Wounded shooter held after fatal shooting of police officer in Bulgarian town
A special operation in the Bulgarian town of Lyaskovets had ended with the arrest of a 53-year-old psychologically ill man
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Day: March 14, 2014
Ukraine crisis shows importance of European integration, Bulgarian President says
The situation in Ukraine shows the importance of the European integration process for Europe and the world, Bulgarian President Rossen
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President Plevneliev announces May 25 as date for Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev announced in the National Assembly on March 14 that the country’s 2014 European Parliament elections would
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Police officer dies in siege of house of Bulgarian man who ‘threatened to shoot school pupils’
A police officer died and three were injured in an attempted special operation in the Bulgarian town of Lyaskovets on
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Bulgaria and the politics of pension bonuses
The Bulgarian Socialist Party government has been at pains to claim that its decision to hand out pension bonuses at
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Many Crimea students oppose splitting from Ukraine
Ahead of Sunday’s referendum in Crimea over whether to join the Russian Federation, a split between young, educated Crimeans and
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Opinion: No way out of the Crimea crisis
It is rare that a government statement is anticipated with as much deep concern as Chancellor Angela Merkel’s address to parliament on
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Tatar leader asks Putin to pull Russian troops from Crimea
A Crimean Tatar leader told Russian President Vladimir Putin the secession of Crimea from Ukraine to join Russia would violate
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Ukrainian PM seeks international support at UN
Ukraine’s interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk appealed to the U.N. Security Council Thursday for its support to help stop Russia
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