Forty years ago, the communist authorities in Bulgaria began a brutal repression of the country's ethnic Turkish community.

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church today commemorates St. Athanasius the Great, recognized as the "father of Orthodox theology." A solemn liturgy will be held at the temple in the village of Lozen near ...

Rosen Zhelyazkov from the center-right GERB party was selected as Bulgaria’s prime minister. The powerful GERB party won 69 seats in the 240-seat legislature at Bulgaria’s election in October, the ...

SOFIA, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's parliament approved on Thursday a cabinet led by Rosen Zhelyazkov, a former parliament speaker, ending months of negotiations on the formation of a coalition ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s president on Wednesday mandated the main center-right party with ...

Serbia receives gas via Bulgaria, where the Bulgarian state gas company Bulgargaz said they had been notified of the Azeri gas interruption. Replacement gas volumes have been sourced from Turkey's ...

Tomas and I were providing health services to refugees and asylum seekers in Harmanli, a small Bulgarian town near the Bulgaria-Turkiye border. Medical care was supposed to be provided by a large ...

The beginning of 2025 will determine whether Bulgaria will have a relatively stable government or will have to go to the polls again for its eighth election in four years, prolonging the country ...

Romania and Bulgaria have officially joined the Schengen Area. As of January 1, 2025, Romania and Bulgaria are a part of the Schengen Area, meaning there will be no more land border checks between ...

Romania and Bulgaria have become full members of the Schengen zone, expanding the borderless area to 29 members and ending a 13-year wait for the two eastern European countries. The expansion ...

On January 1, Eastern Orthodox Christians celebrate St. Basil’s Day ... The tradition is celebrated widely across Bulgaria and holds both religious and cultural importance.

Bulgaria and Romania rang in the new year with full entry to the European Union’s passport-free Schengen area, promising a fresh boost to their economies. The lifting of controls at land borders ...