassy Sofia. She was the first custodian of the West Wing of the British Ambassador’s Residence in Sofia. The story she sent us for the #100UKBG series is about her happy time in the house. The announcement of the events to […]
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18th September 2014
Sofia, Bulgaria
by Andy Anderson Andy Anderson moved to the Bulgarian city of Ruse in 1998 to work as Technical Director for the United Nations Beautiful Bulgaria Project, which renovated hundreds of monuments of culture and historic buildings across Bulgaria. Today, 16 years later, Andy still lives in Ruse and is also putting together a book about the British community […]
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11th September 2014
Sofia, Bulgaria
by Simon Feek Simon Feek first visited Bulgaria in 1997; he came on a winter holiday with his girlfriend at the time. A few years later when looking for a good place to invest in real-estate, Bulgaria was the first destination to come to his mind. The rest is history (which by the way also includes the […]
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3rd September 2014
Sofia, Bulgaria
by Richard Thomas Richard Thomas was British Ambassador to Bulgaria from 1989 to 1994. “We were not sanctimonious, and we did our best to build on the goodwill and good practices that already existed. I have the happiest memories of days out at Vidrare […] seeing the children’s faces light up and sharing in the staffs’ […]
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11th August 2014
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On 8 August, 11 young Bulgarians strode to the centre of Old Trafford cricket ground, during the lunch break of the game between England and India. In front of 25,000 people, they showed off their talents at this most English of games. I am sure it was an experience that none of them will ever […]
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3rd August 2014
Sofia, Bulgaria
by British Embassy Sofia The British Ambassador’s Residence in Sofia throughout the years. The FCO Historians have kindly provided us with the majority of the below images.
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