Buy & Sell Bulgaria Insight Newsletter

It has been 1 year, since the Insight Newsletter of Buy & Sell Bulgaria was launched in January 2007. I hope that I have managed to introduce you to interesting events and news from Eurolink Investment Group, its people and property investment trends. If you think that there is more needed to the newsletter or you would like to make a comment or even contribute with your own article, please email lili@buy-sell-bulgaria.com. Wishing you a successful New Year and hope to see you in our offices soon!

Thursday, 20th December, after continuous repairs, financed by Mr. Christopher Violaris, Managing Director of Eurolink Investment Group, opened the church in the village of Konstantinovo, Holy Trinity. The sanctification was carried out by father Ivailo of Konstantinovo and Kiril, Bishop of Varna (on the right in picture above), who blessed everybody, wished us health and advised us to be thankful to God for all we have. The bishop also blessed Anastasia and Stellios (Christopher Violaris’s deceased parents), in whose memory, the repairs and icons were donated. “The church is absolutely fabulous and we would all like to thank Mr. Violaris for his help, without him we wouldn’t have had this sacred place for our people”, said father Ivailo.

A temple, 100 years-old and located in the village of Konstantinovo, was revived
Sea Trud, National Daily paper, 27^th Dec

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Ivka, Bobi & Miro (Deputy Managing Director)

Just before changing the committee, which elects the Employee of the Month (Christopher Violaris and Megi), we have a last nomination by them, and this time we have 2 Employees of the Month for the beginning of the New Year 2008. The most hard-working and dedicated colleagues are Ivka Ivanova and Bobi Dyulgerov, both being members of our Legal Department. Although they recently joined the Eurolink Family, Ivka and Bobi have carried out thorough work, taking their responsibilities at 100%. Congratulation guys and keep up the good work!

Following, Employee of the Month for February 2008, due to be elected by the new Committee – Christopher Violaris and Mira Atanasova.

There are many birthday boys and girls in January. Our great boss Mr. Christopher Violaris, MD of Eurolink Investment Group, Ivka Ivanova (Legal Department), our clients and good friends Jennifer Mikalef, Veronica Sack, Allison Johnson, Martin Lambert, Lisa Preuveneers, Basil Preuveneers, Robert Pender, Monica Yates, Petrakis Petrou, Yiannakis Pericleous, Omiros Kiriakou and Panikos Kadis, have their special day this month. We would like to wish them all Many Happy Returns and the best of luck!

“It is our company policy to celebrate all Great Events!!!”

The International dance group: Yiannis (Cyprus), Minko (Bulgaria) and Richard (UK)

What to say… once again, we had a major explode. The table was loaded with food and drinks, music was playing all night and there were virgin talents on the dance floor. What made us most pleased though was Mr. Christopher Violaris’s speech and his kind words: ‘I want to extend my deepest gratitude and appreciation to all the staff, YOU ARE THE BEST!’

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Since mid December 2007, we have a new colleague who joined the Reception team of Buy & Sell Bulgaria, and her name is Marieta Delcheva. She is currently a student at the Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar” and studies History and Tourism. Marieta will overtake Megi’s responsibilities, while Megi is promoted to the Senior Managements’ Personal Assistant. Congratulations to both of you!

By Christopher Violaris,
C.E.O and Managing Director of Eurolink Investment Group

After a long designing period, changes and additions, we are finally ready to announce to our many friends and investors that this coming Spring we will start the construction of the first Golf Course in the vicinity of the City of Varna, the “Royal Oakwood”! It is a grand design and grand the Golf Course will be!

Others choose to spend millions of euros to get a “Hot Name” to endorse their Golf Courses! We did not. We engaged the services of a highly experienced golf professional, Mr. Graham Coombs who has been involved directly in designing and managing some of the most successful Golf Courses in Europe and America, a Golf Course owner himself. Graham, Terry Murray the architect and Geoff Abraham the constructor, has between them 120 years of golfing and 5 successful Courses. We choose to spend money on building the best Golf Course in Bulgaria and let you judge the quality than spend it to have some “big golfer” tell you what to think. In June 2011 when it will all be ready, we are sure that you will endorse our present statement!

