Sofia (Bulgaria)

SOFIA, May 23 (Reuters) - Litex Lovech coach Hristo Stoichkov was fined 7,000 levs ($4,600) on Thursday for threatening to beat up Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) president Borislav Mihaylov after his team's 2-1 home loss to Lokomotiv Sofia. Former...

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's largest party GERB declined on Thursday to try to form a new government, opening the way for the rival Socialists to put together a technocrat administration and end a political impasse. Seeking to break a deadlock that could...

* Socialists seek support for a technocrat government * Plan to speed up delayed payments to businesses * Pledge to keep electricity costs unchanged SOFIA, May 20 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's Socialists revealed a plan on Monday to speed payments to business...

SOFIA, May 20 (Reuters) - Etar Veliko Tarnovo have been expelled from Bulgaria's first division after failing to turn up for their last two league games, the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) said on Monday. The BFU gave Slavia Sofia a 3-0 victory against...

* Rightist GERB government resigned during protests * Remains most popular party but unlikely to win majority * Discontent with poverty likely to persist By Angel Krasimirov SOFIA, May 12 (Reuters) - Bulgarians vote on Sunday in an election forced...

* GERB and Socialists neck-and-neck two days before poll * Hung parliament likely, hard to form new government * Uncertainty may hurt economy, prompt more unrest By Tsvetelia Tsolova SOFIA, May 10 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's two main political parties were...

* Activists angry that ousted party looks set to win * Demonstrations forced resignation of government in Feb * Protests over corruption, high prices, austerity By Angel Krasimirov SOFIA, May 8 (Reuters) - Bulgarian activists vowed to take to the...

SOFIA, May 1 (Reuters) - Disgruntled fans of CSKA Sofia, upset at the way Bulgaria's most successful side are being run, have dug a grave in the middle of their pitch for the company which owns the club. Fans even erected a tombstone at the Bulgarska...

* Accusations of wiretapping may hurt party's popularity * Ex-minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov may be charged after vote * Wiretapping could undermine public, investor confidence By Tsvetelia Tsolova SOFIA, April 30 (Reuters) - Bulgarian prosecutors on...

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov offered to step down after anti-government protests sparked street violence four months before parliamentary elections are scheduled to take place. The premier, who has been in office since 2009, told the Sofia-...

PARIS (AP) — They asked for undies on heads, masks, and as much color as possible on Friday. They got a topless activist hacking down a cross in Ukraine, balaclavas on Soviet-era statues of soldiers in Bulgaria, and signs for "Justice" in Spain....

BURGAS, Bulgaria -- A bus bombing that killed five Israeli tourists, the bus driver and the suspected bomber in Bulgaria was probably carried out by a male suicide attacker who had a fake Michigan driver's license, Bulgaria's interior minister said...