RFE/RL’s Bulgarian Service relaunched in 2019 after a 15-year absence, providing independent news and original analysis to help strengthen a media landscape weakened by the monopolization of ownership and corruption.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's center-right party is set to come in first in the April 4 parliamentary elections, but it could struggle to form a ruling coalition after parties behind the mass anti-government protests last summer won a large share of the vote.
Amid parliamentary elections in Bulgaria on April 4, special crews with ballot boxes visited the homes of quarantined voters. Polling stations in the capital, Sofia, have also adopted strengthened hygiene measures amid the soaring COVID-19 outbreak.
The center-right ruling party of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is projected to win Bulgaria's parliamentary elections with about 25 percent of the vote.
An ethnic-Turkish Bulgarian deputy at the European Parliament has told RFE/RL that he believes he was sanctioned by China because he helped an imprisoned ethnic-Uyghur economist receive the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
Bulgaria’s government has given two Russian diplomats 72 hours to leave the country, after the authorities uncovered the latest in a string of Moscow-linked spy scandals.
Bulgaria says it has detained and charged six people suspected of passing classified information to Russia.
Bulgaria has announced it will close kindergartens, schools, restaurants, and shopping malls for 10 days as the country battles a surge in COVID-19 infections that have stretched its hospitals.
Two Bulgarian friends, one of whom grew up with deaf parents, have launched an online video series with sign-language interpretation of poetry and films. It's meant to raise the visibility of the deaf community and allow different groups to come closer together through culture.
Bulgarian police have busted a counterfeiting operation at a university in the capital, Sofia.
Bulgaria has temporarily halted inoculations with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine amid growing concerns over its safety.
Starshel, whose name means "The Hornet," is Bulgaria's oldest satirical publication. In its early days under communist rule, it poked fun at capitalism and American imperialism, but it also sometimes took on the country's own leadership.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has published 10 recommendations on how to address the "dire" situation of press freedom in Bulgaria, saying it seeks to stimulate a national debate on this "vital" matter in the run-up to elections next month.
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Bulgaria's courts had wrongly dismissed two discrimination cases brought against far-right nationalist lawmaker Volen Siderov.
A Bulgarian court has released alcohol tycoon Minyu Staykov after nearly 2 1/2 years in detention due to deteriorating health.
A new Bulgarian power plant that will use trash to generate heat and electricity for tens of thousands of people is being hailed by its supporters as a green solution for Sofia's mountain of waste. But critics say the EU-funded incinerator will make the city's already-polluted air even worse.
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has announced April 4 as the date for the country's next general election.
Russian opposition activist Yevgeny Chupov, who fled Russia in 2019 fearing possible prosecution for his political activities, has received refugee status in Bulgaria.
Under the European Green Deal initiative, the European Union is aiming to reduce its net greenhouse-gas emissions to zero by 2050. That target poses a big challenge for EU member state Bulgaria, where 60 percent of the country's power comes from plants that burn mostly coal.
Bulgarian authorities have given a Russian diplomat 72 hours to leave Bulgaria, alleging involvement in espionage in the EU and NATO member state.
Russian aircraft have repeatedly used the airspace of NATO-member Bulgaria to deliver military equipment to Serbia, a joint investigation by RFE/RL’s Bulgarian and Balkan services shows.
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