RFE/RL’s Bulgarian Service relaunched in 2019 after a 15-year absence, providing independent news and original analysis to help strengthen a media landscape weakened by the monopolization of ownership and corruption.
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev will not lead or participate in the country’s delegation to the NATO summit in July, his press service said on June 27.
Thousands of people gathered in central Sofia on June 22 for the annual LGBT Pride celebration in the Bulgarian capital.
Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev and Russia-friendly President Rumen Radev will jointly represent Bulgaria at the NATO summit in Washington next month that is likely to discuss plans for further aid to Ukraine in its fight against the Kremlin’s forces.
A pro-Kremlin far-right party whose co-founder is linked to a Ponzi scheme appears to have cleared the hurdle to enter the Bulgarian parliament. Who founded the Greatness party and what does it stand for?
The conservative GERB-SDS coalition led by former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov was leading all parties but had only around one-fifth of the vote as counting continued in Bulgaria's sixth election in the past three years, with no sign of an easy path to power for any side.
Former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's center-right GERB party appears to have won snap parliamentary elections, according to exit polls in Bulgaria's sixth such vote in the past three years, although it remains uncertain whether any party can cobble together a governing coalition.
For the sixth time in three years, Bulgarians will vote on June 9 in parliamentary elections as the poverty- and corruption-stricken Balkan nation seeks to end the long stretch of political instability and, perhaps, close the door on hopes for major reforms.
Bulgarian gas operator Bulgartransgaz on June 6 signed contracts to begin construction of the Vertical Corridor network of gas pipelines.
The Sofia City Prosecutor's Office is taking part in an investigation into whether citizens were murdered in 2022 in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine.
A Bulgarian court has violated the right to a fair trial and the right to freedom of expression of journalist Rosen Bosev, who was convicted of defamation in a criminal case five years ago, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on June 4.
Leaked documents of a back-and-forth between Sofia and its UN envoy have sparked accusations that caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev succumbed to “external pressure” over a widely followed UN vote in an effort to appease neighboring Serbia or Russia.
Two pro-Russian paramilitary organizations operating in Bulgaria should be closed because their activities violate the constitution, a Bulgarian district prosecutor’s office said on May 22.
The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices is a Bulgarian female vocal choir that received global recognition and a Grammy award for best traditional folk album in 1990. Decades later, it continues to bring traditional Bulgarian folk songs to a global audience.
The Bulgarian parliament has unanimously approved legislation to ban advertising for gambling on nearly all forms of media from television and radio to newspapers and websites.
In an interview with RFE/RL's Bulgarian Service, former Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov blamed the U.S.-sanctioned oligarch Delyan Peevski for the recent government collapse and said the influential politician was the " biggest evil in Bulgaria."
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, who has been accused by the opposition of taking a pro-Russian stance, has refused to endorse the replacement of current caretaker Foreign Minister Stefan Dimitrov with Daniel Mitov from the pro-Western GERB party.
A multimillion-dollar project aimed at recreating a lost ancient Thracian city has stirred controversy in Bulgaria. Critics say the mock-up, funded with EU and state funds, has nothing to do with the reality of the ancient city. The authors defend it and say it will attract thousands of tourists.
Kristalina Georgieva, a Bulgarian economist, will serve as head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a second five-year term, the Washington-based fund said on April 13.
A Bulgarian caretaker government led by Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev was sworn in by parliament on April 9 after being appointed by President Rumen Radev, who also announced a snap general election for June 9.
Romania and Bulgaria have formally joined -- at least partially -- Europe’s visa-free Schengen travel zone as of March 31, a move widely hailed in both countries as well as the EU after years of painful negotiations.
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