Besides being the only 27 hole Championship Golf Course in Bulgaria, The “Royal Oakwood” will incorporate three restaurants, an Olympic spec swimming pool, and a medical center, a Spa Complex, an Equestrian and Horse Jumping Course. It will be surrounded by super luxury residential complexes, comprising from detached executive villas, bungalows and chalets of 2-3-4 and five bedrooms

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Congratulations to December’s Employee of the Month, Sasho Todorov, IT Assistant. Although a recent and junior member of Eurolink Investment Group, Sasho is a dedicated, hard worker and never hesitates to put in an effort to make the IT department look professional. He has shown an active willingness to gain experience and develop new skills. Congratulations, Sasho, and thanks for all your hard work.

-> Sasho Todorov

There are many birthday boys and girls in December. Our dear colleague Alex Nikolov (Deputy Managing Director), our clients and good friends Steve Redfern, Wendy Sharp, Kevin Murray, Jeff Sparks, Michael Donegan and Christine Barker, have their special day this month. We would like to wish them all Many Happy Returns and the best of luck!

“We turn not older with years but newer every day”

I am happy to inform you that we have now joined the Inflight Magazine of Bulgarian Air and Hemus Air, and you can find us in the December 2007 issue. We have an inside cover and below is the front page. The back page includes an article, by Christopher Violaris, Managing Director of Buy & Sell Bulgaria - Construction of “The Royal Oakwood”, the 1^st 27hole Championship Golf Course, begins in the Spring of 2008! More will come…

Just to let you know of our working hours during the forthcoming Christmas and New Year’s Eve Holidays. Please note that the office will be closed for the periods 24-26 December 2007 and 31 December 2007 - 01 January 2008. Happy Holidays and Season’s Greetings!

As from 01.12.2007 EUROLINK FINANCE Ltd. will offer investment financing only for purchases over 1 000 000 Euro (management approval applies).

Christopher Violaris
MANAGING DIRECTOR
EUROLINK FINANCE LTD.

The bride-to- be and all the girls from Eurolink: Svetlana, Jasmina, Megi, Didi (the hen), Teddy, Lili, Ivka, Nevin, Diana and Mira infront

What a night…we made sure that Didi (Eurolink Finance) will remember her Hen-do forever Teddy arranged that we use a flat of a friend of hers, where there was good equipment for the party, such as a video screen, music systems, dance floor, etc. We had lots to drink, enough to eat and plenty of music, but most of all a BIG SURPRISE. However, I can’t tell, so I’ll leave it to your imagination.

And they lived happily ever after…. CONGRATULATIONS DIDI! TOGETHER YOU LOOK GRRRREAT! WISHING YOU A LOVE-FILLED WEDDING LIFE!!!

Nedyalko Nenkov and Didi Nenkova (previously Vladimirova, Eurolink Finance) arriving at the restaurant, right after the wedding ceremony at St Petka church

Each month, Christopher Violaris and Megi (EOTM committee) put the spotlight on a valued member of the EUROLINK family… and this month it is Teddy Petrova. She joined the Reception team of Buy & Sell Bulgaria in July 2006.

Her duties have ranged from scheduling appointments, giving information to callers, and otherwise relieves officials of clerical work and minor administrative and business detail. With Teddy’s hard work and determination, as well as her outstanding smile, we are proud and happy to have her as a member of our team.

Teddy Petrova

There are many birthday boys and girls in November. Our dear colleagues Todor Baramov (Sales team), Slavi Naidenov (Sales team) and Bobby Dyulgerov (Legal Department), our clients and good friends Steve Flynn, Mark Bradley, Anne Sparks, Alun Copeman, Andrew Childs, Andrew Glover and Susan Guiver, have their special day this month. We would like to wish them all Many Happy Returns and the best of luck!

“We turn not older with years but newer every day”

According to the Wikipedia - an architect is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a building’s construction……architects must frequently make building designs and planning decisions that affect the safety and well being of the general public……as well as occupier.

The picture above was recently posted to me from an independent agent in Varna, who was keen to arrange a viewing appointment. The photo suggests that it has a rather nice compact kitchen design for a small apartment. However I was distressed to discover a precariousness practice of placing electrical main socket outlets, just above the kitchen sink and oven area.

