Webinar on Fulbright Grants for Graduate Students in the STEM fields
Fulbright ED Angela Rodel and Program Officer Maria Kostova will host an information session for Bulgarian citizens who want to obtain an MA or PhD degree in the STEM fields in the US. They will outline the Fulbright academi...
Webinar Fulbright Grants for Bulgarian Scholars
The Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission is pleased to invite Bulgarian scholars to a webinar on AY 2022-23 Fulbright grant opportunities for research and lecturing in the US. You are welcome to register for our presentati...
Fulbright Media Literacy Awards for Secondary and High-school Teachers
The Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission and the US Embassy in Bulgaria are pleased to announce the competition for Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Media Literacy Awards. The Fulbright Teaching Excellence an...
Clever, Kind, Tricky and Sly: A Bulgarian Folktale Sampler
On December 12, 2020, the Fulbright Bulgaria community gathered for a fun Zoom performance of storyteller Priscilla Howe’s favorite family-friendly Bulgarian folktales, from the trickster tales of Clever Peter and Kuma...
Webinar: Fulbright Bulgaria Grants for Law Students (LLM)
On December 16 at 6 PM, Fulbright Bulgaria will be hosting a webinar for lawyers and law students interested in applying for an LLM (Master of Law degree) at a US university in academic year 2022-23. Fulbright Executive Direc...
Webinar on Fulbright Grants for Bulgarian Students (MA and PhD)
Learn about opportunities to earn your MA or PhD in the United States through the Fulbright program! The competition for academic year 2022-23 is to open, with a deadline of May 21, 2021. Executive Director Angela Rodel and P...
Eric Halsey Joins Fulbright Bulgaria Commission Board
We are happy to welcome Fulbright alumnus Eric Halsey as the newest member of the Board of the Bulgarian Fulbright Commission. Eric is the host of the Bulgarian History Podcast and the managing director of The Halsey Company,...
Cybersecurity in universities – Study visits to the US
Fulbright Poland together with Fulbright Commissions based in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovak Republic invites you to apply for cybersecurity study visits in the US. A visit in a hybrid format, designed...
Bulgarian Fulbright Nominees for AY 2021-22
We are glad to announce that the Bulgarian Fulbright nominees for AY 2021-22 have been approved by the Fulbright Commission Board. Congratulations to all successful applicants! Graduate Study Grants: Principals Dimo Grozde...
Pravets Film Festival
The second edition of the Pravets Film Festival took place in Chitalishte Zarya on June 12, 2020, showcasing 10 short movies made by Bulgarian high school students from all over the country. Creator of the event is Shauna Ric...
Wrap Up Meeting for US Grantees
In the eve of May 24, the Day of Slavonic alphabet, Bulgarian enlightenment and culture, Fulbright Bulgaria had the pleasure to host an online closing seminar for US Fulbright cohort 2019-2020, mentor teachers, principals, an...
Retired Equipment Lives On
This month the Bulgarian Fulbright Commission took part in an exciting initiative by the Center for Interethnic Dialogue and Tolerance, AMALIPE. Amalipe is a leading Roma organization, working for the equal integration of Rom...
EU-NATO Seminar
The 2020 Fulbright Seminar on the European Union and NATO, organized by the Fulbright Commission in Brussels, was held on 4 – 8 February 2020. In its thirty-eighth year, the seminar brought together participants from over...
Thank you, US cohort 2019!
Due to the dynamic COVID-19 situation, the US State Department has recommended the evacuation of US Fulbright grantees worldwide. Fulbright Bulgaria wishes to thank our amazing AY2019-2020 cohort of scholars, student research...
Fulbright-Thanks to Scandinavia 2020 Awards
It is a real pleasure to introduce the 2020 Fulbright-Thanks to Scandinavia award recipients: Murad Kasim, who is to pursue a business degree with a focus on IT entrepreneurship, and Tsvetelina Bayraktarova, a young law profe...
Fulbright Open Lectures 2020
For a fifth year on end the Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission held its annual Open Lectures, highlighting the breadth and depth of knowledge and talent of Bulgarian and US Fulbright alumni. Returnees from the Bulgarian...
100 Days in Bulgaria
On January 16-18, the Fulbright Commission conducted its annual midyear conference for American grantees, “100 Days in Bulgaria”. The meeting gathered 32 English teaching assistants, 6 student-researchers, and 3 scholars,...
