Less bread, more wine
Sonia Machorska There is still no snow in late January, mid-winter. Temperatures are high for this month of the year. Rarely at night there are minus degrees. It’s like spring. … Read More
European citizens after Brexit
Ahead of the vote on the EU-UK withdrawal agreement on 29 January, we talked to Parliament’s Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt. – One of the aims of the withdrawal agreement is … Read More
British Diplomats at Danube Bridge Vidin-Calafat
Sonya Machorska “Congratulations on your wonderful achievement!” – was the spontaneous reaction of Catherine Barber, Deputy Ambassador in the British Embassy after seeing the bridge over the Danube 28.01.2013. Accompanied … Read More
Izbichen – a rich Danube village
Sonya Machorska A twelve to thirteen thousand Romanian village near the Danube, 170 km from Vidin, in the direction of Beckett. Gasified and tidy. A complete contrast to the villages … Read More
Vienna – ice rink and sun
Sonia Machorska This winter in Vienna may not be snowy, but there is an ice rink in the city center again. Mobile, two floors – the only one in the … Read More
Transport Committee backs deal with EU Ministers
Mobility package: Transport MEPs approve deal on road transport sector reform . A deal between Parliament and Finnish Presidency negotiators on reforming the road transport sector was approved by the … Read More
The Pelicans Hibernate at Danube Bridge Vidin-Calafat
Sonya Machorska For the first and only time, a flock of pink pelicans chose Vidin in the winter of 2013, choosing the partitioned non-navigable section of the river within the … Read More
Protections at the Danube Bridge Vidin-Calafat
Sonya Machorska On that date, in 2012, the erection of the ship’s crash protection elements on the last pillar of the Bridge – PB12, the closest to the Romanian coast. … Read More
Kukeri chase the bad things
Sonya Machorska Kukeri in the village of Djinot, Bulgaria, for another year dancing in the streets to scare the bad forces and to forsake the cold, and for ritual and … Read More
A projectile in the river
Sonya Machorska They say that there was an aura around each person – light in different colors that few people see or see in certain kinds of pictures. About bad … Read More