Sofia, Bulgaria News

A woman puts flowers in front of the Lame Horse nightclub the city of Perm, where a fire broke out killing 112 Friday night.

Sofia police is conducting a search of the safety vault that was robbed Thursday evening.

Former Social Minister, Emiliya Maslarova, walking out of parliamentary hall Tuesday, after she was removed from her post as Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Labor and Social Policy.

Konstantin Dimitrov, from the Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria party, part of the Blue Coalition, has been appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Focus news agency reported on December 7 2009.

A Turkish construction worker fell to his death on December 7 2009, Bulgarian media reported.

On December 6 2009, the American Wrestling Rampage put up a great show in Sofia's Universiada Hall on the second day of its Bulgaria tour.

The British Council has donated more than 10 million volumes of books, worth in excess of 137 000 pounds sterling, to the English department at Sofia University's library, Dnevnik daily reported.

Trinidadian singer Haddaway, who had a world hit with Baby Don't Hurt Me in the early 1990s, will perform for the first time in Bulgaria.

Actress and model Dessy Zidarova was viciously beaten by two men at around 9pm on November 29 2009 in Sofia's Lozenets borough, police said.

A 50-year-old man died when a fire swept through a large family home in the Malashevtsi neighborhood of Sofia early Friday.

Russia expects tough talks with Bulgaria next week over the proposed BurgasAlexandroupolis oil pipeline, as Sofia is reviewing its energy deals with Moscow, Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said Wednesday.

Fulham manager Roy Hodgson feels it would be "naive" to believe all of football's problems could be solved with the introduction of video technology or extra referees.

Euroroma leader Tsvetelin Kanchev and 4 other Roma have been formally charged and detained in connection with a blackmailing case targeted at a former official.

It was the terrifying call Dimitar Berbatov has feared since becoming a major soccer star.

Passengers complained that they were not informed of why trains had been delayed on the line for almost an hour.

The Sofia center develops and supports user interface tools for the Microsoft .NET's WPF and Silverlight platforms.

Maxim Behar presents one of his top "Piece of Stockholm" photos to Sweden Ambassador Paul Beijer.

Right to left: Spanish Ambassador Fuentes, Sweden Ambassador Beijer, Chair of the Bulgarian Atlantic Club Passy, and Bulgaria's Foreign Minister and new EU Commissioner, Rumiana Jeleva.

Bulgarian villagers have named their home-made rakia brandy "Borisovka," playing on the name of Prime Minister Boiko Borisov to thank him for stopping parliament from raising taxes on alcohol.

Results so far in an online poll about whether Sofia Airport should be given a new name preferably, that of an aviation hero from the country's history are that most people reject the idea.