As part of Project #INTEGRA - Integration of Third-country Nationals Through Urban Partnerships, the Croatian partner Center for Peace, nonviolence and human rights is running an online campaign, part of which includes information about immigrants and their contributions to their new countries. In July they presented online the story of Levi Strauss. Levi Strauss, the inventor of the quintessential American garment, was born in Buttenheim, Bavaria, on February 26, 1829. He had three older brothers and three older sisters. Two years after his father succumbed to tuberculosis in 1846, Levi and his sisters emigrated to New York, where they were…

On July 17, as a part of project Integra, Centre for Peace, nonviolence and human rights has presented an comparison of the Croatian and Syrian highest mountain tops online. The highest mountain top in Croatia is located on mountain Dinara. Dinara is one of the most interesting Croatian mountains. Its several-hundred-meter-high southwestern cliff is truly impressive and lures all those who observe it from the foot. Particularly beautiful are its rich flower grassland and woods. In winter and most of spring, the peaks of Dinara are covered with snow and on grey days, these are entirely hidden by clouds. The…

Sofia Development Association (SDA) hosted on July 5, 2019, a group of 27 young civic activists and media representatives from the Western Balkans who came to a study visit organised by the Bulgarian School of Politics. The Western Balkans activists aim to gain knowledge regarding the EU pre-accession processes and issues to be addressed. Among those issues SDA put in the agenda migration and third country nationals integration. The participants met with the Mayor of Sofia Mrs Yordanka Fandakova to discuss local governance and European regions and cities perspective. Following that the Balkan activists worked with INTEGRA Project team to…

On July 4, 2019 was the third radio broadcast, part of the INTEGRA information campaign. The conversation addressed issues linked to highly-skilled migrants coming to live and work in Sofia. Our guests were Dr. Mona Kaushik, from India, who arrived in Bulgaria for the first time in 1979, when her father was a guest lecturer at Sofia University. Years later she came back, to study. She's a philologist, teaches Indian Culture at Sofia University and the founder of Devam Foundation, Indo-Bulgarian society for arts and culture. Ajay Bhise, also from India, is an AI and deep learning specialist, who came…