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What to tell you…this was an adventure. It all started when Christopher Violaris called me into his office and assigned Stel Violaris as a Project Manager, and me, Lili, as his right hand and assistant, to organize this charitable concert, which had to launch an ongoing campaign, aiming to persuade the young generation to do good, to become someone with value and make the best out of their life. You may ask, how Christopher Violaris decided to make this gift to the teenagers, well, it is actually very simple. As he says, “You cannot expect only to receive in life, but it is good to give back also, and who is the most rightful one to give to than the young generation, our future and hope”.

The whole organisational process consisted of contacting Agents of popular Bulgarian singers, stage owners, people dealing with video screens, the Municipality, the Mayor of Varna, the Police, Security companies, interviews with the media, TV shows, getting media partners on board, finding a DJ, salsa and kick box clubs, a music quartet, a famous football star and a popular basketball team, a hip-hop ballet, making a video film with the children from “Gavrosh”, the orphanage which we decided to help first. The video was great fun, as we took some of the boys from Gavrosh for football training and some of the girls for a salsa dance lesson. The film also included a visit to the orphanage, where all the children were excited to meet us. We prepared advertising materials, such as a huge stage back drop, posters, flyers, T-shirts, an enormous cheque, donation boxes, etc. We also bought refreshments for some of the orphans to give out during the concert. The idea of using 2 large screens was to play on one of them negative images, such as drug addicts, fights, criminals, children drinking, etc. On the other screen – positive images, such as children playing football and other sports activities, playing a music instrument, studying, singing, acting, drawing, and of course our video. However, I have to mention here, that all ideas were coming from Stel! Yes, Stel, I must admit that you’re good!!!

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Oct 11th, 2007, by Sergey Stoynov, BG Reporter online news

The charity concert launched CHOOSE LIFE on the Saturday afternoon of 06.10.2007. CHOOSE LIFE is a campaign aiming to motivate the young generation to go for sports and dance activities, music, arts and education. Despite the bad weather in the sea capital Varna, more than 200 people gathered at the entrance of the popular Sea Garden, nearby the Festival and Congress Centre.

Minutes before the concert began

The most famous Bulgarian rap singer from Varna, Misho Shamara, appeared at the announced starting time of the concert. The one and only aim of the event was to give a chance to the young disadvantaged children and mainly, to collect donations for an orphanage in Varna, called GAVROSH.

Not even half an hour passed by when the spectators applauded the demonstrations of young hip-hop and rap groups, accompanied by the sound played by the famous international DJ Swed Lu. Well-known football and basketball players, as well as active citizens, part of the modern society stood out on the stage and summoned everyone to make a common cause, to give whatever we all can to the children at Gavrosh, and fill the transparent donations boxes on both sides of the platform. All the Gavroshes were wearing T-shirts, specially made by Eurolink for the campaign, and were handing out to the crowd soft drinks, snacks and T-shirts, under the ongoing sound coming from the stage.

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And the best employee of October is……. Didi Georgieva (Business Development Manager). She is with Eurolink Investment Group since January and is responsible for organizing and managing the Company’s operations in and around Varna and head our Department relevant to this sector at our Head Branch.

Congratulations Didi and thank you for your hard work!

Didi Georgieva (on the right)

Minutes before the charity concert and the launch of the initiative “Izberi Zhivot” (Choose Life), the candidate for Mayor of Varna for 3rd mandate and later on elected, Kiril Yordanov, appeared on the stage at the entrance of the Sea Garden in Varna, and announced that he will give to the children at “Gavrosh”, as a present, 10 bicycles.

“I am here to personally thank Mr. Christopher Violaris (Managing Director of Eurolink Investment Group, organizer of the event) for his constant and varied charity and to summon you young people to active sport activities”. With these words, Kiril Yordanov spoke to the numerous young spectators and added, that the sport base of Varna is available and at their disposal all year round and free of charge. “Think for your future and put your best foot forward, we are right beside you”, said Mr. Yordanov, who came on a bike.

The concert “Izberi Zhivot” aims to help the children and social workers in “Gavrosh”, therefore, on both sides of the stage there were donation boxes and children from the orphanage were giving out soft drinks and snacks, as well as specially made T-shirts, provided by the organizers. MC of the concert was Misho Shamara (popular hip-hop and rap performer), and during the concert other performers also tool part, as Maria Ilieva and Grapha (other very popular singers in Bulgaria).

Dnes+, online news
06.10.2007, 19:24