Surrounded by mountains in the heart of the Balkans, Sofia’s strategic location made it a focus for invasion over the centuries.

Tomas and I were providing health services to refugees and asylum seekers in Harmanli, a small Bulgarian town near the Bulgaria-Turkiye ... over to the Ottoman-era mosque in central Sofia where ...

A Muslim convert threatened to "flatten" a mosque, plotted to attack an Islamic cleric who was an outspoken critic of terrorism and researched potential military and police targets, a jury heard.

SOFIA, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's parliament approved on Thursday a cabinet led by Rosen Zhelyazkov, a former parliament speaker, ending months of negotiations on the formation of a coalition ...

Rosen Zhelyazkov from the center-right GERB party was selected as Bulgaria’s prime minister. The powerful GERB party won 69 seats in the 240-seat legislature at Bulgaria’s election in October, the ...

Trent Reinsmith is a Baltimore-based writer who covers MMA and hockey. Austin Bashi makes his UFC debut on Saturday’s UFC Vegas 101 card. The 23-year-old unbeaten competitor makes his ...

All of this is technically what you can expect when you step inside Banya – a traditional Russian bathhouse. But you’d do well to reserve all expectations beyond this point. Banya offers a ...

Serbia receives gas via Bulgaria, where the Bulgarian state gas company Bulgargaz said they had been notified of the Azeri gas interruption. Replacement gas volumes have been sourced from Turkey's ...

Bulgaria has undergone a significant transformation over the past three decades. It has transformed from a highly centralized, planned economy to an open, market-based, upper-middle-income economy ...

Feeling refreshed after an espresso, we walked a short distance to the small but welcoming Banya Bashi Mosque, then descended into the ancient Serdica complex. We were exhausted after a long day of ...