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.
Bulgaria's Supreme Judicial Council has overwhelmingly approved Ivan Geshev as the country’s new chief prosecutor despite months of protests against his nomination, including a demonstration that blocked the streets of the capital as the meeting took place.
The coach of the national soccer team resigned on October 18 amid a scandal over racist abuse during a European Championship qualifying match against England.
Bulgaria's broadcast regulator has sacked the chief of Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) for taking the channel off the air for several hours last month in a row with a presenter known for covering the country’s corruption-prone judicial system.
A live talk show on Bulgarian public television (BNT) was suspended on October 1 after the host called for police intervention to calm a nationalist politician's rants.
Bulgaria's parliament will set up a commission to investigate the crisis at Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) sparked by the suspension of a prominent journalist and accusations of management using threats and censorship against staff.
Dozens of journalists who work for Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) staged a protest against the state-run broadcasters' management on September 13.
The influential Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev has been banned from entering Bulgaria for 10 years in connection with the Balkan country’s Russian spy scandal.
Nikolai Malinov, a former parliamentary deputy from the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) who now heads a pro-Russian nongovernmental organization, has been formally charged in Sofia with spying and laundering money for Russian organizations.
Bulgaria says seven international companies and consortiums have expressed interest in becoming strategic investors in the construction of the country's second nuclear power plant.
Bulgarian authorities said they detained a man suspected in a massive hacking attack that leaked personal financial data of millions of Bulgarians, the largest such leak in the country's history.
A massive hacking attack in Bulgaria via a Russian website might be linked to Sofia's decision to buy military jets from the United States, the Balkan country's interior minister said, as the government's Security Council gathered to assess the situation.
State investigators elected by Bulgaria's ruling GERB party say they're unable to find any conflict of interest involving GERB officials who got lucrative luxury apartment deals after helping a Sofia real-estate developer.
A pro-Russian party in Bulgaria, just days ahead of European Parliamentary elections, has published a video featuring a scene from a 2005 TV series in which a man is seen shooting at dozens of people sitting inside a legislative chamber.
Bulgaria's "undisputed media mogul" is the focus of national attention as he runs for the European Parliament -- even though he hasn't been seen for two years.
Pope Francis has met with refugees in a Bulgarian refugee center and told them they are bearing the "cross of humanity," after he urged the country's migrant-skeptic government not to close its eyes to their suffering.
A robot that allows people with disabilities to stand up and move about has been developed by a Bulgarian inventor. Lubomir Vassilev came up with the device for his wife, who lost the ability to use her legs in an accident.
The Bulgarian Prosecutor-General’s Office has launched a nationwide investigation into “many” suspected fraud cases involving an EU rural-development program that has provided more than 100 million euros ($112 million) to build bed-and-breakfast lodgings across the country.
The deputy chairman of Bulgaria’s ruling GERB party says he is resigning from parliament amid a criminal investigation into his role in a real estate scandal that was uncovered by RFE/RL’s Bulgarian Service.
Bulgarian Justice Minister Tsetska Tsacheva has resigned following RFE/RL investigative reports that revealed she and three other ruling GERB party politicians purchased luxury apartments at below market prices from the same firm, the government's press office said.
The Bulgarian Prosecutor-General’s Office says it is launching an investigation into a real estate deal by the deputy chairman of the ruling GERB.
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