November 15th, 2013 - posted in Activities, Future projects, Guest Speakers, News and Events.
RC Sofia International is hosting a lecture by Ivo Indjev on Wednesday, 20 November, 2013 in Kempinski Hotel Zografski Sofia at 19:00.
Lecturer: Ivo Indjev
Topic: “Why is Bulgaria Different that the Other Satellite Countries?”
Place: Kempinski Hotel Zografski Sofia, Vitosha Hall
Date and Time: Wednesday 20 November 2013 at 19:00
Cover Price for Guests: 20 BGN (Includes food and drinks)
The working language of the meeting and the lecture is English.
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November 13th, 2013 - posted in Galleries, Meeting, News and Events.
The members and guests of Rotary Club Sofia International convened today for another regular meeting where they had the opportunity to learn more on the topic of Strategic Planning and Risk Management. The topic was elaborated by our friend and member of our club Mr. Ilian Madjarov who is a specialist at the National Revenue Agency in Bulgaria. He presented the different mechanisms and processes that Strategic Planning involves. At the meeting we also welcomed our dear friend Mr. Petko Kolev, chairperson of the Tangra Tan-Nak-Ra All-Bulgarian Foundation who presented the new calendar of the foundation for the year 2014 and their catalog of publications. The members and guests had the opportunity to order calendars from Mr. Kolev. We also welcomed a Rotary member from RC Burgas, RC Plovdiv Puldin and a former Rotary member from RC Smolyan.
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November 6th, 2013 - posted in Galleries, Meeting, News and Events.
Today Rotary Club Sofia International had its first meeting at the new meeting place – Kempinski Hotel Zografski in Sofia city. The venue provides great opportunities for bigger and much more interesting meetings in terms of locations, equipment, space as well as quality. Also the atmosphere of the fellowships is much more engaged by all members after the conclusion of the formal part of all the meetings. Today we had the opportunity to welcome more than 10 guests, who together with our members witnessed the induction ceremony and congratulated our newest member – Ms. Slavena Savkova. We also enjoyed a wonderful presentation on one of the symbols of Rotary – the Rotary Wheel. The presentation is a research by our dear friend and distinguished Rotarian Dr. Julia Nikolova, PHF.
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October 30th, 2013 - posted in Meeting, News and Events.
Today RC Sofia International held its regular meeting, which was the last meeting in Arte Hotel. From 6 November, 2013, the regular meetings of the club will take place as usual every Wednesday at 19:00 o’clock in the new venue Kempinski Hotel Zografski in Sofia on 100, James Bourcher Boulevard.
At the meeting we had the pleasure to welcome Dr. Atanas Kolaorv form Rotary Club Manama, Bahrain. He briefly introduced himself, and shared with the members and guests of our club the projects that RC Manama is doing and the events they organize to raise money for their initiatives. We also had the pleasure to welcome a transferring Rotarian form RC Roma Sud, Mr. Giuseppe Lepore, who has moved his business to Bulgaria and is now a member of our club.
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The President of our Rotaract Club Sofia International. Mrs. Tsvetanka Grahovska, shared with us more details on the initiative Classical Future, which RC Sofia International will be supporting with 900 BGN from the funds we have collected during our International Food Day. The remaining funds needed for this initiative for support of young and talented musicians will be raised by the Rotaractors themselves.
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RC Sofia International will also support another initiative with the remaining a bit more than 400 BGN form the International Food Day fundraiser, namely eye checks for 200 people in need, and the glasses for 50 of those people. This initiative will be executed together with Angels Foundation and our member and Chairman of Angels Foundation for Stara Zagora.
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October 29th, 2013 - posted in News and Events, Service support.
On 29 October, 2013, the President of RC Sofia International Mr. Michail Sougarev, together with the Member of the Board Mr. Jörg Schenk, accompanied by the Executive Director of German-Bulgarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce Dr. Mitko Vassilev, visited the for Social Rehabilitation and Integration “House of Plays” in Dalbok Dol Village, Municipality Troyan in Bulgaria, where they met with Ms. Rumyana Kraleva, the chairman of “Society for All Association” which manages the Center. There the gentleman had the plasure to meet with the staff of the Center and all the kids residing currently there. Mr. Sougarev and Schenk also presented a Certificate for Donation for two Solar Panels for heating water which are installed on the roof of one of the buildings, granted by RC Sofia International during the 2013 “Wine Love Experience”.
RC Sofia International would like to thank all the sponsors and participants in the 2013 “Wine Love Experience”, thanks to whom this donation was possible. The solar panels installed on the roof of the “House of Plays” are already helping the finances of the Center by decreasing their electricity bill significantly.
