Member of the European Parliament for Bulgaria
2007 - 2009
(first direct EP elections in Bulgaria);
LEED to OECD partner (Nanotech)
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Ten years on from Chibok, what happened to the 276 Nigerian girls snatched from their school? by The Guardian
When her Boko Haram captors told Margret Yama she would be going home, she thought it was a trick. She and the other girls kidnapped from their school in Chibok, in north-east Nigeria’s Borno state, had been held for three years and had been taunted before about the possibility of release. Keep reading – https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/11/nigeria-chibok-boko-haram-girls-school-abductions-islamist-militants-borno-yobe-katsina-kaduna
Rapunzel reimagined: the women retelling fairytales to challenge notions of perfection by The Guardian
“When disabled people don’t see themselves in the world, it tells us that we don’t deserve to exist, that these stories are not for us, that stories of love and friendship are not for us, and certainly not happy endings,” says Nidhi Ashok Goyal, the founder of Rising Flame.
And They Lived … Ever After is a new book produced by the Indian feminist disability rights group, which collects together retellings of classic European fairytales – including Snow White, Cinderella and Rapunzel – written by south Asian women with disabilities.
Events in 2023
New release 2022-23: https://www.europebookstore.com/products/masks-mariela/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=9791220131971&ref=nb_sb_noss
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126835518-masks?utm_medium=email&utm_source=copypastebook
“MASKS really stands out in terms of its fascinating set up (the background of history behind the intimate stories of life) and the evocative prose.”
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Stephanie Hale, Director of Oxford Literary Consultancy –
“A very vivid and poignant story. Great characters.”
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MASKS presentation on Italian Conoscere TV channel: https://www.youtube.
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see also: In the Hug of Arms Anthology – https://payhip.com/b/fY94 (by clicking, a PDF file can be ordered. For a hard copy and an international delivery, you may send an order to 22.marie.13@gmail.com)
The Economist Open Future Group
Watch the film here.
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http://bnr.bg/horizont/post/100693941/mariela-baeva-edinstveniat-predstavitel-ot-iztochna-evropa-v-klasacia-na-ikonomist 
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/news/former-mep-fights-bring-back-our-girls-campaign
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/opinion/malala-yousafzai-deserves-nobel-peace-prize
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/eu-must-demand-safe-return-nigerian-schoolgirls
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/syrian-refugee-children-deserve-chance-education
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/eu-must-prevent-tax-fraud-financing-terrorism
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/governments-must-step-fill-unrwa-funding-gap-left-us
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/refugee-crisis-will-eu-live-its-responsibility
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/opinion/call-eu-do-more-protect-unaccompanied-refugee-children-coronavirus – 24.04.20; Follow-up: European countries must act urgently to help unaccompanied children in Greek refugee camps – 21.05.20; Reunion of child refugees with UK family – 24.05.20; Commissioner Johansson noted that the relocation of 1,600 unaccompanied minors from Greece to other Member States is underway, despite the complex situation caused by the pandemic. So far, 59 children have been relocated from camps in Greece, she says, adding: “We are on track and the relocation of the remaining will take place in the following weeks and months.” – 27.05.20
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/european-development-fund-supporting-education-in-crisis-situations – 31.05.2021
Charter for Mobile
http://fra.europa.eu/charter4mobile/, easy access to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
As Gaza is bombed and starved, the Arab world is watching – and it’s angry by Nesrine Malik (The Guardian)
Survivors tell of the devastating impact of the US-led invasion 20 years on by Emma Graham-Harrison and Salim Habib
‘The US army destroyed our lives’: five Iraqis on the war that changed the Middle East
Twenty years ago today the US and the UK invaded Iraq in a disastrous military mission based on flawed intelligence, months of lying to the world, and a casual disregard for international law.
The invasion would lead to hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths, decades of civil war and vicious sectarian violence in Iraq, and the rise of the Islamic State militant group. Incubated in a US prison camp, IS was directed and staffed in part by former members and officers of the Saddam-era Ba’ath party.
Events in 2022
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The Economist Open Future Group 
20 years of Theirworld
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http://bnr.bg/horizont/post/100693941/mariela-baeva-edinstveniat-predstavitel-ot-iztochna-evropa-v-klasacia-na-ikonomist
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/news/former-mep-fights-bring-back-our-girls-campaign
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/opinion/malala-yousafzai-deserves-nobel-peace-prize
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/eu-must-demand-safe-return-nigerian-schoolgirls
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/syrian-refugee-children-deserve-chance-education
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/eu-must-prevent-tax-fraud-financing-terrorism
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/governments-must-step-fill-unrwa-funding-gap-left-us
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/blog/refugee-crisis-will-eu-live-its-responsibility
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/opinion/call-eu-do-more-protect-unaccompanied-refugee-children-coronavirus – 24.04.20; Follow-up: European countries must act urgently to help unaccompanied children in Greek refugee camps – 21.05.20; Reunion of child refugees with UK family – 24.05.20; Commissioner Johansson noted that the relocation of 1,600 unaccompanied minors from Greece to other Member States is underway, despite the complex situation caused by the pandemic. So far, 59 children have been relocated from camps in Greece, she says, adding: “We are on track and the relocation of the remaining will take place in the following weeks and months.” – 27.05.20
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/european-development-fund-supporting-education-in-crisis-situations – 31.05.2021
Charter for Mobile
http://fra.europa.eu/charter4mobile/, easy access to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
In the Hug of Arms Anthology – https://payhip.com/b/fY94
MASKS, a new release
Having lost Ina to cancer, Villi confronts memories linked to their life before and after Bulgaria’s transition to democracy in the 1990s.
Will he overcome the fact that their son is addicted to drugs?
El, their daughter, is overwhelmed with emotion in the face of the tragedy in the family. What is her and her family’s role in moving forward?
The accelerating deterioration of Bulgaria-Türkiye relations in the Eighties and the resistance of the ethnic Türks in Bulgaria deliver a blow to national security and the political system. How does this subline interact with the main story line?
The author creates insight into the minds of her characters and endeavours to balance shifting perspectives, dramatic irony, suspense and action.
Mariela was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. She graduated in English and Bulgarian philology and EU Law, International Finance and Relations. She has lived, worked and done research in Luxembourg, Belgium and Greece. She has been named in the first Global Diversity list of The Economist for her work in the sphere of human rights and social inclusion and has contributed to The Parliament magazine. She is a former member of the European Parliament and member of Pen International Women Writers’ Committee.
She is active in swimming and jogging and takes part in global initiatives to raise funds. One of them is Theirworld, Your Walk, an initiative to raise funds to help every child have a safe place to learn.
