The America for Bulgaria Foundation is pleased to announce the funding of the American Corner Library Project and the Institute for Studies of the Recent Past, its first two grants.

The American Corner Library is located at the Sofia City Library and offers an inviting environment for Bulgarians to research and enjoy American books, films, and magazines and to attend lectures, exhibits, and cultural events. Funds from the ABF assisted in the remodeling and refurbishment of the American Corner and increasing its collection of materials. (Funded in August 2008)

The Institute for Studies of the Recent Past will support efforts to provide a more balanced, well-researched and documented picture of the country’s communist past. This will be accomplished through academic research, by expanding the documentary database of studies on the communist period, and by creating opportunities for public discussion among historians, academic researchers, politicians, journalists, and a wide circle of active and concerned citizens. (Funded in July 2008)