Successful deals on new markets can’t go without quality legal services. A good lawyer can save you a bunch of inconveniences, whether you do business in Italy or in China. With more than 20 years of experience in international trade negotiations, Petya Noycheva travels the world with the mission to prevent problems from happening before they even arise.
What motivates a lady to start a law office specialised in corporate legal issues?
All our lives we keep investing efforts and resources in acquiring new knowledge and skills, but maybe the most important thing to learn is how to be happy. We can do it now at Happy Life Academy. Stoyana Natseva has dedicated 25 years of her life to personal development and now offers to her clients comprehensive programmes for a happier life. She is the author of the books Be the Center of Your Universe, The Rules of the Queen, The Power of Ancestry, Energy – Recharge, Life Without Fears – priceless guides to happiness which have turned into bestsellers.
Founded in Bulgaria, Walltopia is the number one company in the climbing world and one of the leaders in the amusement industry, where active entertainment has a growing share. The construction of climbing gyms and adventure parks is growing at full speed and it's no coincidence that climbing was included in the Olympic disciplines at Tokyo 2021. Walltopia has made a major contribution to promoting the sport.
Manuela Toteva, Ph.D., is a practitioner, university lecturer, and author with more than 15 years of experience in communication. She started her career at the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and then moved to the corporate sector to manage projects and teams for large-scale companies such as METRO Cash and Carry, Aurubis, SAP. As a board member and a chairperson of the Bulgarian Public Relations Association (2006 – 2017), she has contributed significantly to the development of the professional PR community in Bulgaria.
Ten years ago an architect and a philosopher embraced an exotic idea. As a result, a special shop appeared in the centre of Sofia, offering to its customers excellent beef from local producers cut at the spot. This is how the story began for Meral and Faruk Luleci, the owners of the specialised meat shops Butcher 1 (for lamb and beef) and Butcher 2 (for pork and chicken) where every single steak you buy is a piece of craftsmanship, attention to detail, and special vibes. Meral Luleci explains why.
We all love a good spa and wellness experience, but we rarely think about what defines it. Denitsa Kirkova not only knows all about it. As the manager of Crystal Spa & Wellness, a company for specialised equipment, design and consulting, she is the right person to consult with when creating your own spa and wellness space in your hotel, spa centre or even your home.
The dream of fresh skin, tighter contour, and a rejuvenated face can now be fulfilled even for those who are not ready to go to the plastic surgeon. Dr. Irina Sharkova from VDerm Aesthetic Clinic talks about the benefits of the revolutionary non-invasive method Ultherapy, which provides brilliant results right after the first procedure. Dr. Evgeni Sharkov adds what else you can expect and how treatment plans are made.
Dr. Sharkova, the innovative Ultherapy treatment has been available in your clinic since February, can you tell us more about it?
As a founder and CEO of HumanConsulting, Galya Menova has a mission to support the development of Bulgarian companies and organisations through European funding. Her interest in the field dates back to her university years when she wrote and defended with excellence her thesis in “European Financing in Bulgaria”. Fourteen years later, Galya is successfully applying her expertise in the development, management and reporting of European projects to the benefit of the Bulgarian business.
In the digital environment quality prints always catch the eye and often turn into a memory, which we cannot delete by chance. Gergana Noveva, co-founder of GPTS Print Shop is an economist by education, an artist by vocation, a mother of two children, and a dedicated manager. Her team can bring to life your fanciest ideas, whether you need a billboard, luminous sign, or just a printed T-shirt.
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The most successful projects often begin with a simple idea and a spark of intuition that you just can’t resist. That’s what happened to Irena Filipova-Marinova two months after giving birth to her first child and coming back from Germany to Bulgaria during her maternity. She decided to implement on the Bulgarian market a business idea she had already seen in Germany – an online coupon platform for goods and services sold at a discount. The attempt succeeded but Irena did not stop there.
If your business is not moving in the desired direction, the problem might not be the current economic climate or the market conditions, but in yourself. Because professional success goes hand in hand with personal growth, right attitude and consistent actions. Krassi Angelova is the professional who can help you to turn your dreams into goals and to realise them all, step by step. She herself has walked the path of change that turns life into a miracle.
The inner need for independence and freedom can be at the heart of starting a business. This is the case of Margarita Stancheva – a free-spirited woman and a goal-oriented manager. Guided by the desire to see her ideas materialised and to test them in practice, she left behind the role of an employee to build a dream team of prowfessionals and start Sofia Tech Recruitment. The company is now a leader in IT recruitment in Bulgaria and focuses on helping businesses scale for growth.
True love and happiness are not a mirage, but a story written by those who have the courage to look into their souls and make a change. All you have to do is start the journey. Petya Belcheva-Gemuenden is the right person to guide you through the process that leads to new beginnings and a happy end. Because, sometimes, all we need is to raise love to the next level.
Smart solutions have become a vital part of urban ecosystems – sensors are detecting and processing information in buildings, public transport, parking areas, and on the street to make our lives easier, safer, and more convenient. All of this is the result of innovations, constantly growing expertise, and unique skills. Svetlana Stefanova, CEO of FAAC Bulgaria, talks about the outstanding approach of the largest supplier of revenue control systems with sales and service representatives all around the world.
When innovation in health and beauty care is concerned, DermaLife is among the first names to come to mind. DermaLife is more than a place where you can take care of your appearance. It offers care for health and beauty on a conceptually new level.
Deni Andonova is the founder of the Holistic Academy, the How ThriveTM project and the Thriving Bulgaria Foundation for mental heath and wellness. In her 14+ years of professional experience she has helped individual clients, international corporations and startups to achieve a better balance, to transform limiting beliefs and non-working models, to shift to a new personal and business level, to enjoy success, self-awareness and happiness. Her mission is "Thriving people. Thriving business. Thriving world."
In 1992, Interpartners Group appeared on the Bulgarian market as a communication company. Thirty years later, it is a leading independent group and owner of 3 brands. Interpartners is a creative and digital agency, Interimage focuses on corporate communications and employer branding, and Media Camp specialises in media strategies and non-standard media formats. Interpartners is also active on 8 markets in the region via its partnership network, SEEnthesis.
I remember her bloody, drained, and happy, her thighs trembling from exertion, spread open to the sides. And I'm holding a piece of living flesh in my hands and trembling with fear. Through my fogged-up glasses I see her torn pelvic floor still spitting blood. I shout, "Another unit! Quick!" and raise the slimy little body above my head – for everyone to see the tiny penis – and the midwife takes it. The entire operating room sighs, like a punctured bus tire. They hand me scissors, I grasp the umbilical cord close to the little tummy, and I cut it.
For years, FOX Optics have been more than a recognisable name on the Bulgarian market: for thousands of satisfied clients, they embody quality without compromise, and innovation, attention to detail and partnership with the best manufacturers of frames, dioptric lenses and sunglasses, contact lenses, magnifiers, low vision systems, elite binoculars.
Once upon a time, a husband and a wife lived in a town. They were very rich, but had no children. They were very sad about this.
One afternoon, the wife sat embroidering by a window in their rich house, near the road and kept an eye on the passers-by. She noticed that an apple-seller, pushing a cart with baskets of lovely looking apples, was walking under her window. She stopped the man and asked what the price of the apples was. He said, “I sell each apple for three gold coins, madam.”