This year the Silk and Spices Festival took place from 15-18 June in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. HNI affiliate Bukhara Crafts Development Centre is the founder of the festival, which dates back 20 years. On this occasion around 500 people from around the world attended the event, as well as 50 artisans. The festival is held by

From August 7-11, HomeNet Eastern Europe and Central Asia (HNEE & CA), led by its Chairman Violeta Zlateva, and the National Association of Small and Medium Enterprises in Tourism, led by Chairman Veselin Bankovski, with the support of the city municipality and the local public centre “Prosveta”, held the first International Customs and Traditions Festival

This year home-based workers from all over Bulgaria and their Eastern Europe and Central Asia partners brought much life to the central part of the city by featuring their traditional crafts.