ETA Seminar on Media Literacy
The second annual ETA seminar on Media Literacy hosted by the Bulgarian Fulbright Commission took place on Nov 7-10, 2019, in Sofia. The seminar gathered thirty-one Fulbright English Teaching Assistants from Bulgaria, thirtee...
The First Legal Incubator in Bulgaria
The first legal incubator in Bulgaria was formally launched on Friday, December 6. The basic concept of the incubator is simple: lawyers who want to serve low-income people often need help getting community-based practices up...
Fulbright International Seminar “Strategies for Strengthening Democracy”
“Strategies for Strengthening Democracy: 30 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall” was the topic of the Fulbright International Seminar that took place in Sofia, Sept. 24-30. It was sponsored by the State Depart...
Orientation for US Fulbrighters
On Sep 1-10 the new cohort of American Fulbrighters received their in-country Orientation in Sofia. 32 English teaching assistants (6 of whom – staying in Bulgaria for a second year), 2 scholars and 5 student researchers sp...
Strategies for Strengthening Democracy: 30 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Call for applications.
Strategies for Strengthening Democracy: 30 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall The Bulgarian Fulbright Commission is pleased to invite PhD, MA, BA students (juniors or seniors) and civic activists to apply for participati...
Yale University’s all-senior a cappella group performed in Plovdiv
On the evening of July 8, 2019, Plovdiv natives and tourists enjoyed an American a cappella performance by Yale University’s Whim ‘n Rhythm ensemble. The full-house crowd at the Roman Stadium in the city center heard orig...
Fulbright Wrap Up Seminar 2018 – 2019
Just like a good beginning, a good ending should also be celebrated. This is what US Fulbright grantees and their Bulgarian colleagues did in Burgas on June 7 and 8. This year’s edition of our annual Wrap up Seminar gathere...
Celebrating Spring through Volunteering
The arrival of Spring in Sofia was marked by several activities for Bulgarian and US Fulbright grantees and alumni. On April 12, we welcomed two Bulgarian Fulbright alumni, who organized workshops to share their success stori...
Distinguished Journalism Professor Miranda Spivack Visited Bulgaria
On February 14-17, we had the privilege to welcome to Bulgaria Miranda Spivack, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Journalism at DePauw University, under the Fulbright inter-country travel grant. A veteran and award-winning...
Fulbright Diversity Workshop in Sofia
On February 1-2 the Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission and the German Fulbright Commission hosted the second European Fulbright Diversity Workshop, this time – in Sofia. The European Fulbright Diversity Initiative...
100 Days in Bulgaria
On January 25, 2019, American Fulbrighters met in Sofia for their mid-year conference, “One Hundred Days in Bulgaria”. 3 scholars, 4 student researchers and 32 English teaching assistants came together to share their ex...
Celebrating the 25th Fulbright Commission Anniversary in the US
On December 7, 2018, the Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission for Educational Exchange once again celebrated its 25th anniversary – this time in the US at the Bulgarian Embassy in Washington, DC, thanks to our generous h...
Representatives of the Bulgarian-American Commission for the Preservation of Bulgaria’s Cultural Heritage participated in an international advanced masterclass in Plovdiv
In December Ivan Vassilev, Chair of the Bilateral Bulgarian-American Commission for the Preservation of Bulgaria’s Cultural Heritage and Todor Petev, member of the Commission, participated in the international advanced mast...
Fulbright Media Literacy Awards for Secondary and High-school Teachers
The Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission and the US Embassy in Bulgaria are pleased to announce the competition for Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Media Literacy Awards. The Fulbright Teaching Excellence...
Shocking! Swarms of Foreigners Storm Sofia, Shut Down Traffic, Dance on Government’s Dime
Did you fall for that clickbait headline? If so, you should have joined the Fulbright English Teaching Assistants’ Media Literacy Seminar in Sofia from November 1-4, 2018. OK, so those “foreigners” were American English...
4th Fulbright Open Lectures
The Fulbright Commission celebrated the Day of Bulgarian Enlighteners with our annual Fulbright Open Lectures (4th edition). This year, once again, we were impressed by the scope and variety of academic knowledge, demonstrate...
