Bulgaria

Stolen Stradivarius violin mystery takes another twist

2013-03-28 08:00:00

The strange case of a stolen Stradivarius violin belonging to London-based musician Min-Jin Kym�has taken another twist. The instrument that officials recovered this year in Bulgaria has turned out to be a replica, not the 17th century instrument that...

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov resigns

2013-02-20 01:31:00

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov offered to step down after anti-government protests sparked street violence four months before parliamentary elections are scheduled to take place. The premier, who has been in office since 2009, told the Sofia-...

Bulgaria ejects Hamas lawmakers, citing national security threat

2013-02-15 12:02:00

Bulgarian officials ejected Hamas lawmakers from the country on Friday, saying they had reason to believe that the group of Palestinians threatened their nation's security. The Bulgarian State Agency for National Security said four Palestinians had...

Magical moments on the Black Sea

2013-01-27 00:00:00

ISTANBUL, Turkey — As we sat on the Breeza, the open aft deck of the Azamara Quest, we watched the shadow line of the sunset climb the sheer, volcanic cliff above Skala, the tender landing area on the island of Santorini in the southern Aegean. It...

Bulgaria suspects suicide bomber with fake I.D. in Israeli bus attack

2012-07-19 04:34:18

Israeli leader Netanyahu blames Iran for Bulgaria bus bombing

2012-07-18 16:41:08

3 Israeli tourists killed in explosion on tour bus in Bulgaria

2012-07-18 16:41:20

Syrian bombing shrouded in mystery; Assad's whereabouts unknown

2012-07-19 16:39:47

Netanyahu: Intelligence points to Hezbollah in Bulgarian bombing

2012-07-22 16:34:35

Alexis Weissenberg dies at 82; French pianist's music saved him from death camps

2012-01-10 17:00:00

Bulgarian-born French pianist Alexis Weissenberg, whose love of music from the age of 3 saved him and his mother from a World War II concentration camp and carried him to the heights of performances with Herbert von Karajan and Leonard Bernstein, has...

Slamdance announces films for 2012 festival

2011-12-14 04:37:17

On Location: 'Killing Season' for De Niro, Travolta in Georgia

2012-01-27 21:33:54

A man swirls a fireball near a bonfire to celebrate the Bulgarian Orthodox Christian holiday Sirni Zagovezni, during which evil spirits are chased away with fire rituals.

2013-03-19 12:31:10

Bulgarian dancers named "Kukeri" hold torches as they perform a ritual dance during the Kukeri Carnival in the village of Batanovci, western Bulgaria, on January 13, 2013. The Kukeri Carnival is a festival of brightly colored masks and costumes which marks the beginning of the spring.

2013-01-14 00:00:00

Orthodox Church during funeral service in the golden-domed "Alexander Nevski" cathedral in Sofia.

2012-11-09 00:00:00