BELENE, Bulgaria (Reuters) - In the dense forests of the idyllic Danube island of Persin, home to the endangered sea eagle and the ...
This year's grape harvest in Bulgaria proved to be a bumper one but independent grape growers around the country say they will be ...
Europe cracked the whip on bloated national deficits on Wednesday, but flagging hopes of economic recovery sharpened divisions on ending governments' economic life support measures. Nine more European Union countries -- taking the total to 20 out of 27 -- were named ...
AES Geo Energy, a Bulgarian unit of US energy giant AES Corporation, launched on Tuesday the largest 156-megawatt wind farm in Bulgaria, the company said. The 52-turbine wind farm near Kavarna on Bulgaria's northeast Black Sea coast was officially connected to the ...
SOFIA (Reuters Life!) - Bulgaria's new government will raise excise duties on cigarettes 43 percent next year in a bid to curb smoking and relieve the health care system, the finance ministry said on Thursday. The Balkan country, which is home to ...
Officials say the death of a 30-year-old man marks the country's first swine flu-related fatality. A Health Ministry statement says the Bulgarian man died Wednesday in a Sofia hospital after a week of pneumonia. The ministry says Bulgaria has recorded 78 cases ...
Bulgaria's Irina Bokova won the top job at the UN culture agency Tuesday after a race clouded by anti-Semitism accusations against her Egyptian rival, a UNESCO official said. The former foreign minister was elected director general of the UN Educational, Scientific and ...
A glance at Irina Bokova of Bulgaria, next leader of the UN's cultural arm A look at Bulgarian Irina Bokova, elected Tuesday to head the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO. _AGE: 57. She was born July 12, 1952 ...
Bulgaria probe clears lottery after winning numbers repeated Investigators said Thursday they found no wrongdoing at Bulgaria's national lottery after the same winning numbers were picked in two consecutive draws. Sport Minister Svilen Neikov ordered the probe Wednesday after the numbers 4, ...
Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro praised his team's improvement following the world champions' 2-0 victory over Bulgaria that virtually assures them a place at next year's World Cup in South Africa. Goals from Juventus pair Fabio Grosso and Vincenzo Iaquinta put Bulgaria to ...
Defending champions Italy took a huge step towards qualifying for next year's World Cup with a competent 2-0 Group Eight victory over Bulgaria here on Wednesday. Italy lead Ireland by four points with two games remaining and need only a draw in ...
Britain pardons fan convicted of attempted murder in Bulgaria, cites new evidence Britain on Wednesday pardoned an English soccer fan who spent four years in prison for attempted murder in Bulgaria, saying another man had confessed to the crime. British Justice Secretary ...
