Two Bulgarian police died early Thursday after trying to stop a bus with 47 migrants who had entered Bulgaria illegally, according to Stanimir Stanev, a senior Interior Ministry official. The incident occurred at 5 a.m. in the Black Sea city of Burgas after the vehicle refused to stop at two consecutive police border checkpoints, Stanev told reporters. On the bus, which bore Turkish license plates,... 

Students stage an anti-government protest in Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, November 13, 2013. Bulgarians have taken to the streets across the country to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski and his cabinet. The protests dubbed “Resignation at Christmas” were held in several major cities on Thursday, including in the capital Sofia, where two simultaneous rallies took place. The... 

Smoke rises from Burgas International Airport in Bulgaria after a bus carrying Israeli tourists exploded at the airport on July 18, 2012. At least seven people have been killed and more than 30 others injured in an explosion on a bus carrying Israeli tourists in the eastern Bulgarian city of Burgas. According to this RT report, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Tehran for the bombing... 

An acid rain burned the leaves of trees in Bulgaria, near the border with Romania. Bulgarian weather experts say this might be the result of the bombing campaign in Libya! A very high acidity level (pH 4.9) was registered near Vidin (north-west, on the border with Romania), Lovech (north) and Karnobat (south-east). An even higher acidity (pH 4.5) was reported at Plevna, Dobrich, Montana, Shumen in...