25th Anniversary Fulbright Conference Lectures
2018 was the year when the Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission celebrated its 25th anniversary. One of the highlights was the convention of leading Bulgarian scholars, both alumni and friends of the Fulbright Commission,...
Fulbright Orientation in Sofia
The in-country orientation training for new American Fulbrighters to Bulgaria took place on Sep 1-10 in Sofia, gathering thirty Fulbright| America for Bulgaria Foundation English teaching assistants, two corporate-sponsored E...
Pre-departure Orientation for Bulgarian Fulbright Grantees, AY 2018-19, June 29, 2018
On June 29, 2018 the Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission held a one-day pre-departure orientation for the Bulgarian Fulbright grantees who will study, teach and live in the U.S. in academic year 2018 -19. For a second y...
Fulbright Wrap Up Seminar 2018
The 2018 edition of the Fulbright Wrap up Seminar for U.S. Grantees took place on June 8 and 9 in Burgas. Around 100 participants joined the event – American Fulbright scholars and researchers, Fulbright-America for Bul...
Preparing Global Leaders Forum (PGLF) in Bulgaria
Application is now open for the Preparing Global Leaders Forum (PGLF) that will take place from 12th to 19th August on the premises of the American University in Bulgaria (AUBG) in the city of Blagoevgrad. The program for you...
Celebrating the 25th Fulbright Commission Anniversary
On April 13 the Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission marked its 25th anniversary with an academic conference “The Shape of Thing to Come: the Post-Human World in the Post-Truth Era”, followed by a Gala celebration. The...
64th Annual Fulbright Seminar in Berlin
In March 2018 the German-American Fulbright Commission held its 64th annual seminar for Fulbright grantees in Berlin. Under the theme “The Times They Are a-Changin’” (Bob Dylan), the seminar traditionally gather...
CAO Matt Hagengruber Visits Panagyurishte
On March 27, 2018, Matthew Hagengruber, Cultural Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Sofia, visited the Professional School of Industrial Technologies, Management and Tourism in the city of Panagyurishte, where a unique pa...
Ballet Expert Paula Weber in Sofia, March 26 – April 9
The highly talented and experienced ballet expert, Ms. Paula Weber is the most recent Fulbright Specialist who will share her expertise with Bulgarian dancers. She will be in Sofia from March 26 to April 9. In the first week...
Empathy Is Something Every Child Should Learn
Emily Paxson is 1 of 8 Fulbright| America for Bulgaria Foundation English Teaching Assistants awarded the opportunity to teach in Bulgaria for a second year in academic 2017-2018. Her previous international experience include...
Fulbright – Thanks to Scandinavia Award Ceremony
On January 26, during the official ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dedicated to the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the US Ambassador Mr. Eric Rubin announced the two recipients of the 2018-19 Fulbright...
PMP® Exam Preparation successful again – Irena Bozadjieva PMP®
The Fulbright Commission Project Management program is proud to announce that its newly graduated alumna Irena Bozadjieva has recently received the prestigious title of Project Management Professional / PMP® on her first try...
100 Days in Bulgaria
On December 15 the Fulbright Commission held its annual “One Hundred Days in Bulgaria” midterm conference for American Fulbright grantees. Participants were greeted by Commission’s Executive Director Angela Rodel, Natal...
BEST Tournament in Sliven
On December 9 and 10, the BEST Foundation hosted its second tournament of the 2017-2018 school year in Sliven. 290 high school students attended the English-language speech and debate event at Zaharii Stoyanov Foreign Languag...
Lectures on the History of the Jewish Community in Bulgaria
On December 7 the Organization of Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” welcomed Fulbright students and alumni at the Sofia Synagogue for the 1st lecture on the History of the Jewish Community in Bulgaria. The lecture was a part of t...
Presentation of the volume “Our Americas 2. The USA as a metaphor of modernity. Bulgarian-American reflections, 20-21 c.”
On November 27 the Institute for Literature at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Fulbright Commission presented the volume “Our Americas 2. The USA as a metaphor of modernity. Bulgarian-American reflections, 20-21 c...
Fulbright Open Lectures 2017
On October 30, in the wake of the national celebration of Bulgarian Enlighteners, The Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission held the third annual Open Lectures. This interdisciplinary format is aimed at popularizing the aca...
