New research shows the extent of various escape attempts from the Communist bloc through Bulgaria.

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Thirty years after the death of a Bulgarian dissident writer, injected, it seems, with a poison pellet delivered by a specially adapted umbrella, a book says it makes new revelations.

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Sergei Stanishev pledged to donate any campaign contributions tainted by irregularities to charity.

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Far from halting crime and violence, European Union aid to Bulgaria has effectively helped to spread corruption.

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Exposing corruption is not a battle for the fainthearted in Bulgaria, where graft has seeped into the fabric of life.

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Bulgaria has made strides and joined both NATO and the European Union -- and yet. But at graduation ceremonies at the American University, doubts are banished.

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Bulgaria?s answer to ?Riverdance? has reached American shores.

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Many in Bulgaria accused Russia of instigating a new cold war, depriving millions of Europeans of heat and fuel to strike a political blow against the West.

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Many people with mental illnesses or disabilities are sequestered without rights or recourse under Communist-era rules that put their fates in the hands of legal guardians.

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Two days after a boxer collapsed trying to make weight, a teammate lost his opening match and said he felt weak.

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Doping scandals emerged in two Olympic sports Friday weight lifting and swimming with grave consequences for athletes caught cheating six weeks before the Beijing Games.

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The center-right opposition won over the governing coalition, which was weakened by a deteriorating economy and voter fatigue with corruption.

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Four European governments signed an agreement with Turkey Monday for a gas pipeline that would reduce Europe?s dependence on Russian gas.

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Bulgaria and Romania are still plagued by widespread fraud, corruption and organized crime, according to a European Union report.

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Irina Bokova said that growing up in Communist Eastern Europe had made her a fervent advocate of political pluralism and European integration.

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