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The “Bulgarian Christmas” (Булгарска Коледа) charity campaign 2013 raised more than 1.5 million leva for the treatment of ill children. The initiative has been held annually since 2003 under the […]
Home for the holidays, Bulgarian expatriates and students studying abroad joined in the “Resignation at Christmas” anti-government protest on December 26 2013 in Sofia and a number of other cities. […]
Vastly overhyped because of its supposedly controversial sex scenes starring famous actors and actresses, Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac, Vol. 1 delivers a story whose shock value is actually rather toned-down […]
There is always fun to be had whenever Ben Stiller steps behind the camera. From Zoolander to Tropic Thunder, his characters have been memorable in a way very few others […]
A group of men viciously attacked and beat prominent Ukrainian journalist and civic activist Tetyana Chornovol outside Kyiv about 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 25. Later in the day, police say […]
Turkey’s interior minister and economy minister both stepped down Wednesday in connection with a high-level corruption scandal The sons of Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan and Interior Minister Muammer Guler are […]
Passenger and goods train services across the Danube Bridge 2 at the Bulgarian city of Vidin and Romanian city of Calafat will begin in February 2014, according to the head […]
On Friday, it was President Vladimir Putin’s archnemesis, Mikhail Khodorkovsky. On Monday, it was two women from the Pussy Riot protest group. Later this week, it could be the turn […]
Storms caused deaths and disruptions to air, rail and road travel in the United Kingdom and France on the eve of Christmas 2013. In London, Gatwick Airport posted an advisory […]
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) signed an agreement over the weekend to purchase 66 per cent stock in Greek gas distribution state company DESFA with the Greek State […]
