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Tattoos are everywhere but despite their ubiquitousness, you always notice when you see a really good one: the clean lines, the genuine artwork, the clever positioning, the message. Tattoo artist Richard McGee has seen it all. For almost 25 years now he has dedicated his life to a mission of perfecting his craft, finding new inspiration and creating images that last, impress and have a deeper meaning. He now divides his time between his studio in the US and Bulgaria, where he is happy to raise a kid.

The place where She and He will say to each other these special “Yes, I do,” surrounded by their family and friends, is crucial. If you have always dreamed of seaside beach wedding, but with the ambiance and feeling of a true castle a couple of meters away, the location of your ceremony is Grand Hotel and Spa Primoretz in Burgas. Here each wedding is a fairytale event, regardless of the season. It is hardly a coincidence, then, that so many couples choose for their special day the symbol of Burgas hospitality.

Here, the feeling of being at home away from home comes naturally.

As the first Bulgarian hotel with an EUROPESPA WELLNESS quality seal, Park Hotel PIRIN meets all European standards of amenities, safety, hygiene, and service quality. 

Located between Orlov Most and Doctorska Gradina Park, the outstanding compound offers every convenience for a modern life in the heart of Sofia - tranquility combined with the busy cafés, bars and restaurants around, plus a number of conveniences like a supermarket, a pharmacy and a yoga place.

Gabrielle Home is an ambitious interior design studio that for the past eight years has successfully worked on projects in the highly demanding markets of Europe and the Middle East, especially Dubai, but also Bahrain, Qatar and Lebanon. The studio offers a full scope of services, from designing and fit-out to manufacturing, and is equally good in design of residential and hotel interiors. Recently, Gabrielle Home added a new service to its portfolio. It is for real estate investors who flip properties to sell them for profit.

Since its establishment, in 2006, Dionisiev Group full engineering company has unfailingly demonstrated that when there are no compromises in work, the results are impressive. The company's portfolio has a wide range of successfully finished products and the offered services cover all stages of the process – from construction and design to consulting and technical maintenance. The founder of Dionisiev Group, Radoslav Tsvetkov, shares more.

Dionisiev Group has been on the market since 2006. What is the greatest achievement of the company in this period?

When you see an interior with its own integrity, visual language and spirit, it is often hard to explain what you see with words – you just feel that you have entered a space that is as close to perfection as possible. For 20 years now, Synergy Design Interior Design Studio has been on the mission to create such spaces.

Unified communications, or UC, is one of the invisible, but crucial systems that make businesses and companies fit for the changes of the modern world and helps them to be more efficient and better in their employees and customers' journeys. It is a complex set of products that includes scores of features, from instant messaging and audio and video conferencing to desktop and data sharing. Mitel Networks is one of the global leaders in the field, a company with 50 years of history of excellence.

What does it take to make healthcare better and patients – healthier? Servier knows the answer. The French-based pharmaceutical company present in 150 countries worldwide is managed by a non-profit foundation. This "foundation" operating model makes Servier different because it gives it a high degree of independence and allows it to put patients' interests at the centre of its activities, rather than shareholder or short-term financial interests. That is why the Group invests 20% of its revenues in research and development.

Nor is it a matter of following strict diet plans or necessarily going to the gym (without denying the benefits of physical activity). This is what Diet Hack stands for. A more healthy and nutritious diet with long-term benefits is possible with small changes and easy and tasteful alternatives.

Locco by Diet Hack are low-calorie spreads with more than 3 times less the calories of your ordinary chocolate spreads, even more intense flavor and the added benefit of a high-fiber content, one of the most underappreciated macronutrients in first-world diets. 

Turquoise, coral, emerald, lapis lazuli, diamond, ruby, topaz, moonstone... even just the names of exotic gemstones are capable of transporting us to distant lands, among mystic landscapes or in fairy tale stories. And when we see the beauty of their colours we are stunned, incapable of choosing just one favourite, eager to have them all, to enjoy their nuances day after day.

Today, Silenti is one of the most popular brands for silver jewelry on the Bulgarian market, thanks to its groundbreaking combination of Scandinavian minimalism, East European love for flair and... clever market research. Viktor Radin, co-founder, shares more.

Minimalistic, yet with the right touch of splendour – what inspires you when designing Silenti pieces?

Miglena Vladova got interested in interior design as early as 2008, a little bit before she graduated Engineering design from university. It was at this time when she realised that the core mission of her life was to be a part of the world of design, and to follow the international trends in home interiors. She sees these in person by attending most of the important international design expos and events, but she also gets inspired by travelling around the world and exploring different cultures.

Loads of creative energy and an original style tirelessly spread into new and new spheres of art: this sums in short an astonishing woman, Katerina Borisova, a Bulgarian film director and dancer. Art is her element; all her life it has flown freely from the performing arts to the storytelling behind the camera. Katerina Borisova prefers to describe herself as an artist and an entrepreneur and dislikes framing her ideas into preliminary set borders.

All of us want to live in a harmonious environment where all our needs are taken care of, we feel pampered and secure, and nature is within arm's reach. All of us want to invest in a property that steadily increases its value and provides high-quality living to distinguished tennants. All of us need office premises that apply the latest standards of comfort, security and space combined with an intimate feel that inspires creativity, team spirit and a strive for excellence.

Attorney-at-law Silvia Mincheva has achieved all of these. Her law firm specialises in fields such as banking law, consumer law and consumer protection, enforcement of cases, family and inheritance law, labour law, commercial law, protection against discrimination, copyright and patent law, administrative law. In each of these fields attorney Mincheva and her team focus on building lasting relations with clients, understanding and in-depth research of the case and excellent level of the professional services. The results are successfully defended cases in court.

Since 2003, Attorney-at-law Jasmina Nikolova has confidently established herself as a trusted and dedicated professional in civil law, with a narrow specialisation in law of obligations, and has rich experience as consultant of many foreign investors. Many cases in her legal practice are about the legal defence of victims of void contracts.

In your practice you have helped many clients to restore justice after problems with business partners. However, how can you help them at an earlier stage of the process – the signing of the contract?

Founded by Lyubka Vasileva, an attorney with over 25 years of legal experience and 15 years of experience as a mediator, it offers tailored solutions for each case.

What, in your opinion, is in the core of a successful law firm today?

Good professional training and specialisations are the foundation of the success and excellent results in the work of Attorney-at-Law Karolina Soroczynska. An alumna of Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski, she is interested in the field of civil, commercial, administrative and property law, and in legal representation, arbitrage and finance.

Why did you choose to specialise in offering legal services to Poles in Bulgaria?

The gentle elegance of quality silver jewellery can hardly be overestimated. A pair of earrings, a delicate necklace or a stunning bracelet can turn your outfit into a masterpiece of modern fashion and style, boost your mood and make your day brighter and happier.