Viktoria NikolovaThe Stage bar owner | Elitsa IribozovaIt is 5:30 p.m. on Friday and the Stage bar is still empty. Although it is already December, it is unusual to be that cold inside the bar…Dec 12, 2022
Mikayel NavasardyanStan Bachev | The Coffeemaker“In life everyone has a gift, but it’s very hard to find and I think I’ve found it.” — Stan BachevDec 10, 2023
Kaiden MyersThe Restaurateur | Stanislava IvanovaIt was a chilly Thursday afternoon in Blagoevgrad. But, upon entering the corner restaurant, there was an instant warmth as the air filled…Dec 12, 2022Dec 12, 2022
Irina IrićBlagoevgrad’s oldest citizensCan a 20-year-old really understand how it is to be “past one’s prime?”May 4, 2022May 4, 2022
Anna HuzenkoElena Loginova | Icon painter“I am like a pencil in the hands of God,“ says Elena Loginova, showing her “Agony in the Garden” icon.Apr 28, 2022Apr 28, 2022
Viktoria NikolovaThe Stage bar owner | Elitsa IribozovaIt is 5:30 p.m. on Friday and the Stage bar is still empty. Although it is already December, it is unusual to be that cold inside the bar…Dec 12, 2022
Mikayel NavasardyanStan Bachev | The Coffeemaker“In life everyone has a gift, but it’s very hard to find and I think I’ve found it.” — Stan BachevDec 10, 2023
Kaiden MyersThe Restaurateur | Stanislava IvanovaIt was a chilly Thursday afternoon in Blagoevgrad. But, upon entering the corner restaurant, there was an instant warmth as the air filled…Dec 12, 2022
Irina IrićBlagoevgrad’s oldest citizensCan a 20-year-old really understand how it is to be “past one’s prime?”May 4, 2022
Anna HuzenkoElena Loginova | Icon painter“I am like a pencil in the hands of God,“ says Elena Loginova, showing her “Agony in the Garden” icon.Apr 28, 2022
Spencer CollinsSmall Business Owner | Ati DimitrovaA nondescript storefront on Dame Gruev street in Blagoevgrad is a bustling center for the small neighborhood across the river from AUBG…Dec 11, 2021
Anastasiia MozghovainAUBG SDS StoriesThe Graffiti Artist | Kiril Stoilov or WionKiril picks a space on a wall full of graffiti. He is going to paint on top of the old one that was done by another artist. Kiril…Dec 1, 2020
Victoria ApostolovaPETAR KIRLIEVMy name is Petar Kirliev, I have turned 70 years old, I am going towards 71 soon. I was born 1949 in Blagoevgrad.May 10, 2020