June 22, 2009

Sofia, BULGARIA -- Justice 21 - a civil initiative of Breakthrough Christian Center based in Sofia, Bulgaria, together with Legal Aid Foundation, hosted a public discussion at the cultural center "The Red House". The theme was: THE NEW CHANGES IN THE LAW ON FOREIGNERS AND THEIR PRACTICAL APPLICATIONParticipants in the discussion were: Lozan Panov, Chairman of Administrative Court,

Today Jacob called me. It was a great joy to speak with him. There are three topics that we covered and I'll share them with you.Easter weekend outreachJacob and his church hosted a three day festival to celebrate Easter. They set up a stage near the road beside their church. They figure about 7,500 people came out for the festival. That's big news since the country is about 70% Buddhist. Jacob preached

SOFIA, Bulgaria - On Friday, October 31st, Sofia City Court sentenced to 5 years in prison Alexander Ginchev (20, pictured right) from Sofia for his racially motivated attack against Muiwya Kolauale (Mike) from Nigeria on January 20, 2007.This is the first time in history a Bulgaria court sentences a Bulgarian citizen for a racially motivated act of violence.At the time of the attack Ginchev was part

WASHINGTON, D.C -- Belarusian Christian attorneys Sergey Lukanin and Sergey and Dina Shavtchovy took part in the 5th World Meeting of Christian Lawyers «Advocates International», which took place from the 6th to the 12th of October in Washington, DC. Around 1,500 delegates from 150 nations took part in the worldwide gathering aimed at education and equipping Christian legal professionals with practical

by George BakalovOn October 9, 2008 I was officially banned from entering Belarus. Only a few days later the same scenario was repeated with long time Belorussian minister bishop Benjamin Brukh. I had the priviledge of meeting bishop Brukh in 2006 when I visited Belarus for the first time and I can assure everyone he is one very fine person and minister of the Gospel.So what do these deportations mean?

Minsk, BELARUS - The Government of Belarus has banned me from entering their country. On October 10, 2008 I flew to Minsk with three of my associates from Bulgaria on a four day visit. Upon entering Belarus from Vienna at the Minsk airport on a tourist visa, the group was told I will not be allowed in the country.The border police officer informed me in the presence of one of his colleagues and my

Hong-Kong! What a place. This is my first time here and all I can say is that I like it. Hong Kong feels very cosmopolitan and all embracing. It feels as dynamic and fast-pace as New York, but kind like Singapore. Someone may find it weird to talk about a city 'feeling' a certain way, but hey, Jesus 'spoke' to cities, why can't we sense how they 'feel'? Anyhow, Esteban and I have been having a fantastic

Dear friends and supporters,This is the final week of preparation for a very exciting upcoming trip. Only few weeks ago my covenant brother and friend, Esteban Antonio, asked me to join him on a very special trip to Hong-Kong. His invitation brought to my memory the prophetic word I received through apostle John Eckhardt in 1998 about the Lord opening the doors for me to bring blessing to China.

We're in Madrid, Spain and it's awesome to watch what God is doing among the Bulgarian immigrant community. To our knowledge, this is the only real functioning Bulgarian church in Madrid, planted by pastor Yanko Strehin and his wife Vania in2004. They started as a small group of believers seeking fellowship.In 2005, a member of our church in Sofia who moved to Madrid, was instrumental in

"We want the media to hear what's going on behind these walls", says a refugee from the Special Centre for the Temporary Accommodation of Foreigners in Sofia, concerning the disorder and the fire which occurredWednesday, 23rd April, at dinner-time on the 3rd floor of the Special Centre for the Temporary Accommodation of Foreigners (SCTAF) near Sofia, a riot burst out, when several