Sofia, Bulgaria News

U.D.O. , the German metal band led by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider , will release a "rare-tracks" album with some very special gems for the fans.

The public transportation in the Bulgarian capital Sofia is running without significant delays, despite the heavy snowfall.

Thousands marched through downtown Bulgarian capital Sofia and a number of cities across the country to protest the ACTA agreement over fears it would severely violate internet freedoms.

Thousands of Bulgarians staged protests against an international anti-piracy agreement they fear will curb their freedom to download movies and music for free and encourage Internet surveillance.

Hotels 5* Hotels 4* Hotels 3* Apartment Houses Restaurants Rent-a-car Casino Golf Resorts Mountain resorts Sea resorts Entertainment Shopping Health Clinics Public Safety Vaults Beauty Salons The southern Bulgarian village of Biser was hit by a flood wave on Monday following a dam failure.

Thousands marched through downtown Bulgarian capital Sofia and a number of cities across the country to protest the ACTA agreement over fears it would severely violate internet freedoms.

Worshippers gather around candles stuck to jars of honey, arranged as a Holy Cross, during mass for the 'sanctification of honey' at the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin church in the town of Blagoevgrad, some 100 km south of the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, on Friday, Feb.

Worshippers gather around candles stuck to jars of honey, arranged as a Holy Cross, during mass for the 'sanctification of honey' at the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin church in the town of Blagoevgrad, some 100 km south of the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, on Friday, Feb.

Bulgaria was set for another chilly weekend on February 11 and 12 2012, with forecasts of cloudy weather with light snow and maximum temperatures remaining below zero degrees Celsius in most parts of the country.

Private membership clubs seem in public perception at least quintessentially British institutions.

US Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar shakes hands with Bulgarian President, Rosen Plevneliev in Sofia.

WINNING GRANDMA Sona Hakobyan "Radiolur" 08.02.2012 13:51 Luiza Aghajanyan-Tsaturyan of Armenia became the winner of the Miss Grandma Universe 2012 beauty contest held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

SOFIA, Feb. 8 -- The Chinese embassy in Sofia on Wednesday donated 15,000 BGN to victims of the floods that hit a Bulgarian village on Monday.

A staff member stands at the newly built storage facility for dry storage of spent nuclear fuel at the Bulgarian nuclear power plant in the town of Kozloduy some 200 km from Sofia, Bulgaria 12 May 2011.

In this Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 photo an Uzbek woman tries to warm herself up by wrapping her head and shoulders in plastic sheets at the Chor-Su market in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

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A painting covered by mud is seen as Svetla Kafedhieva clears the mud in her flooded house in the village of Bisser, 288km east of the capital Sofia, on Tuesday, Feb.

A swollen river in Greece bursts its banks, flooding homes and forcing authorities to declare a state of emergency Tuesday, officials said.

If you are into Bulgarian history and politics, you might have heard of the mythical Cold War plans of Bulgaria's communist regime to blow up the dams of large Bulgarian water reservoirs as a defensive measure in the event of a war with Turkey, back then a NATO enemy.

U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton called for an international coalition of countries that ""support the Syrian people's right to have a better future" and said the U.S. would tighten sanctions intended to block the flow of weapons to the Syrian regime.