Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov Provided Cover-Up for Illegal Drug Trafficking between Bulgaria and Turkey
The Association of Free Speech „Anna Politkovskaya“, winner of the International Award for Human Rights „Golden Dove,“ have sent a report to the President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek and Bulgaria’s Chief Prosecutor Boris Velchev, requesting initiation of a pre-trial procedure with submission to the Court of an indictment against Boyko Borisov, current Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
The request was made by the members of the public council of the human rights association Petar Penchev and …

Fri, 11/11/2011
by James Pardew*
Democracy took a step backward in the latest presidential and municipal election process in Bulgaria. The campaign leading up to those elections in this Nato and EU nation exposed an alarming decline in the freedom and independence of print and electronic media and political intimidation at levels not seen in decades in the country.
From Sunday’s run-off and elections a week earlier, the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria Party (GERB) of Prime Minister Boiko Borissov won the presidency and mayor positions in the majority of major towns …

Rosen Plevneliev, the candidate of the ruling center-right party GERB, has won Bulgaria’s Presidential Elections.
Plevneliev, who served as Regional Development Minister in the Borisov Cabinet from 2009 till 2011, quitting in order to run for President, emerged as the winner in Bulgaria’s presidential vote run-off on Sunday.
Plevneliev beat his competitor, the candidate of the Bulgarian Socialist Party Ivaylo Kalfin, by winning 55.3% of the votes cast Sunday, according to the exit poll of Gallup.
Kalfin, a former Foreign Minister in the Stanishev Cabinet in 2005-2009, and current Member of the European …

Today September 6th,  is an official holiday in Bulgaria.  Bulgaria is celebrating  anniversary since the unification of the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Roumelia.
On September 5, 1885, the Principality of Bulgaria unified with the autonomous Ottoman province of Eastern Roumelia, a few years after its liberation from Ottoman yoke.
The historic proclamation was made after a march by a handful of Bulgarians from the small town of Saedinenie (nowadays Unification) to the town of Plovdiv, removing one of the gravest injustices imposed in the wake of the Berlin congress.
But it was not …

United States secretary of state Hillary Clinton has extended her wishes of goodwill to the Bulgarian people on the eve of the 133rd anniversary of independence from Ottoman rule, a state department media statement said on March 2.
Press Statement
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I congratulate the people of Bulgaria as you celebrate the 133rd anniversary of your independence this March 3.
The United States and Bulgaria are close allies, based on mutual respect and shared values. We …

1000 year-Silla-capital-city Kyungju, a historical museum having numerous ancient tombs and historic remains but much part of history of Kyungju still remains mysterious.

The parties agree that significant changes are needed in the new electoral code, but will there be political will to make those changes?
Authors: Mila Simonova (UAE, Dubai), P. Stamatov (USA, Chicago)
The Bulgarian media portal www.Eurochicago.com turned to the leaders of the most influential parties in Bulgaria, and asked several identical principle questions relating to elections, electronic voting and the adequacy of state policy towards Bulgarians abroad. The aim of this survey was to clarify the policy positions before the importation of the text of the new electoral law …

The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences wants to close the Institute for Thracian Studies.
Please do not permit this criminal act to happen.
The Institute for Thracian Studies is a multi-disciplinary scientific think-tank, with research and publication across several countries and is supported by the scientific community worldwide. Its research encompasses all the aspects of ancient Thracian history, cultural anthropology and linguistics, spreading on 5 millennia of European history.
Background
1. In a closed doors meeting in the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) some of the BAS managers proposed to demolish the institute for Thracian …

Exactly fifty two years back to the date of its original publication, Ayn Rand’s magnum opus Atlas Shrugged saw the light of day in the Bulgarian language. On October 10, 2009, MaK and East-West [Iztok-zapad] publishing houses unveiled Part I of the Bulgarian edition of the book with a celebration at Grand Hotel Bulgaria in Sofia with more than 120 of Rand’s fans present. The book was presented by the publisher Kalin Manolov, the translator Petio Angelov, the editor Iskra Angelova, and the economist Lachezar Bogdanov.
Atlas Shrugged has been around …

Bulgarian archeologists have found a unique golden wreath in an unnamed mound near the South-East village of Krushare, Sliven District.