Imanuel Marcus

When I came to Bulgaria in 2002, after nearly six years in the United States, absolutely nothing worked reliably. I had lived on the Balkans before, as a war reporter in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia. But in former Yugoslavia things had worked a lot better, even during the shelling and bombing we endured.

It might sound exaggerated, but Nancy Wilson has actually recorded 65 albums. The first one, "Like in Love" was released in 1959. The last one, "Turned to…

So, here we go. The two of us are the only humans in this huge and dark place, but not the only living creatures. A few hundred meters into the cave, the first…

11:56 a.m.: I finally reach Niš, much later than intended. But there is absolutely no traffic. I am the only idiot who takes the road towards Kalotina at this ungodly hour.

During her visit, Chancellor Angela Merkel met Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and called on Macedonia to finally overcome the name dispute. She said she did not want…

By now, Penny Thomas-Smith is just as angry as those who have lived in the village for decades. "Meanwhile the village has no asphalt on most of the streets, my…

The Swiss national from the Canton of Zug probably has the most groundbreaking profession of them all. He is in the process of setting up a large goat farm in the Bulgarian Gabrovo province.

Not only thousands of NASA scientists and astronauts, but also the late President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his determination, and even the Soviet Union,…

It started with "Respect". When some of us were still wearing diapers, in 1967, Aretha Franklin interpreted that song by the late Otis Redding. She changed the lyrics a little, so that they became a declaration of a strong woman who demands "Respect" from her man.