Now playing Next Bulgaria Bulgarian cow sentenced to death for wandering outside of EU Penka the cow will be shot for crossing EU border without documentation 05/06/2018
Now playing Next Bulgaria Fed-up fans demand their Bulgarian team move to FYR Macedonia Bulgarian team's fans ask to join FYR Macedonian football league after claiming 'repression' had seen them relegated from Bulgaria's top division. 24/05/2018
Now playing Next Bulgaria EU's summit with Western Balkan nations promises path to membership Summit reiterated objectives set 15 years ago, and reaffirmed determination to bring the Balkans into the EU family, but the post-summit press conference ranged further afield, to transatlantic relations, and Iran. 17/05/2018
Now playing Next Bulgaria EU commits to Iran deal and demands US tariff exemptions at Balkans summit European Council President Donald Tusk, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov briefed the press following the EU-Western Balkans summit in Sofia. 17/05/2018
Now playing Next Bulgaria EU Leaders gather in Sofia to discuss Balkans and Trump European Council President Donald Tusk put the US President at the top of the agenda, critcising his recent decision-making on the Iran nuclear deal and import trade tariffs. 17/05/2018
Now playing Next Europe News EU Balkan meeting thrown off track | The Brief from Brussels It was supposed to tackle big issues like the role of the EU in south-east Europe, immigration, security, crime but there was an elephant in the Balkan summit meeting room. 17/05/2018
Now playing Next Bulgaria Search for top Bulgarian mountaineer missing in bid to reach Tibetan summit 18 years ago he survived cancer but developed diabetes while receiving chemotherapy; 3 years ago, he survived a coma after being struck by a car while researching wildlife in the Pirin Mountains of Bulgaria; now he is missing on a Tibetan mountain. 11/05/2018
Now playing Next Bulgaria EU ministers in talks over possible new defence body Ministers talked about the European Intervention Initiative which would be separate from other EU defence initiatives and also allow the UK to take part after Brexit. 05/05/2018
Now playing Next Bulgaria Three little bears find sanctuary in Bulgaria Staff say the trio were all alone when they were found in a mountainous region, with their mother nowhere to be seen 27/04/2018
Now playing Next Bulgaria 'Beast from the East' continues to spread across Europe Cold east winds have brought wintry weather conditions that are likely to continue into the week ahead 26/02/2018
Now playing Next Bulgaria Sofia’s saintly beggar Dobre Dobrev dies aged 103 Beggar Dobre Dobrev rejected materialism and devoted his last decades to raising money for Bulgaria’s Orthodox Church. 15/02/2018
Now playing Next Europe News FMs split over EU West Balkan Strategy The EU's foreign ministers are divided over the timetable for Brussels' plan to bring six West Balkan states into the Union. 15/02/2018
Now playing Next Bulgaria The world’s fastest-falling populations 'will be in eastern Europe' Bulgaria is estimated to shrink the most over the coming decades, but a host of other countries in eastern Europe are also in the firing line: Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine, Croatia, Lithuania, Romania, Serbia, Poland and Hungary. 26/01/2018
Now playing Next Sport Snowboarding: Anderson proves he's still got what it takes The 42-year-old Canadian rider glided to victory at Bransko. 26/01/2018
Now playing Next Bulgaria EU seeks compromise on migrant quotas Just weeks into 2018 and the migrant crisis shows little sign of letting up. Greece and Italy are at the forefront of the Mediterranean influx and Europe is struggling to reform asylum rules ahead of a June deadline. 25/01/2018
Now playing Next Bulgaria Angela Merkel is bolstered by unity message on Bulgaria visit Mekel compliments Bulgaria for its efforts on a range of issues, but insists that despite much being done for the EU member state, the hardest work had to be done at home. Bulgaria has been under fire for what some say is a lack of determination to fight corruption. 20/01/2018
Now playing Next Bulgaria Why thousands of people protested as Bulgaria began EU presidency Protesters hit the streets of Sofia to campaign against plans to expand a ski resort in one of the country’s national parks. 12/01/2018
Now playing Next Bulgaria Bulgaria renews calls for euro as it takes on EU presidency Eleven years after the joining the bloc Bulgaria has its first taste of holding the rotating presidency 11/01/2018
Now playing Next Bulgaria Bulgaria flexes migration muscles Migration is a priority as Sofia takes up rotating EU presidency 11/01/2018
Now playing Next Economy Bulgaria welcomes EU's top brass as presidential stint begins The country has taken over the EU's six-month rotating presidency. 11/01/2018
Now playing Next Bulgaria Bulgarian businessman shot dead in Sofia street Police are investigating the murder of Petar Hristov, an influential businessman with interests in several sectors of the Bulgarian economy. 08/01/2018
Now playing Next Europe News Bulgaria's president vetoes anti-corruption legislation a day after as Bulgaria's president vetoes anti-corruption legislation a day after assuming EU presidency. The country has been described as the most corrupt country in the EU by anti-corruption agency Transparency International 03/01/2018
Now playing Next Bulgaria Bulgaria takes up EU presidency The EU's poorest member state, and said to be its most corrupt, takes up the rotating presidency of the EU Council 31/12/2017
Now playing Next Bulgaria Farmers warned over the use of antibiotics in healthy animals The World Health Organisation is urging farmers to stop using antibiotics to boost growth in healthy animals in a bid to curb human resistance to the drugs. 07/11/2017
Now playing Next Bulgaria Bulgaria to pressure EU over food quality discrepancies Bulgaria has lent its weight behind complaints levied against the European Union over discrepancies found in the quality of identical food products sold in both east and west European countries. 28/06/2017