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October 23rd, 2013 - posted in Galleries, Meeting, News and Events.
Rotary Club Sofia International met today to announce the results from the highly successful Rotary International Food Day. Thanks to all who supported this initiative and helped us raise a little bit more than 1,300 BGN. he funds raised on the event will go for DONATIONS program of RC Sofia International and more specifically for a project for the support of classical music on a school level, as well as, for free eye checks of people in disadvantaged social standing,s those who need glasses will receive a pair.
The agenda of the club for the next two months till the New Year;s Eve were also discussed and agreed upon on this meeting.
Our member and friend, Mr. Gerd Ruge informed the members and guests gathered for this regular meeting that he had the pleasure to attend a meeting of Rotary Club Amrum, where he was also honored to be a guest-presenter on the topic of Kempinski Hotels’ History.
Hereby the planned Upcoming Events:
– 30 October – Last meeting in ARTE – a presentation by RAC Sofia International;
– 6 November – First meeting in KEMPINSKI – new member acceptance and a presentation by Dr. Julia Nikolova, PHF;
– 13 November – TBC, Presentation by H.E. M. Jamshaid Iftikhar, Ambassador of Pakistan;
– 20 November – TBC, Presentation by Ivo Indjev;
– 23 November – Team Building of the clubs from Sofia International Family in Meridian 22 School, more details soon;
– 27 November – TBC, Presentation by the writer Georgi Velev;
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October 19th, 2013 - posted in Activities, D2482, Galleries, News and Events, Rotaract, Theme evenings, Video.
Rotary Club Sofia International successfully carried out its 2nd Rotary International Food Day hosted by Kempinski Hotel Zografsky Sofia. The event was supported by a massive number of sponsors and welcomed many guests. The food for the event was provided by 15 restaurants among which were:
- American Restaurant Saloon – Wild West Taco and salads,
- Happy Sushi – Japanese cuisine – Sushi ,
- Panorama Restaurant – International cuisine,
- Lozenets – Bulgarian cuisine,
- Captain Cook – Fish food,
- Morski Sviat – Fish food,
- Vi Venda – Meat,
- Coline Toscana – Italian cuisine,
- Cult Gourmet Catering,
- Candy Club – French cuisine,
- L’Instant – French restaurant
The Olympic team of Bulgarian Cooks formed two teams who performed show cooking, the products for this were provided by Kempinski Hotel Zografski Sofia.
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October 16th, 2013 - posted in Galleries, Meeting, News and Events.
Rotary Club Sofia International today welcomed 4 new members in the club and the Rotary family. The new members of RC Sofia International are Ms. Elena Ivanova, Ms. Krasimira Marcheva, Ms. Slavena Savkova and Mr. Jørgen Atke. After the solemn event, the meeting continued with update on the charity initiatives on the Club’s agenda.
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After a week of voting it was decided that the club will move its regular meetings to a new location as of 6 November 2013. The new location of the club will be Kempinski Hotel Zografski in Sofia. The meetings will take place as usual on Wednesdays, starting at 19:00 o’clock.
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The Christmas Celebration of the club will be on 11 December, 2013.
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October 9th, 2013 - posted in Galleries, Meeting, News and Events.
Rotary Club Sofia International today had its 7th meeting for the Rotarian year 2013-2014. The meeting was attended by most of the members of the club and by many guests. Prior to the meeting the Board of the the club had a meeting to discuss and agree upon several important matters. At this meeting it was decided to give a green light for acceptance of four regular guests who have submitted an application for membership to the club. Additionally the venue of the regular meetings was discussed and a decision of the board reached, which was later put up for voting amongst the members of the club. During the regular meeting the preparations for the International Food Day and the change of venue prevailed the discussion.
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September 17th, 2013 - posted in Galleries, News and Events, Visits to clubs.
Rotary Club Sofia International member Mr. Jorg Schenk visited the Rotary Club of San Francisco during his visit of North America. The meeting took place at the Sir Francis Drake hotel and was attended by about 35 people. The guests had the opportunity to listen to a quite interesting lecture of author and family mediator Emily Bouchard, followed by a lively discussion. Mr. Schenk took the chance to give the president of the club, Mrs. Cecile Chiquette, the warmest regards of our club, informing her and some other, quite interested and open-minded members of the club about RC Sofia International, our work and further aims. Beside this there were a lot of questions to be answered concerning the actual political and social situation in Bulgaria. The meeting was a real pleasure for both sides.
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