Bulgaria

Bulgaria, Romania take first steps into Europe’s visa-free zone

By Diana Simeonova with Antrada Lautaru SOFIA, March 31, 2024 (AFP) - Bulgaria and Romania joined Europe's vast Schengen area…

UK to charge five Bulgarians with spying for Russia

LONDON, Sept 21, 2023 (AFP) - Five Bulgarian nationals suspected of spying for Russia will be charged with conspiracy to…

Cheers and sneers as Bulgaria unveils EU’s highest flagpole

  By Diana SIMEONOVA Agence France-Presse ROZHEN, Bulgaria (AFP) -- A soaring mast in the mountains of southern Bulgaria has…

Four ‘Bulgarians’ shot dead in upmarket Cape Town area

JOHANNESBURG, May 25, 2023 (AFP) - South African police said on Thursday four people believed to be of "Bulgarian descent"…

Bulgaria votes for fifth time in two years under Ukraine shadow

  Sofia, Bulgaria | AFP | Sunday 4/2/2023 by Vessela SERGUEVA Bulgarians vote on Sunday in their fifth general election…

‘Guns and Roses’: Bulgaria arms trade booms on Ukraine war

by Vessela SERGUEVA Agence France-Presse KAZANLAK, Bulgaria (AFP) -- With its huge munitions factories and endless rose fields, Kazanlak in…

Bulgaria moves to replace Russia nuclear fuel supplies

Bulgaria's sole nuclear power plant signed a nuclear fuel supply deal with a French firm on Friday in efforts to…

Eastern Europe embraces Ukraine refugees as workforce

  by Vessela SERGUEVA with Julia ZAPPEI in Vienna Agence France Presse SOFIA, Bulgaria (AFP) -- Eastern European countries are…

Czechs, Poland, Bulgaria to close airspace to Russian flights

  The Czech Republic, Poland and Bulgaria each said Friday they would close their airspace to flights by Russian carriers…

At least 45 people killed in bus accident in Bulgaria

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AFP) -- At least 45 people were killed in an overnight bus accident on a highway south of…

Three dead in fire on coronavirus ward in Bulgaria

  SOFIA, Bulgaria (AFP) -- Three patients died in a fire that broke out early Sunday on a coronavirus ward…

Bulgaria coal miners brace for ‘disaster’ as phaseout looms

by Rossen BOSSEV Agence France-Presse STARA ZAGORA, Bulgaria (AFP) - Nikolay Dinev, 34, has worked as a coal miner for…

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