(Note: It seems that the English page attracts quite a lot of attention, so I promise to put more texts here very soon.)
This is not an English version of my website or blog. However, since I live in England, I thought that it would be appropriate to say a few words in this language.
Initially I designed this site as a Bulgarian political blog and a place where I can upload my Bulgarian articles. It was presented by the Bulgarian press as the first political blog in the country. I am not sure if that is true because the borders between political and any other blogs are quite blurred.
One day I should upload here my articles written in English - in the Independent, the Scotsman, EUObserver, Vagabond, etc. I even have one play in English that I should put here, but I am not sure when exactly I would do that. Maintaining a blog and a site in two languages is too much of a hassle. Here is a note about me that I picked from a website. I know this is a very lazy approach to developing your own site but I will not pretend that I am working day and night on it:
"Julian Popov
Julian Popov is a writer and management and communications consultant. Since moving to the UK in 1994, Julian has worked as an international development adviser specialising in organisational design, strategic communications, training and education on assignments with the European Commission, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, British Know How Fund (now DfID), European Association of Distance Teaching Universities, Open Society Institute and Open University. In 1990 he was appointed as the first Executive Director of the New Bulgarian University. He has served on the Board of Trustees since 1995. From 1985-1990 Julian was an editor of the literature magazine Fakel, specialising in the publication of previously unknown dissident texts by Russian and Soviet authors. He was the director of the Angel Karalijtchev museum of literature.
Julian is a Director and the Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of Friends of Bulgaria, a UK charity that raises funds for Bulgarian children with special needs. He is the Chairman of the Bulgarian School of Politics (training politicians, senior civil servants and NGO leaders from countries in South East Europe) and Chairman of the foundation for creative writing "Elizabeth Kostova". Julian writes a political and social comment column for 'Dnevnik' newspapers and is regularly interviewed on radio and TV. He has published comment articles in the Independent, The Scotsman, EUObserver and other leading papers. He has published two books "English Bulgaria or Switzerland on the Balkans" (2004) and the novel "Island of Mists" (2006). He is a member of the Foreign Press Association in London. Julian lives in London with his wife and two sons. He is a keen skier, mountain climber, sailor and opera goer."
email: jpopov@clara.net
One day I may expand this section, or at least edit it. I also promise to upload here some of my publications in English and probably some extracts from my play Human Shields (it is in English and it is about the war in Iraq). I also have a few chapters of my novel (published in November 2006) translated. For the time being however I would like to concentrate on the Bulgarian section of my site.
