Sofia (Bulgaria)

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-...

Move over Dracula, tourists flock to see Bulgarian 'vampire'

2012-06-14 16:42:02

Woman arrested in theft of Axl Rose's jewelry in Paris

2012-06-06 16:36:23

Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra will tour this summer in Bulgaria, its conductor's homeland [Updated]

2011-02-22 21:33:06

The EU's ugly little challenge

2007-01-06 00:00:00

ON NEW YEAR'S day, the European Union swelled by another 28 million people. The inclusion of Romania and Bulgaria in the European fold is cause for celebration in the streets of Bucharest and the courtyards of Sofia. For two of Europe's poorer countries,...

From the archives: Longtime Bulgaria Leader Resigns; Reformer Named

1989-11-11 00:00:00

MOSCOW -- Bulgarian President Todor Zhivkov, the longest-serving leader in Eastern Europe, resigned Friday, thrusting his country into the political maelstrom sweeping the region. Zhivkov, 78, who stepped down after 35 years in power, was replaced as...

Cities around Europe see protests backing jailed Russian band

2012-08-17 04:44:00

PARIS (AP) — They asked for undies on heads, masks, and as much color as possible on Friday. They got a topless activist hacking down a cross in Ukraine, balaclavas on Soviet-era statues of soldiers in Bulgaria, and signs for "Justice" in Spain....

Bulgarian Bus Bombing Suspect Had Fake U.S. License

2012-07-20 04:35:00

BURGAS, Bulgaria -- A bus bombing that killed five Israeli tourists, the bus driver and the suspected bomber in Bulgaria was probably carried out by a male suicide attacker who had a fake Michigan driver's license, Bulgaria's interior minister said...

Breaking through: Below-the-Line Impact Report 2012 - Up Next

2012-07-30 21:55:07

SOYON AN Costume designer/stylist An may be a two-time Emmy winner for costumes on "So You Think You Can Dance" and stylist for "American Idol," but the 30-year-old, who was born in South Korea and raised in L.A., has her sights set on some new goals....

Sofia's Last Ambulance

2012-05-25 21:55:07

Faces convey all that auds need to know in tyro helmer Ilian Metev's rigidly constructed and deeply human docu "Sofia's Last Ambulance." The title refers not to a woman but to Bulgaria's capital, down to a mere thirteen ambulances thanks to rampant...

Shared spaces, shared shame

2011-09-08 12:05:00

Green Square in Tripoli. Tahrir Square in Cairo. The new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on Washington's National Mall. We humans know, deep inside, that public places — squares and greens and plazas that are open to all — are more than just...

Classically Trained: Maestro has strong musical roots

2010-12-02 19:07:00

SEAL BEACH — When your father plays violin, your brother plays violin, your cousins play violin and your aunt plays viola, clearly the sounds of strings run deep in the family. So it was only natural that Maxim Eshkenazy take up the family trade...

A helicopter drops water over a wildfire spreading over the Vitosha Mountain near Sofia . Israel has dispatched two special planes to help Bulgaria battle a large forest fire raging in a nature reserve on mount Vitosha just outside Sofia, the Bulgarian government said on July 3.

2012-07-03 00:00:00

A picture taken on December 1, 2011, shows a merry-go-round at the Christmas market in downtown Sofia.

2011-12-02 00:00:00

A picture shows the world's first partial solar eclipse of 2011 above a sculpture at the National Theatre in Sofia, Bulgaria. Europe was given a front-row seat today to the first solar eclipse of 2011 only to find that in many places a thick curtain of cloud marred the spectacle.

2011-01-04 00:00:00