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Pope Francis continues Balkan tour with a visit to North Macedonia

Pope Francis continued his Balkan tour with a visit to North Macedonia, where 20,000 Catholics live alongside Orthodox, Muslim and Protestant communities

Bulgaria

Pope Francis starts 3 day visit to Bulgaria and North Macedonia

Pope Francis has started his three-day visit to Bulgaria and North Macedonia,

Bulgaria

Watch: Marine Le Pen on Matteo Salvini: 'He is a man of great will'

Far-right French leader Marine Le Pen denied any rift with Italy's Matteo Salvini in an interview with Euronews.

World News

Le Pen among European far right leaders uniting for Euro elections

France's Marine Le Pen is in Bulgaria to meet with the leaders of the European far right, who attempt to unite ahead of European Parliament elections

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Bulgaria

Road Trip Europe Day 35 Vidin: Inside Bulgaria's ghost towns

Young Bulgarians are leaving the country's rural areas in droves, leading to a phenomenon known as ghost villages.

Bulgaria

Road Trip Europe Day 34 Sofia: Bulgarians protest low wages on Labour

Bulgaria has the lowest minimum wage in the European Union and is also the poorest country in the bloc. It is these dire labour conditions that are dominating the debate as the European elections loom.

World

Road Trip Europe Day 33 Stolipinovo: Bulgarian Roma on discrimination

Euronews' EU Road Trip has reached Bulgaria on its mission to discover the hopes and fears of European voters ahead of May's EU parliamentary elections.

World

Road Trip Europe Day 32 Plovdiv: Young Bulgarians upbeat about future

Despite living in the poorest country in the EU, the Road Trip team found that young Bulgarians in Plovdiv showed remarkable optimism about their future.

World

Road Trip Europe Day 31 Sandanski: Demand for better living standards

Bryan Carter and Apostolos Staikos continue our European road trip by heading to Bulgaria just in time for Orthodox Easter, to find out what voters there are thinking before the European elections next month.

Earth News

Eco-friendly Spring adventures to book now

These destinations are actively promoting a sustainable approach to tourism.

New Zealand

New Zealand shooter's travels around Europe under investigation

Officials in Bulgaria said the man arrested in connection to Friday's shootings visited the country last year.

Bulgaria

Borissov assures NATO Bulgaria is not Russia's 'Trojan horse'

Borissov voiced concern over the possibility of an escalation in the arms race between NATO and Russia and told NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg that Bulgaria will not be used as a 'Trojan horse' of Russia. Stoltenberg praised Bulgaria’s commitment to NATO during a visit to Sofia on Friday.

Bulgaria

Bear Grylls faces possible fine over filming 'violations' in Bulgaria

The Bulgarian Environment Ministry said in a statement Thursday that Bear Grylls could face a fine for "violations" during filming of his show in a national park.

Bulgaria

'Absolutely abhorrent': Far-right march to honour pro-Nazi general

Around 2,000 of them strode through the Bulgarian capital for the annual Lukov March.

Bulgaria

Venezuela oil firm 'transferred millions of euros to Bulgarian bank'

Bulgarian authorities have launched an investigation into suspected money laundering after blocking millions of euros of transfers from Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA to a local bank.

My Europe Series

Fashion victims: Bulgaria's textile workers on the poverty line

With one hundred days to go before the next European elections, Insiders goes to Bulgaria to discuss the difficult working conditions for textile workers in a country which has the lowest minimum wage in Europe.

Bulgaria

Skripal poisoning investigation expands to Bulgaria

The Skripal probe just got even more complex as Sofia investigates a possible link between the nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in England in 2018 and the poisoning of an arms dealer on its soil in 2015.

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Pernik celebrates the 28th Surva festival

Every winter, folklore groups from across Bulgaria take part in the two-day Surva festival in the city of Pernik.

World News

Uber may have to re-route EU business plan after European Court ruling

Popular ride-hailing firm Uber sees its European operations hampered after claims of unfair competition by local taxi drivers and an EU court ruling

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EU warns of crime risks from governments' sales of passports and visas

EU report raises concerns on Malta, Cyprus schemes