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Passion and coding go hand in hand at Coherent Solutions, a software development and consulting company. The company was established in Bulgaria in 2018 and it has grown sustainably since then. The Sofia team answers with dedication and enthusiasm. Coherent Solutions' talents break new ground on a daily basis, creating outstanding products and services and never standing at one place. How do Coherent Solutions talents achieve this? On the one hand, they are people who are really motivated to be the best coders around.

Bey House Hotel, Restaurant, Garden & Turkish Bath announced that His Majesty Tsar Simeon II of the Bulgarians and Her Majesty Tsarina Margarita, arrived at the Bey House compound just after 12 o'clock noon on the 22nd of September for the Grand Opening of the Bey House property. Their Majesties were guests of Bey House for their overnight stay while in Veliko Tarnovo.

In the coming months, the Sofia office market will see even more relocations of tenants to new buildings for various reasons: tenants wanting a “fresh” new office; tenants relocating because their existing headline rents will become higher than the asking rents of new buildings on the market (due to indexation); and tenants consolidating their office space in one place. 

This is one of the takeaways from the H1 2022 market report of the Sofia market by Avison Young, a global real estate advisor.

When talking about successful women in Bulgarian business, Dobromira Manasieva deserves special attention with her ability to succeed in a diversity of fields.

Together with the Jacobs University Bremen SIT presents a number of Bachelor and Master programs in Bulgaria, available at their Swiss and German campuses. Meanwhile „SIT Programming School“, the schoolchildren educational program by SIT, will start in Bulgaria this autumn. 

New Bachelor and Master programs in the field of Computer sciences

Acronis, the global leader in cyber protection, has released its annual Cyber Protection Week Global Report 2022 timed to this year’s World Backup Day.

Coherent Solutions Bulgaria is part of the US corporation Coherent Solutions, a world leader in the IT sector, offering a wide range of services such as custom software, mobile app and web development, data and analytics, quality assurance. What makes the company so special is the belief that people matter and deserve the chance to grow and develop their talents. Guided by this philosophy Coherent Solutions has built a unique team of professionals passionate about what they do.

Damyana Lazarova is one of the founding Partners at the leading Bulgarian law firm CasePro and also the Head of Legal for the European division of the fastest-growing worldwide POS company – SumUp. Damyana has been a practicing lawyer for the past 18 years and through her excellence and experience has been ranked amongst the leading Corporate and M&A lawyers by the prestigious international edition "Legal 500".

For Boryana Gerasimova, founder of Re:Gena, innovation makes sense when it brings positive, sustainable change over time. This is exactly the kind of change she is fighting for in the biotechnology field, where she has been working professionally for ten years now. Her mission is to help people in Bulgaria take timely, proactive, and adequate measures for their health, taking into account the particularities of their genome.

More than 16,000 babies have taken their first breath at Nadezhda Hospital under the delicate care of dedicated specialists. The hospital specialises in women's and reproductive health but strives to offer patients comprehensive health care under one roof. Dr Anelia Racheva has been a part of Nadezhda Hospital since the very start and now is still putting her whole heart into the mission to give patients hope.

Dr Racheva, what has changed since the establishment of the hospital?

When Hitachi Solutions, a global consultancy company for implementation of Microsoft-based business applications, opened an IT centre in Sofia in September 2019, no-one was aware that a pandemic was coming. But under the skilful management of Adriana Tsankova, manager of Hitachi Solutions for Bulgaria, the local team grew rapidly and became a byword for quality work. Adriana Tsankova has 11 years of professional experience abroad; almost 7 of those are in Hitachi. Today she is still interested in working in the company and still believes in its mission and values.

The management of human resources is not limited to the recruitment and hiring of people. For Dobromira Manasieva HR is about finding solutions through which businesses meet their goals, employees feel engaged at work, and customers are satisfied.

Drinking beer is a pleasure, but brewing it can be a challenge, especially when you have a mission. Carlsberg Bulgaria (www.carlsbergbulgaria.bg), part of Carlsberg Group, takes beer to the next level, not only for the success of its outstanding brands but also for their added value. Aneta Slancheva, Legal and Compliance Manager at the company, talks about ethics, sustainability, and social responsibility as part of the pursuit of perfection. 

Today Bulgaria is known as a leader in the information technology field for Southeastern Europe, and the sector is among the key ones to the Bulgarian economy. Back in 2000, the picture looked quite different, good specialists were few and big companies were just entering the market. In such a moment Snezhana Raykinska embarked on a bold venture and founded Bulwork – the first specialised IT recruitment agency in Bulgaria.

Cosmetic products are like food for the skin, and if we want healthy nutrition we should definitely opt for organic and natural ingredients. eLek is a Bulgarian brand that has a mission to turn the healing power of nature’s gifts into a gentle cure for any skin type. The founder, Svetlana Kostova, tells us more about the benefits of organic composition and the power of synergy in authentic cosmetics.

What is the story of e-Lek? How did you start?

Zlatina Ruseva-Savova is the Co-Managing Partner of Dinkov, Maximova, Ruseva-Savova Law Firm. She is also a Co-Founder of Ruseva-Savova & Partners, which is a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington D.C., USA. Zlatina is a highly qualified attorney, admitted to Sofia Bar, having 20 years of extensive experience as a legal advisor of international companies. In her legal practice she has embraced the codes of excellence and "profits based on business ethics".

Have you found yourself in the situation when problems suddenly start to come one after another, turning the everyday into an ordeal, a seemingly endless fight for survival? The truth is that sometimes the only thing that we should do to restore the harmony and happiness in our life is to turn to our subconscious. 

Simonika Deneva is a psychologist, coach, therapist, author, and instructor of a series of personal development courses and trainings. She has created Seberazvitie Centre, which is an innovative part of Bal Care Dental Clinic. 

How did your start your career? 

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.