Overcrowded camps and anti-immigration protests were not what fleeing Syrians expected to find in Europe
Bulgaria
High-Stakes Tourism: Vampire Hunters Descend on Bulgaria
Nikolai Ovcharov is a little dismissive of Count Dracula. The infamous bloodsucker was “a very fierce tyrant,” the Bulgarian archaeologist concedes, but his alleged lair in the Romanian town of Bran is “the smallest castle …
Mother of Mystery Blonde Roma Girl Wants Her Back
Says she never met couple raising her daughter Maria
Bulgarian Woman Questioned in Missing “Maria” Case
Sasha Ruseva, 38, said she is willing to take a DNA test
A Bulgarian Spring? Entrenched Protests Challenge Eastern Europe’s Status Quo
Anti-government street protests are not just a feature of countries abutting the Mediterranean—they’ve now taken root in one on the Black Sea. In February, protesters in Bulgaria, an Eastern European nation of 7 million people, …
Despite an Anti-Sarkozy Agenda, Hollande Imitates His Predecessor on Security
Tough reaction to project rioting in Amiens and resumption of controversial Roma deportations find French Socialist President François Hollande adopting security positions leftists once assailed his conservative predecessor …
Alleged Suicide Bomber in Bulgaria Blows Up Bus
A suicide bomber carried out an attack that killed seven people in a bus transporting Israeli tourists to the Bulgarian seaside on July 18, the country’s interior minister said. The attack prompted Israeli officials to point the …