Bulgaria News

These are some of the main stories in Bulgarian newspapers on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Members of the Socialist party have launched a sign-up in a bid to topple their leader Sergey Stanishev following the surprise appointment of a controversial new head of the national security agency.

Information that Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev had offshore companies in Cyprus where he concealed USD 1 M has emerged to be a fabrication.

The leader of the predominantly ethnic Turkish party Movement for Rights and Freedoms, DPS , Lyutvi Mestan , is quoted in saying that Peevski had not effectively taken the office of Director of the National Security Agency , DANS , and the Parliament had not terminated his MP powers, thus he could rejoin without problems the 42nd General Assembly.

Sergey Stanishev, leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP, and of the Party of European Socialists, PES, photo by BGNES The entire leadership of the Party of European Socialists, PES , is going to arrive in Sofia , as their Bulgarian leader, Sergey Stanishev , is facing growing problems and pressure.

The 6th European Universities Rugby 7s Championship has concluded on 16th June 2013 with an exciting Closing Ceremony at National Sports Academy Vasil Levski.

Bulgaria 's Black Sea city of Varna has not witnessed a decrease in the number of foreign tourists visiting it despite the ongoing anti-government protests in the city, according to Atanas Atanasov, head of the Union of Bulgarian Tourist Guides.

Investigators are getting closer to pinpointing where Colorado's most destructive wildfire started and that should help allow residents of the area hit hardest by the blaze to temporarily return home.

This Saturday, many Bulgarian families living in the New York City Metropolitan area gathered for an end-of-the-school year ceremony.

Thousands of Bulgarians staged a third day of protests on Sunday, calling for the resignation of the socialist-led government that took office two weeks ago and a fresh general election.

The ceremony to mark the turning of the first sod of the Economic Zone "Sofia - Bozhurishte" took place on Monday.

Bulgaria's Minister of Economy and Energy Dragomir Stoynev has confirmed the forecast of Prime Minister Oresharski that a decrease in electricity prices by 5% from the beginning of July or August 2013 is possible.

The inauguration event was attended by Prime Minister Victor Ponta, his Bulgarian counterpart Plamen Oresharski and European Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn.

According to reports of the Interior Ministry, as cited by the Focus news agency, the rally taking place in downtown Sofia is attended by over 15 000.

He came for peace. He came in solidarity. But on June 15th, 2013 all Davide Martello, the German based artist known as the Peace Pianist throughout Turkey, received was brutality.

New protest rallies are planned in Bulgaria against the election of controversial young MP as the new head of the state Agency for National Security , even though he said he is ready to step down.

Thousands of people rallied on Friday to protest against the appointment of a media magnate Delyan Peevski as Bulgaria's new security chief.

Popular, though often controversial Bulgarian TV talk show host , Lyuba Kulezich , has been attacked and thrashed by an unknown assailant in the capital Sofia.

DEAF SPORTS Jamaica staged a march to Jamaica house on Wednesday to deliver an urgent letter addressed to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller seeking a meeting and asking for her assistance to facilitate participation in the 22nd Deaflympics, slated to take place in Sofia, Bulgaria between July 23 and August 4. Special adviser to the prime ... (more)

SOFIA, Bulgaria - The Bulgarian parliament's quick appointment of a legislator and media mogul to head the country's security service sparked massive protests Friday and prompted the president to demand the decision be immediately reversed.