Bulgaria News

Bulgaria hopes a new, 4 billion-euro facility will help it regain its earlier role as a Balkan energy powerhouse.

The concessionaire of the two major Bulgarian Black Sea cities and ports, Varna and Bourgas - Fraport Twin Star Airport Management AD, is planning the construction of new passenger terminals at their airports, ...

The head of a Russian nuclear power plant construction company and the Bulgarian premier took part in a ceremony on Wednesday to mark the start of the building of a nuclear power station in northern Bulgaria.

Three Bulgarians were arrested and sentenced to 15 months of prison on charges of espionage in Greece, Bulgarian news agency BTA quoted Greek news agency ANA-MPA as saying on August 29.

Property developer Investra will construct trade-industrial parks to accommodate trade, retail and office spaces throughout Bulgaria.

The Bulgarian Health Minister, Doctor Evgenyi Zhelev has offered first aid to two individuals, who were injured in a serious traffic accident Sunday.

The Bulgarian Cabinet officially received Friday the loan in the amount of EUR 230 M from the Japanese Bank for International Development for the construction of new container terminals at the ports of Varna ...

Bulgaria's accommodation capacity has increased by five per cent for the second trimester of 2008, compared with the same time a year ago, a study published by the National Statistical Institute indicated.

These are some of the top headlines in Bulgarian newspapers on August 29 2008. The Sofia Echo has not verified these stories and cannot vouch for their accuracy.

A 31-year-old woman from Sofia, who had presented an ID card showing that she was an employee of the Supreme Judicial Council's administration, had tried to offer a BGN 60 bribe to a police patrol in the ...

The Republic of Bulgaria reiterated its unconditional support for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia in its internationally recognized borders, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Dimiter ...

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SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Foreign experts will advise key institutions on the distribution of EU funds, Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Plugchieva announced on Sunday .

Analysts have urged policy makers in Bulgaria and Romania to take measures that will encourage more people in their countries to join the formal economy.

Photo by Yuliana Nikolova A monument of the "opulchentsi" - the Bulgarian volunteer units who fought with the Russian Army against Ottoman Turkey in the Liberation War of 1877-78 - was opened in downtown Sofia ...

A highway robbery was committed close to the town of Purvomay in southern Bulgaria on Saturday.

The Sofia Police arrested Friday 21 prostitutes at the Macedonia Square in downtown Sofia including seven transsexuals.

SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Hundreds of farmers blocked one of the main roads in the country Thursday to protest the delayed payment of state subsidies.

In case you've wondered why the small road right in front of the Presidency has been closed by police recently and why loud music is played in the area every couple of hours, wonder no more.

Authorities in the Kyrklareli province in Thrace announced yesterday they have broken ties with Dobrich and Burgas after the two Bulgarian municipalities decided to recognize the so-called Armenian genocide.