Bulgaria News

In the dense forests of the idyllic Danube island of Persin, home to the endangered sea eagle and the pygmy cormorant, lie the ghastly remains of a communist-era death camp.

Bulgaria's PM, Boyko Borisov, checking out a toilet at the opening of a new kindergarten in the Lyulin Quarter in Sofia, October 31, 2009.

6, Xinhua reported. "At this moment, 210 per 10,000 Bulgarians have flu infections," said the Ministry's press office.

Bulgaria's ex-Labor Minister Maslarova is expected to be charged with the embezzlement of BGN 10 M. Photo by BGNES Bulgaria's former Labor Minister and current Socialist Party MP, Emiliya Maslarova, is under the investigation for the embezzlement of BGN 10 M of state money.

A BMW driver was wounded by the traffic police in Varna after trying to run over police officers.

A man and a child wear a protective mask to prevent the spread of the swine flu virus as they walk in downtown Sofia.

Swine flu claimed the sixth death in Bulgaria. The deceased, whose name or age have not been disclosed, succumbed to the strain, which was "severely exacerbated by other ailments and the fact that the patient had opted for self-administered treatment rather than seek professional help", Angel Kounchev, head of the contagious diseases department of ...

Former labour minister Emilia Maslarova has asked Parliament to strip her from her MP's immunity from prosecution, Bulgarian news agency BTA said on November 6 2009.

Sofia Emiliya Maslarova Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor, Boris Velchev, has initiated a procedure bringing charges against the former labor minister, Emiliya Maslarova.

Businessman Illyan Mihaylov and Presecutor Georgi Velkov have been released on a BGN 10 000 bail each.

Magistrates in Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second biggest city, have sentenced a 20-year-old male to serve eight months prison following violence that marred the town's derby between Lokomotiv Plovdiv and Botev Plovdiv on October 31, Bulgarian news agency reported on November 4 2009.

Pleven municipality is the latest region in Bulgaria to be invaded by the influenza, reaching 304 infected for every 10 000 people, thus prompting authorities to declare an all-out state of emergency.

Tsoni Tsonev, the Chairman of the corruption commission at VSS, stated late Wednesday that the total number of magistrates who have liaised with a Krasioa had now been confirmed as 18.

Petko Sertov is very likely to be one of the officials charged for the leak of a top secret report, though observers are sceptical that convictions will follow.

The swine flu epidemic is expected to be declared a national one as early as next week, medical authorities told the Bulgarian National Television on the afternoon of November 4 2009.

Previously, in May, the Sofia City Court also postponed proceedings against Tomov, that time because he was officially registered by to run at the parliamentary elections.

Croatian authorities have firm evidence to link Sreten Josic and Robert Matanic to murder and kidnapping in Bulgaria.

Bulgaria's former Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev was interrogated by prosecutors on Wednesday for the leak of a classified report on organized crime, which has shattered the state.

According to estimates 30% of Bulgariaa s population will become sick from the virus during the winter months.

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