Bulgaria
Pope Francis Sunday starts trip to Bulgaria and North Macedonia
Pope Francis on Sunday starts a trip to Bulgaria and North Macedonia where he will have to tread carefully because of sensitive…
Enough is Enough – ‘ApartmentGate’ home scandal proves to be too much corruption for Bulgarian people
An upmarket Sofia neighbourhood has become the focus of anti-corruption campaigners who are probing how a group of prominent Bulgarian politicians and…
Bulgaria seizes 1,500 kg of cannabis at Serbian border
Bulgarian border police seized nearly 1,500 kilograms of cannabis at a checkpoint on the Serbian border. The drugs were discovered hidden inside…
Slideshow: Preview of L’ARC DE TRIOMPHE, WRAPPED by Christo
Photos made available by the Center Pompidou Press Office show various sketches showing the 'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped' Project for Paris, Place…
Bulgarian Justice Minister resigns over real estate deal
Tsetska Tsacheva , the Bulgarian Justice Minister, resigned on Saturday following media reports that she together with three other politicians from the…
Turkey and Bulgaria investigating alleged visits by New Zealand mosque killer
Turkish authorities have opened an inquiry after it emerged that the man behind the Christchurch shootings made several visits to Turkey. A…
Deputy Head of Bulgarian Central Bank unexpectedly resigns
The Sofia Globe reported that the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) issued an announcement announcing that Dimitar Kostov, Bulgaria's deputy central bank governor…
Bulgaria’s Opposition quit Parliament
Lawmakers from Bulgaria’s opposition Socialist Party (BSP) are leaving parliament for an unspecified period, saying fair elections could not be guaranteed following…
Bulgaria’s minimum wage remains lowest in EU
Bulgaria might have increased its minimum wage in January to 286 euros per month, but it still remains the lowest miminum wage…
Plovdiv kicks off its year as European Capital of Culture
Bulgaria's southern city of Plovdiv kicked off its year as an European Capital of Culture with a lights and music show on…
Bulgarian authorities arrested 20 people on suspicion of fraudulent help for non-Eu residents to get Bulgarian passports
Prosecutors say more than 20 people have been arrested on suspicion of fraudulently helping non-EU residents get a Bulgarian passport. The recipients…
Man admits to attacking murdered Bulgarian journalist
A Bulgarian man said on Friday he attacked Viktoria Marinova, a television journalist whose murder drew international condemnation partly because it initially…