Somehow, they were left behind. Humanitarian groups claim Bulgarian authorities ignored emergency calls, leaving the boys to die. Police deny the allegations. RFE/RL has investigated the case.

Forty years ago, the communist authorities in Bulgaria began a brutal repression of the country's ethnic Turkish community. The Revival Process aimed to forcibly change Turkish names to Slavic ones, ...

Nearly 400 former members of four successive Bulgarian governments were being tried before two “People’s Courts.” At one court, which sat in the big hall of the University of Sofia ...

Although the Council of Europe estimates that Roma make up more than 10 percent of Bulgaria’s population — about 750,000 people — they are so marginalized and disenfranchised that less than ...

Worshipers gathered in a Bulgarian church on Monday (February 10) to light candles and say prayers on the day of the Orthodox patron saint of beekeepers, Haralampi. Priest Petar Stefanov explains his ...

Nearly 25 per cent of Bulgarians suffer from first-degree obesity, 40 per cent have a body mass index higher than healthy, ...

By Denitsa Koseva in Sofia About 57% of Bulgarians are against euro adoption, while just 26% want to join the eurozone next ...

Bulgaria commemorates the victims of the communist regime, marking the anniversary of the mass executions carried out in 1945 by the so-called People's Court. Established under Soviet influence, this ...

In the Bulgarian vaccination plan against COVID-19, the elderly and people with chronic diseases were placed after young and healthy people. Eurostat data confirms the basis for social and ...

Sofia – The first 100,000 signatures of people from around the world who share their concern for the future of Pirin National Park have been symbolically delivered to the office of the Prime Minister ...