Julian Georgiev Popov (Bulgarian: Юлиан Георгиев Попов) (born in 1959 in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a public figure and writer. In 2013 he was Bulgarian government minister. He is the author of the book English Bulgaria or Switzerland in the Balkans (2004), the novel Island of Mists (2006), co-author of the books "The European Supergrid" and "Energy and Climate Diplomacy" and of many comment and opinion articles on energy policies, European integration, low-carbon economy and international relations for the Bulgarian, British (BBC Three, The Independent, Financial Times, Huffington Post, The Scotsman), Polish and other European media. as well as for Al Jazeera. Popov has been an advocate for minority groups in Bulgaria, starting a campaign to remove a racist anti-Roma group from Facebook and wri