Bulgaria's accession leaves only six of the 27 EU nations outside the currency union: Sweden, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Denmark. The euro is "not just a currency but a strategic ...

The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in the late 7th century to form the first Bulgarian state. In succeeding centuries, Bulgaria struggled with the ...

Bulgaria's prime minister announced Thursday that his government was resigning after less than a year in office following a series of anti-corruption protests, making fresh elections likely. Bulgarian ...

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said yesterday (6 March) in Brussels that his country had the resources to spend more on social programmes to address the country's political, social and economic ...

Bulgaria's southern city of Pazardzhik has become the first in the country to ban people from wearing full-face coverings, including the Islamic burqa, for security reasons, Bulgarian daily newspaper ...

Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva expressed concern yesterday (23 July) about the political situation in Bulgaria, her home country, where anti-government protests turned violent on ...

A popular late-night talk show host and folk-pop singer could be a spoiler for Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov’s hopes to form the next government after parliamentary elections on April 4.

Bulgaria, situated in the eastern Balkans, has been undergoing a slow and painful transition to a market economy since the end of Communist rule. A predominantly Slavonic-speaking, Orthodox Christian ...

Delyan Peevski, a leading politician and Bulgaria's most powerful oligarch, is something of an enigma. Apart from a few hotels he is rumored to frequent, no one knows where he lives. And you will ...

March 1943. Bulgarian authorities prepare to deport 20,000 Jews from Bulgaria, expelling thousands from their homes in Sofia and sending them to the countryside. Held in detention camps, they fear ...

Bulgaria has the 26th-largest economy in Europe as measured by gross domestic product. It is the third-biggest economy in the Balkans after Romania and Greece. “Bulgaria has undergone a significant ...