Bulgaria News

The 6th European Universities Rugby 7s Championship has concluded on 16th June 2013 with an exciting Closing Ceremony at National Sports Academy Vasil Levski.

Bulgaria 's Black Sea city of Varna has not witnessed a decrease in the number of foreign tourists visiting it despite the ongoing anti-government protests in the city, according to Atanas Atanasov, head of the Union of Bulgarian Tourist Guides.

Investigators are getting closer to pinpointing where Colorado's most destructive wildfire started and that should help allow residents of the area hit hardest by the blaze to temporarily return home.

This Saturday, many Bulgarian families living in the New York City Metropolitan area gathered for an end-of-the-school year ceremony.

Thousands of Bulgarians staged a third day of protests on Sunday, calling for the resignation of the socialist-led government that took office two weeks ago and a fresh general election.

The ceremony to mark the turning of the first sod of the Economic Zone "Sofia - Bozhurishte" took place on Monday.

Bulgaria's Minister of Economy and Energy Dragomir Stoynev has confirmed the forecast of Prime Minister Oresharski that a decrease in electricity prices by 5% from the beginning of July or August 2013 is possible.

The inauguration event was attended by Prime Minister Victor Ponta, his Bulgarian counterpart Plamen Oresharski and European Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn.

According to reports of the Interior Ministry, as cited by the Focus news agency, the rally taking place in downtown Sofia is attended by over 15 000.

He came for peace. He came in solidarity. But on June 15th, 2013 all Davide Martello, the German based artist known as the Peace Pianist throughout Turkey, received was brutality.

New protest rallies are planned in Bulgaria against the election of controversial young MP as the new head of the state Agency for National Security , even though he said he is ready to step down.

Thousands of people rallied on Friday to protest against the appointment of a media magnate Delyan Peevski as Bulgaria's new security chief.

Popular, though often controversial Bulgarian TV talk show host , Lyuba Kulezich , has been attacked and thrashed by an unknown assailant in the capital Sofia.

DEAF SPORTS Jamaica staged a march to Jamaica house on Wednesday to deliver an urgent letter addressed to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller seeking a meeting and asking for her assistance to facilitate participation in the 22nd Deaflympics, slated to take place in Sofia, Bulgaria between July 23 and August 4. Special adviser to the prime ... (more)

SOFIA, Bulgaria - The Bulgarian parliament's quick appointment of a legislator and media mogul to head the country's security service sparked massive protests Friday and prompted the president to demand the decision be immediately reversed.

A new bridge opened Friday between Bulgaria and Romania, the second on the 500-kilometer stretch of the Danube River that forms the common border between the Balkan neighbors, is touted as a key to boosting growth in one of Europe's poorest regions.

A new bridge opened Friday between Bulgaria and Romania, the second on the 500-kilometer stretch of the Danube River that forms the common border between the Balkan neighbors, is touted as a key to boosting growth in one of Europe's poorest regions.

Bulgaria will insist that the issue of lifting visa restrictions be brought up during the talks between the EU and USA on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement, according to a Tuesday decision of the European Affairs Council at the Bulgarian... The first thing you need to do is choose a news reader, if you already don't have ... (more)

The election of murky businessman Delyan Peevski as the new head of Bulgaria's State Agency for National Security has stirred outrage in Bulgaria, with over 6000 joining a Facebook page calling for protests against the election in just over an hour.

The 1.8 km Danube Bridge 2 is a key element of a European transport corridor connecting the German city of Dresden with Istanbul in Turkey.