At least seven people have been killed and dozens are still missing after torrential rains hit Greece, Turkey, and Bulgaria on Sept. 5, prompting flash flooding. In Turkey, two people died in the city of Istanbul after flash flooding swept through the streets in the districts of Arnavutköy, Başakşehir, and Küçükçekmece, leaving many of them completely submerged, […]
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is one of the most beautiful and peaceful countries in the world. Here are some stunning aerial nature views from Bulgaria’s most beautiful and iconic landscape locations, paired with a brand new calming piano music masterpiece. Relax and let your worries fly away! _ Credit: Simple Happiness – youtube.com/channel/UCSNCAZHyxLYW7e-_WvUNSfw […]
SOFIA, Bulgaria—Three people were killed when a passenger train crashed into a truck at an unguarded railway crossing in northwestern Bulgaria Tuesday, authorities said. The accident occurred near Gara Oreshets, at 1:35 p.m. local time (1135 GMT), police said. According to initial data, the three victims were the truck driver and the two train drivers. […]
European leaders have condemned Russia’s move to cut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria as “blackmail” after the two NATO members had supplies shut off for refusing to pay in rubles. Moscow’s state-owned energy corporation Gazprom confirmed in an April 27 statement it had fully halted gas exports to Polish gas company PGNiG and […]
TOKYO—The Russian rhythmic gymnastics juggernaut collapsed at the Tokyo Olympics, with dramatic back-to-back losses that sparked allegations of injustice in a sport famous for twinkling costumes, techno remixes, and hoops looping through the air. Russia had won every gold medal in rhythmic gymnastics since 2000. But it’s total defeat this year began Saturday, when Linoy […]
SOFIA—An Air France flight en route from Paris to New Delhi made an emergency landing at Sofia Airport in Bulgaria on Friday at about 5 p.m. because of a disruptive passenger, Bulgarian officials said on Saturday. The passenger, an Indian citizen, began to act up soon after take-off, quarreling with other passengers, assaulting a flight […]
President Donald Trump welcomed Prime Minister Boyko Borissov of the Republic of Bulgaria to the White House on Nov. 25, 2019, to celebrate the strong and enduring relationship that exists between the two nations. The talks between the two leaders focused on security and defense issues and energy diversification. Borissov led an official delegation that included […]
SOFIA, Bulgaria—Plovdiv, the oldest city in Bulgaria, has been officially inaugurated as the European Capital of Culture for 2019. Some 50,000 people gathered on a main square on Jan. 12, to watch the opening show dubbed “We are all colors” with 1,500 local and foreign artists on several stages. The entertainment included traditional Bulgarian folk […]
A journalist who reported on alleged fraud involving the misuse of European Union funds has been found murdered in northeastern Bulgaria, authorities said on Oct. 7. Viktoria Marinova, 30, was discovered in a park in Ruse, a town near the River Danube, on Saturday, Oct. 6. She had suffered blows to the head and suffocation, […]
A 21-year-old Australian man with dual Australian-Bulgarian citizenship will spend the next four years in jail in Bulgaria for supposed terrorist links. John Zakhariev and his lawyer dispute the verdict. There was no jury; a judge heard secret testimony and ruled. The case is tricky. Zakhariev admittedly traveled to Syria after graduating from an Australian […]
Boiko Borisov’s centre-right GERB party (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria) has a clear mandate to form Bulgaria’s next government following a parliamentary election on Sunday, March 26. Bulgarians headed to the polls for the third time in four years for a snap election that was expected to test the nation’s divided loyalties between Russia […]
