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Bulgaria, the European Union’s poorest country, is currently going through its first recession in 12 years after a three-year lending boom stalled. Photo by EPA Industrial production in Bulgaria decreased 0,9% year-on-year in January, compared to the 12,1% fall in...

Bulgaria's conservative Order, Law and Justice (RZS) party, which recently saw the demise of its parliamentary group and withdrew its support for the center-right government, has seen the defection of one more of its members. Dimitar Chukarski is the second...

Four hotels, many stores, offices and streets had been flooded by the advancing seas. Sand and other debris were reported scattered around the seafront...Reportedly the flood was caused by the lack of levees, the construction of which falls under the...

Anti-Semitic laws modelled on the Nuremberg laws were approved by MPs of the time. In December 1940, Bulgaria's National Assembly adopted the Defence of the Nation Act...They were limited to residence in certain zones, and a 5pm curfew was imposed...Adult...

The first post in Berbatov's blog, titled "Haters", comes just days after Bulgarian leading sports daily 7 Dni Sport singled out the captain for particularly harsh treatment after the 2-0 defeat to Poland on March 3, accusing the team captain...

It is absolutely certain that Greek-owned banks are not draining liquidity from Bulgaria, according to Dimitar Kostov, Deputy Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank. This concern was raised by Finance Minister Simeon Djankov last week but was subsequently repudiated officially...

The editorial staff also publishes a daily online newspaper "Sofia Morning News."...Foreign media analysis on Bulgaria and World News in Brief are also part of the web site and the online newspaper.

The latest blizzard is unfolding over southern Bulgaria and this weather system will later envelop most of the country, the Bulgarian meteorological website was quoted as saying on March 8...The southern Black Sea will be exposed to snowfall which will...

A stolen disk of Swiss banking data bought by Germany last week revealed that Bulgarian tax evaders held about 200 million euros in Swiss banks, Bulgaria�s revenue agency chief said on Friday. �We had information that Bulgarian citizens held about...