Archaeology: Europe’s ‘oldest town’ found near Bulgaria’s Varna, professor says
Europe’s oldest urban settlement is near Provadia, a town of about 13 000 people about 40km inland from Bulgaria’s Black
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Month: October 2012
No chance of UK bringing back visas for Bulgarians and Romanians, Bulgarian FM Mladenov says
There is no chance of the United Kingdom bringing back visa requirements for Bulgarians and Romanians, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai
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Restaurant Review: Kohinoor
We were in central Sofia one afternoon with friends from England – our seven-year old-daughter in tow – when we
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Ukraine draft law banning homosexual references violates freedom of expression, UN says
A new draft law criminalising any reference to homosexuality in the media or public domain violates Ukraine’s commitment to freedom
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Germany’s Merkel to visit Greece on October 9
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she will visit Athens next week, her first visit to debt-ridden Greece since the three-year
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Ferenc Gyurcsány – still a divisive figure
Is there anything you find good about the policies of Viktor Orbán’s government? The ban on lorries overtaking on the
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Turkey returns fire at Syria in new border incident
Turkey launched retaliatory artillery fire at Syria for a fifth straight day Sunday after a new mortar round struck the
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Macedonia: Looking upon lustration
It is unthinkable that anywhere in the former communist countries of Eastern Europe a process of public disclosures about those
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Brother of Bulgarian football star Berbatov arrested after cocaine find
Assen Berbatov, the younger brother of former Manchester United striker Dimitar, was arrested on October 4 after being stopped by
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