Category Archives: in English

ISOC – Bulgaria supports an European ISOC chapters' statement

ISOC-Bulgaria has co-signed this statement: The Internet Society’s European Coordinating Council against the HADOPI* proposal: an reasoned opposition Brussels, Paris, 5 September 2008 While the “graduated response,” i.e., the possibility that the public authorities will be able to deprive “pirate” … Continue reading →

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Vint Cerf speaks highly of Bulgaria: Future of the Internet

Widely known as “the Father of the Internet”, Dr. Vint Cerf has sent a video message to all the participants at the ccTLD conference in Sofia, Bulgaria last week. I believe the 4-minute talk about the future of the Internet … Continue reading →

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Congratulations: Dessi got married!

My colleague and a very good person, Dessi as of August 29 is Mrs. Greve. She married another colleague and a very good person, George Greve. Dessi is a project coordinator with ISOC-Bulgaria, and has performed to the highest marks … Continue reading →

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Bulgarian News Dissection

Bulgarian Standard daily publishes again a “news”: Sarah Palin agitates from our site, is the headline. According to the newspaper, “the site of the candidate for VP of the Republican Party Sarah Palin is located on a Bulgarian server, and … Continue reading →

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Must Read: For Everyone Driving A Car: A Serious Warning About Your Tyres!

Through Milena, who lives in California, this ABC News report about the dangers of driving with tires*, sold as new, but are actually as old as 6, 8 or in some cases even 12 years old. The British Rubber Manufacturer … Continue reading →

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WARNING: Trojan hiding as a news story about FBI, Facebook

If you have received an email which says: Subject: FBI wants instant access to Facebook FBI wants instant access to Facebook http://FedNewsWorld.com/ DO NOT go to that web site (especially if you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer!), DO NOT download … Continue reading →

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Bulgarian News Dissection

Standard daily reports today: Таксиметров ??офьор в Слънчев бряг е принудил клиент да му плати 100 лв. сметка, запла??вайки го с нож. ??нцидентът е станал около 3 ч. след полунощ пред дискотека “Ориндж” в курорта. Малко преди това таксито било … Continue reading →

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The New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission: This Is How We All Should Be Working!

Have you ever heard about it? If you live in New York City, and have used a cab (taxi) here, you’ve seen their name on the back of the window that separates the driver from the passengers (yes, like in … Continue reading →

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Goran Bregovic and his orchestra make the impossible: New York is theirs again!

Goran Bregovic and his Wedding and Funeral Orchestra made the impossible: two years after their first appearance in the U.S., and in New York’s Lincoln Center (Avery Fisher Hall), they came back only to New York. This time not for … Continue reading →

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Bulgarian, Macedonian PM make Foreign Policy's the World's 10 Youngest Leaders list

The Bulgarian Prime Minister, Sergei Stanishev, has made the World’s 10 Youngest Leaders list of the respected Foreign Affairs Magazine. In the same group are the Russian President Medvedev, and Macedonian PM Gruevski, and others. Sergei Stanishev is born on … Continue reading →

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