SOFIA, Bulgaria -- On New Year’s Day, Bulgaria becomes the 21st country to join the euro currency union, furthering its ...

Bulgaria has become the 21st country to adopt the euro, replacing the lev after nearly 20 years in the EU. While many hope it ...

The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in the late 7th century to form the first Bulgarian state. In succeeding centuries, Bulgaria struggled with the ...

Bulgaria became the 21st country to switch to the euro as it entered the new year on Thursday, a milestone met with both ...

Bulgaria's southern city of Pazardzhik has become the first in the country to ban people from wearing full-face coverings, including the Islamic burqa, for security reasons, Bulgarian daily newspaper ...

Bulgaria has become the first country in the world to ban nighttime driving of electric vehicles, including scooters - a move described as unprecedented and problematic by Vladislav Stoitsov, chairman ...

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said yesterday (6 March) in Brussels that his country had the resources to spend more on social programmes to address the country's political, social and economic ...

Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva expressed concern yesterday (23 July) about the political situation in Bulgaria, her home country, where anti-government protests turned violent on ...

Bulgaria, situated in the eastern Balkans, has been undergoing a slow and painful transition to a market economy since the end of Communist rule. A predominantly Slavonic-speaking, Orthodox Christian ...

A popular late-night talk show host and folk-pop singer could be a spoiler for Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov’s hopes to form the next government after parliamentary elections on April 4.

March 1943. Bulgarian authorities prepare to deport 20,000 Jews from Bulgaria, expelling thousands from their homes in Sofia and sending them to the countryside. Held in detention camps, they fear ...

Bulgaria has the 26th-largest economy in Europe as measured by gross domestic product. It is the third-biggest economy in the Balkans after Romania and Greece. “Bulgaria has undergone a significant ...