Bulgaria’s Plovdiv remains relatively unknown to most travelers, but it’s beginning to appear on more and more Balkan itineraries – and for good reason. Situated between two vast mountain ranges along ...

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag prayed his Eid al-Fitr prayer in Muradiye mosque in Bulgarian Plovdiv city on Thursday, where Religious Affairs delivered 2 thousand holy Qurans and ...

2006-07-16 04:00:00 PDT Plovdiv, Bulgaria-- "We must inform the police about you," said the desk clerk at my hotel. For a moment I was gripped with long-dormant, behind-the-Iron-Curtain paranoia. Then ...

In the beginning of the autumn Bulgaria's culture life is awaking and the artists are once again conquering the stages. Bulgaria's rhythmic legend Lili Ignatova presented her show "Bulgarian dream ...

Protestors gathered in the central Bulgarian city of Plovdiv on January 17 after news emerged of local politicians seeking to dismantle a hilltop monument to the Soviet Red Army known as "Alyosha." On ...