Angry students in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia have clashed with the riot police, demanding the government’s resignation and calling for early elections. Hundreds of Bulgarian students tried to cordon off the parliament building by forming a human chain around it to prevent lawmakers from leaving on Tuesday as they escalated their demonstrations against the Socialist-led government. However, they... 

Refugees at a camp in Bulgaria Bulgaria has deported nearly 100 immigrants at its border with Turkey as the poorest country of the European Union grapples with a sharp rise in the number of refugees from non-EU states. Speaking on Bulgarian National Radio on Sunday, the secretary general of the Bulgarian Interior Ministry Svetlozar Lazarov said the group of immigrants was stopped in the Strandzha mountains,... 

Protesters attend an anti-government protest in downtown Sofia on June 16, 2013. Thousands of people have demonstrated in the Bulgarian capital for the eighth straight day, demanding the resignation of the government of Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski. Up to 10,000 protesters gathered in front of the government headquarters in downtown Sofia on Friday, shouting slogans against the government. The... 

Bulgarians protesting on March 3, 2013. Tens of thousands of Bulgarians have staged rallies across the country to protest against poverty and corruption as well as to demand legislative amendments. On Sunday, huge crowds gathered in the country’s major cities, including the capital Sofia, and carried slogans that read “Anarchy against organized crime and the monopolies!”, “The mobsters... 

Bulgarians protesting against high utility bills on February 17, 2013 in Sofia. Tens of thousands of Bulgarians have staged massive nationwide protests against poverty, high energy bills and corruption. On Sunday, under the motto “Let’s Set the Monopolies on Fire,” huge number of people took to the streets of different parts of the country, including the capital Sofia and shouted “coward,”... 

A police officer prepares to search a group of Romanians living on Park Lane’s central reservation in London Up to 40 beggars have made Park Lane their home, transforming a stretch of the central reservation into a gambling den and doss house On Saturday, in the first part of this major series on the expected imminent influx of unskilled workers from Romania and Bulgaria, we revealed how countless... 

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... 

Archaeologists have found two skeletons whose chests were pierced with iron rods to supposedly stop them from turning into vampires. The medieval remains, found in the Black Sea town of Sozopol in Bulgaria are examples of a pagan practice common in some villages up until a century ago. “These skeletons stabbed with rods illustrate a practice which was common in some Bulgarian villages up until... 

Bulgaria is protesting against the government’s decision to abandon construction of NPP “Belene”. The facility erected by Russian specialists was to help the Balkan country to meet stringent EU requirements for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But the political situation was more important for the Sofia politicians than the national interests. The Bulgarians took to the streets... 

Presidential candidate Rosen Plevneliev (C) at a pre-election meeting in Sofia, October 20, 2011. Bulgarians have gone to the polls to elect the country’s new president as well as mayors, amid concerns over vote fraud and economic woes. Some 6.9 million Bulgarians are eligible to cast their vote in the Sunday polls. Opinion polls show that none of the 18 presidential candidates can be expected... 

Siderov, who is running for President for a second consecutive time this fall, stated that the presidential building was "a bunker in which Parvanov and his staff are hiding." Volen Siderov, the flamboyant leader of Bulgaria’s far-right Ataka (Attack) party, has tried to force his way into the country’s presidential building and hand out a special declaration to President Georgi... 

Volen Siderov, leader of the far-right Ataka formation. Volen Siderov, leader of the far-right Bulgarian Ataka (Atack) party claimed US Ambassador to the country James Warlick threatened to “destroy him”. In Siderov’s words, he encountered Warlick by chance the other day and presented him a “bill”, which was actually the total cost the nationalist believes the US has to... 

Stonehenge, England The oldest temple of the Sun has been discovered in northwest Bulgaria, near the town of Vratsa, aged at more then 8000 years, the Bulgarian National Television (BNT) reported on December 15 2010. The Bulgarian ‘Stonehenge’ is hence about 3000 years older than its illustrious English counterpart. But unlike its more renowned English cousin, the Bulgarian sun temple was... 

The leader of Ataka, Volen Siderov, and fellow party members want to eliminate broadcasts in languages other than Bulgarian on State TV and Radio. The Bulgarian governing center-right party GERB has supported the nationalist Ataka party’s call for a national referendum on whether to continue allowing the broadcast of Turkish language news on BNT1. Bulgaria PM Boyko Borisov, speaking in Parliament,...