PMP®/CAPM® Exam Preparation successful again – Stefan Gospodinov PMP®
The Fulbright Commission Project Management program is proud to announce that its newly graduated alumnus Stefan Gospodinov has recently received the prestigious title of Project Management Professional / PMP®. Many thanks t...
Fulbrighters Run Marathon Sofia
Five Fulbright English Teaching Assistants – Mirenda Gwin (Burgas), Erica Boden (Silistra), Hannah Combe (Sofia), Isabella Carey (Ruse) and Aaron Ross (Panagyurishte), and one Fulbright researcher, Kristina Frye (Sofia), pa...
ETA Orientation in Sofia
On Sep 10, 2017, thirty-one Fulbright| America for Bulgaria Foundation English Teaching Assistants, five Fulbright student researchers and two corporate-sponsored Fulbright English Teaching Assistants completed their 10-day i...
2018-19 Fulbright Competition Nominees announced
Here are the results of the 2018-19 Fulbright Grants Competition. Congratulations to the nominees! Nominations for Bulgarian Fulbright Grants 2018-19 Visiting Scholars Principals: 1. Todor Tanev – Public Policy 2. Georgeta...
The Opportunities and Challenges of Migration: The 2017 Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminar in Bulgaria
In July 2017, sixteen American high schools teachers who teach subjects ranging from history to civics to special education to literature spent a month in Bulgaria as part of the Fulbright Hays Summer Seminar “Bulgaria in t...
Fulbright PMP Exam Preparation Success Continues – Reni Grigorova PMP®, Dimitar Ruev PMP®
The Fulbright Commission Project Management Program is proud to announce its newly graduated alumni Reni Grigorova PMP® and Dimitar Ruev PMP®, who have received the title of Project Management Professional at their first at...
US Fulbright Specialist visits Ballet Academy Marian
In August 2017, Fulbright Specialist Danita Emma joined Marian’s Ballet School as a teacher and mentor for the young talents who participated in this year’s edition of the Academy. Ballet Academy Marian is a two-week summ...
Meet ETA Alumna Morgan Murphy
Morgan Murphy was a Fulbright| America for Bulgaria Foundation English Teaching Assistant at the Foreign Language School in Pleven for two consecutive years, 2013 and 2014. Her interest in public policy and human rights took...
Fulbright Project Management at Sofia Tech Park
The cooperation between the Fulbright Commission and Sofia Tech Park has been complemented by a productive training session presented by Krzysztof Filipiuk, PMP®. The Analyzing Project Success and Failure – a Tool for Buil...
Pre-departure orientation for Bulgarian Fulbright Grantees, AY 2017-18
On JUNE 23 The Bulgarian Fulbright Commission held a pre-departure orientation for Bulgarian Fulbright scholars, students and professionals in AY 2017-18. Nine Visiting scholars (a record number for this discipline), five gra...
Guest Lectures of Fulbright Scholar Kenny Fries in Sofia
On June 1 and 2, the Bulgarian-American Commission for Educational Exchange in cooperation with Sofia University and Shalom Bulgaria had the pleasure to host US Fulbright Scholar Kenny Fries, who is an American memoirist and...
Fulbright Wrap Up Seminar
The annual Fulbright Wrap up Seminar for U.S. Grantees took place on June 8-11, 2017 in Burgas. Around 100 American Fulbright scholars, researchers and English teaching assistants, ETA mentor teachers, school principals, alum...
New Corporate Sponsorship
After the exceptional success of the first corporate sponsorship between the Fulbright Commission in Bulgaria and the American company ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 TPP in the town of Galabovo, we are excited to announce anoth...
Fulbright Volunteer Day
On April 28, a group of 20 US Fulbright grantees, two Program Officers and the Executive Director of the Bulgarian Fulbright Commission, joined efforts to help digging and cleaning the archaeological site of one of the most r...
Fulbright Project Management Success Story – Julius Tenev PMP®
The Fulbright Commission Project Management program is proud to present its graduate Julius Tenev who has just received the prestigious title of Project Management Professional at his first attempt. Having completed the Fulbr...
BEST Foundation National Speech and Debate Tournament in Varna, April 21-23, 2017
On 21-23 April, the BEST Foundation hosted its sixth and final tournament of the 2016-2017 school year in Varna. 336 high school students attended the English-language speech and debate event at the Technical University of Va...
