Surrounded by mountains in the heart of the Balkans, Sofia’s strategic location made it a focus for invasion over the centuries.

STOCKHOLM, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Sweden's government on Monday accused a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Stockholm of being a platform for Iranian spying against Sweden and the Iranian diaspora. Sweden's ...

Now, all that remains of Masjid Al Taqwa — the first mosque in the Altadena-Pasadena area — are soot, ash and charred twisted skeletons of chairs. A sign proclaiming the mosque’s name stands ...

SOFIA - Bulgaria expects €500 million in revenue from military aid to Ukraine over the past three years, after Kyiv’s biggest donors agreed to compensate Sofia generously. Military revenues are ...

Bulgaria's parliament on Thursday formally approved a coalition government led by the centre-right GERB party, finally installing an administration nearly three months after elections resulted in ...

Rosen Zhelyazkov from the center-right GERB party was selected as Bulgaria’s prime minister. The powerful GERB party won 69 seats in the 240-seat legislature at Bulgaria’s election in October, the ...

Night - Cloudy. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 34 °F (1.1 °C). Cloudy with a high of 46 °F (7.8 °C). Winds variable at 2 to 7 mph (3.2 to 11.3 kph). Mostly cloudy today with a high ...

Barry Keoghan touched down in Bulgaria alongside Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Friday, to launch Children's Care campaign across the globe. The Saltburn actor, 32, and the Labour politician ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Preparations are underway ahead of the visit of UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay to al-Nuri Mosque in ...

Bulgaria has undergone a significant transformation over the past three decades. It has transformed from a highly centralized, planned economy to an open, market-based, upper-middle-income economy ...