Vardim Island (Bulgarian: остров Вардим, ostrov Vardim) is the third largest Bulgarian Danubian island (after Belene Island and Kozloduy Island). Located east of the town of Svishtov, opposite the village of Vardim (in Svishtov municipality, Veliko Tarnovo Province) and part of the Belene Danubian Archipelago, it is a protected wetland and bird nesting area of national importance.

The island lies about 300 m north of the Bulgarian bank of the Danube, between the 542nd and 546th kilometre from the origin of the river. An inlet-type forest often forms when a part of the island is flooded during the spring high water.

Vardim Rocks at Hell Gates in Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands in Antarctica are named after Vardim Island and the adjacent settlement of Vardim.

Besides the Vardim Oak, a specific hygrophile type of Summer Oak, other types of oak and elm can be observed on Vardim Island, as well as the White Willow, White Poplar, Black Acacia, Black Poplar, Snowflake, etc.

According to the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds, the island is one of the five most important nesting areas in the country for the Great Cormorant, the Black-crowned Night Heron and the Common Spoonbill, making it a site of international ornithological importance. A total of 21 nationally protected species nidificate on the island. Of the 75 bird species that can be observed on Vardim Island, 31 are of European importance: 2 fall into category SPEC1, 11 in SPEC2 and 18 in SPEC3. The Sea Eagle can be seen on the island, and until 1985 other species to be observed on it included the Squacco Heron, Glossy Ibis and Pygmy Cormorant.

Vardim (Bulgarian:вардим) is a village in Svishtov Municipality, Veliko Tarnovo Province, north central Bulgaria, located on the right bank of the Danube river. The village of Vardim is located in the central part of the Danubian plain about 10 km east of Svishtov towards Ruse. The village is believe to date back to the time of the Thracians and Slavs and shows significant remains from subsequent Roman inhabitants, particularly in the nearby roman town of Novae which has been dated back to 45 AD and is considered to be the most examined Roman camp in Bulgaria. [1]

Opposite the village is the Vardim Island Natural Reserve which is popular with birdwatchers as the island is a nesting site for the great cormorant, the Black-crowned Night Heron, the Common Spoonbill as well as 21 nationally protected bird species. The reserve, which is located on what is known locally as Big Vardim Island, is managed by the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds which observes the nesting habits and populations of bird species on the island. This reserve is neighbored by two smaller islands known as Small Vardim Island and Haidushki Island.

Arie Vardi (Hebrew: אריה ורדי; born in Holon in the late 1930s) is an Israeli classical pianist and piano pedagogue. He is currently teaching at the Buhmann-Mehta Academy of Music in Tel Aviv, the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hanover and at the Bowdoin International Music Festival in Brunswick, Maine. His students include many of today's leading concert artists, such as Yefim Bronfman; and more than 30 of them have won grand prizes at major international piano competitions, including Yundi Li, First Prize winner at the 14th International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw.

His recordings of the music of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel have won many prizes and critical acclaim.

Vardi began his musical career at the age of fifteen. He won the George Enescu International Competition in Bucharest. He then studied with Paul Baumgartner, Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Beginning his artistic career at the age of fifteen, Israeli born Arie Vardi went on to receive international acclaim as one of the country’s foremost pianists. After winning the Chopin Competition in Israel, he appeared with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra with Zubin Mehta, and upon winning the George Enescu International Competition in Bucharest, he played numerous concerts throughout Europe. Alongside his study of music at the Rubin Academy, he succeeded in achieving a degree in law at Tel Aviv University. He went on to become professor of piano at the Rubin academy.

John Dalli (born 5 October 1948) is the European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy and a former Maltese politician who served as Cabinet Minister in various Maltese governments between 1987 and 2010.

Dalli was first elected to the House of Representatives of Malta in 1987 on behalf of the Nationalist Party and since then he has been re-elected in five successive elections: in 1992, 1996, 1998, 2003 and 2008. He has served as Parliamentary Secretary for Industry (1987–1990), Minister of Economic Affairs (1990–92), Minister of Finance (1992–1996, 1998–2004) and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Investment Promotion (2004). During his tenure at the Ministry of Finance (the longest in Maltese political history), Dalli is best remembered for his modernisation of the taxation system through the introduction of VAT in 1994 and again in 1998.

From 1987 to 1996 and from 1996 to 2004 Dalli served as co-chairman of the Libyan-Maltese Joint Commission, during which time he led the renegotiation of all political and economic agreements between Malta and Libya to bring them in line with the EU acquis.

Mukesh Khanna is an Indian television and film actor, best known for portraying strong, dynamic characters. He was born on 19 June 1958, in Mumbai, India. He came into the film industry in 1982 after graduating from Film and Television Institute of India. He rose to fame and is still best known for playing Bhishma in B. R. Chopra's Mahabharat. Khanna had a major role as an Indian superhero in the Shaktiman series, which was successful all over India with children.

He worked in the television series Aryamaan as the character of the same name on Toon Disney in India. Khanna has worked in many television productions and films depicting him as police inspector such as the film Hera Pheri. He has also worked in a television series called Waqt Bataye Ga. He has played roles in films such as Tahalka and International Khiladi. He played the father of Bobby Deol's character in the film Barsaat.

He was offered the role of Shantanu in Ekta Kapoor's Mahabharat; he refused. He told the press that Ekta's Mahabharat is sure to be a flop because BR Chopra's Mahabharat had actors in it; her Mahabharat has "models" in it.^{[citation needed]}