Opportunity Funds-Bulgaria Training
The Fulbright Commission and EducationUSA launched the U.S. State Department-funded Opportunity Funds program in Bulgaria in February 2016. The program provides financial resources to highly qualified, yet economically challe...
BEST Tournament in Burgas
On 12 &13 March, the BEST Foundation hosted its fourth regional tournament of the 2016-2017 school year in Burgas. 314 student competitors from 31 high schools across the country attended the English-language speech and d...
Fulbright and Thanks to Scandinavia Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Joint Grant
On March 9, at an event hosted by HE US Ambassador to Bulgaria Eric Rubin, the Bulgarian Fulbright Commission celebrated ten years of partnership with Shalom Bulgaria and the Thanks to Scandinavia Scholarship Fund. The Thank...
The Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission and Sofia Tech Park JSC signed a Memorandum of Understanding in the Spheres of Science, Education and Exchange of Knowledge
The Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission and Sofia Tech Park signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation in the spheres of science, education, exchange of knowledge and realization of joint projects. The documen...
BEST Tournament in Pazardzhik
On 11 & 12 February, the BEST Foundation held its first tournament of 2017 in Pazardzhik. Two hundred seventy one high school students attended the English-language speech and debate event at Bertolt Brecht Language Schoo...
Meet Reid Furubayashi, a Fulbright/ America for Bulgaria ETA
Reid Furubayashi is one of 32 Fulbright/ America for Bulgaria Foundation English Teaching Assistants in Bulgaria. After spending a year at Petar Bogdan Foreign Language School in Montana, Reid was one of five ETAs selected to...
Orientation for US Scholars
On February 3, The Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission organized a one-day orientation program for US scholars arriving for the spring semester of AY 2016/2017. The new cohort of Fulbright scholars was greeted by Angela R...
100 DAYS IN BULGARIA
The midterm conference for U.S. Fulbright grantees, One Hundred Days in Bulgaria, took place at the Central Park Hotel in Sofia on December 16. One scholar, four researchers and thirty-two English teaching assistants gather...
US and Bulgarian Museum Experts Explore the Future of Presenting the Past at Sofia Conference
Bulgaria has a rich and varied cultural heritage, ranging from prehistoric pottery to Thracian gold treasures to folk art to contemporary paintings. How do Bulgarian museums present this heritage? What new techniques and tech...
Fulbright Open Lectures
On November 4th the Fulbright Commission held the “Fulbright Open Lectures” event for a second consecutive year. This interdisciplinary format is aimed at popularizing the academic and cultural impact of the Fulbright Pro...
A Day of Fun in Panagyurishte
Children from three state centers for family type accommodation had a chance to meet in Panagyurishte on Monday, November 7, for a day of football, singing and culture. Upon arrival in town, the younger children from the Teo...
Orientation for US Scholars and Students
On October 3, The Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission organized a one-day orientation program for US scholar and student grantees arriving for the winter semester of AY 2016/2017. The new cohort of Fulbright scholars and...
Fulbright Bulgaria Participate in College Day UK
On September 23-24 the Fulbright Program Officer for Bulgarian Grantees Maria Kostova took part as a volunteer in the largest European exhibition for US higher education, College Day UK, organized by the UK Fulbright Commissi...
Official Opening of the Commission’s New Office
On September 27th the Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission for Educational Exchange held a ceremony for the official opening of its new office on Vitosha Boulevard in Sofia. Ambassador Eric Rubin took part in the ceremony...
Training for EducationUSA Opportunity Funds Students
The third one-week module of Phase I of the Opportunity Funds-Bulgaria program took place at the National Training and Logistics Center of the Bulgarian Red Cross in the village of Lozen near Sofia on September 4-10. The modu...
First Day of School
Thirty-two Fulbright/ America for Bulgaria English Teaching Assistants are starting their school year in Bulgaria today alongside their Bulgarian colleagues. The young teachers have just completed rigorous 10-day orientation...
Fulbright Award’s Name Change
We are thrilled to announce that with the approval of the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship award is officially changing its name to “Fulbright/ America for Bulgaria Foundation...
