SKOPJE, Macedonia -- Slovenia, current holder of the rotating EU presidency, on Tuesday (May 13th) condemned several incidents that marred the offici...
SOFIA, Bulgaria -- The European Commission (EC) is asking the finance ministry to provide a list of companies caught violating EU funding procedures,...
A recent push by Bosnia and Herzegovina's Islamic community to build more mosques in the capital sparked a debate over multi-ethnicity, religious tolerance and alleged pro-Islamic sympathies of the nation's authorities.
Along with other countries in the region, Albania celebrated Europe Day on May 9th. Also in news: Serbia's Novak Djokovic wins the Rome Masters final, and Albania hosts the first Motor Rally competition.
TIRANA, Albania -- Prime Minister Sali Berisha welcomes the opposition's readiness to amend the constitution concerning immunity for lawmakers. "We h...
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- High Representative Miroslav Lajcak says it is 99.9% certain that BiH will sign its Stabilisation and Assoc...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The UN war crimes tribunal announced on Tuesday (May 13th) it transferred Bosnian Croat Vinko Martinovic to serve the rest...
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Albania assumed the rotating presidency of the Black Sea Economic Co-operation Organisation (BSEC) from Ukraine on Tuesday (May 1...
A group of motormen from European countries donated Tuesday EUR 10 000 to the "Petko Slaveykov" Orphanage in the Bulgarian capital Sofia . The bikers collected the sum during their charity passage around Europe named "On Two Wheels through Luxembourg,
The father of UK hip hop Daddy Skitz comes to Sofia , along with the Dancehall/Reggae MC Deadly Hunta for one killing life set in Sofia`s Sugar club on Thursday, May 15. After the issue of several successful singles like:
Local spa hotels are ratcheting up their efforts to lure more foreigners as some 80% of the current guests are Bulgarians, said Stanimir Stankov, chairman of the National Spa and Wellness Tourism Association. The marketing focus is now on Russia,
The Bulgarian specialty coffee market welcomed a new player Tuesday with the unveiling in Sofia of the first local outlet of Flocafe, a cafe chain part of Greek food group Vivartia. The Flocafe is located on the Sveta Nedelya square
The direction of Sofia University (SU) 'St. Kliment Ohrdiski` will present today the conception of first university television in Bulgaria. The television`s name will be 'Alma Mater` and its first emission will be limited to 2 to 3 hours per
A total of three boys, aged between 18 and 20, are in coma after the car they were riding in hit against a slope near Bulgaria`s town of Razlog late on Tuesday. Their lives are still in danger, doctors reported.
A 37-year-old worker in Troyanovo-1 mine of the Maritza Iztok complex in Radnevo died Wednesday in an accident. The man suffered an electric shock while doing routine maintenance of electric installations in the mine. An investigation over the reasons be...
Bulgarian and Romanian 'love priestesses` work out 20% of the common turnover in one of the biggest bawdy houses in Germany and in whole Europe, 'Deutsche Welle` announces. The German media cites one of the bosses of 'Pasha` bawdy house-
The number of bank deposits with balance in excess of 50,000 levs has increased by 16,000 in the past year, shows central bank data on deposits towards the end of the first quarter. A total of 5.7 bln levs are