Pre-departure orientation for Bulgarian Fulbright Grantees, AY 2016-17
On JUNE 17 The Bulgarian Fulbright Commission held a pre-departure orientation for Bulgarian Fulbright scholars, students and professionals in AY 2016-17. Five Visiting scholars, seven graduate students, 2 visiting res...
Bulgarian Fulbright Nominees for AY 2017-18
At the beginning of July the Bulgarian nominees for the AY 2017-18 Fulbright awards were announced. After months of contested competition, the Fulbright Commission Board of Directors approved the following nominations* Schola...
ED Angela Rodel at the 2016 European Fulbright Conference
From June 19-23, 2016, Bulgarian Fulbright ED Angela Rodel attended and presented at the international conference “Crossing Borders for Global Partnerships: 2016 European Fulbright Conference,” which brought together Fulb...
Fulbright Bulgaria Sponsors 10th BAS-BSA Conference
The Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission was proud to be a sponsor of “Beyond the Borders,” the 10th Joint Meeting of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the US-based Bulgarian Studies Association. The meeting was he...
Wrap-Up Seminar for U.S. Fulbright Grantees
The Wrap-Up Seminar, organized to honor the work and achievements of AY 2015-2016 U.S. Fulbright grantees in Bulgaria, took place on June 10 and 11 in the beautiful city of Burgas. Five Fulbright scholars, two graduate studen...
Fulbright Scholar Ron Harvey visits Montana
Fulbright Scholar, community psychologist, and graduate of the various improv schools in Chicago (and occasional performer) Ronald Harvey held an improv comedy workshop with 19 students at Foreign Language High School “...
Soccer Workshop for Children
On Sunday, May 15, the Fulbright ETA in Stara Zagora, Molly O’Keefe, held a soccer workshop for children from the Teofano Popova Orphanage. An avid soccer player since childhood and member of the women’s Beroe team, Molly...
BEST Foundation’s National Tournament 2016
On 22-24 April 2016, over 400 students, coaches, judges, and volunteers gathered at Thomas Jefferson Second English Language School, Petko Todorov 126th Primary School and Sofia University for the 2016 BEST National Tournamen...
2016 Fulbright Berlin Seminar
Seven Fulbright English Teaching Assistants represented Bulgaria at the 62nd annual seminar organized by the German Fulbright Commission on March 20-24, 2016. Over 300 American Fulbrighters from 20 countries in Europe got tog...
Fulbright Commission and Education USA Launch Opportunity Funds Program in Bulgaria
The EducationUSA Opportunity Funds program assists highly qualified yet economically challenged students who are likely to be awarded full financial aid from U.S. colleges and universities. Opportunity Funds provides financia...
Marking Fulbright and SIPA’s 70th Anniversary with a Discussion of Europe’s Migrant Crisis
On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 the Bulgarian Fulbright Commission in partnership with Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) marked both institutions’ 70th anniversary with a public discussi...
BEST Tournament in Pernik
The 6th regional and last for this school year BEST English speech and debate tournament took place on Mar 5-6 at the “Simeon Radev” Foreign Language School in Pernik. With around 160 students from the North-West region a...
Presentation of Fulbright Opportunities in Blagoevgrad and Stara Zagora
The Fulbright opportunities informational campaign continues! At the end of February the Executive Director Ms. Angela Rodel and the Program Officer Maria Kostova visited the South Western University in Blagoevgrad, the Ameri...
BEST Tournament in Pazardzhik
On 13-14 February, the Bulgarian English Speech and Debate Tournaments Foundation (BEST) held its first spring regional tournament of 2016 in Pazardzhik. Over 100 students gathered at Bertolt Brecht Language High School for t...
Orientation for US Fulbright Scholars
A one-day orientation session for newly arrived US Scholars was held at the Fulbright Commission office on February 3rd. Participating in the orientation were Angela Rodel, Executive Director of the Bulgarian Fulbright Commis...
ETA Midterm Meeting Videos
For our “100 Days in Bulgaria” meeting this year, we asked our Fulbright English Teaching Assistants to share their experiences using short videos instead of PowerPoint presentations. Click here to enjoy some of...
Midterm Meeting for U.S. Fulbright Grantees
On December 11 the Fulbright Commission conducted its annual midterm meeting for American grantees, “One Hundred Days in Bulgaria”. Four graduate student researchers, twenty-nine English Teaching Assistants, Fulbright sta...
