According to Bulgaria’s minister of interior affairs Mihail Mikov the economic crisis had created a criminal situation in the country Thursday. Mikov made his statement in his first comment following a brutal murder that shocked Sofia last night. A 73 year old man was robbed, murdered and his home was …

Bulgaria’s leading centre-right parties, the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) and Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB), look poised to overcome years of bickering after deciding on March 10 to begin talks on a coalition ahead of this summer’s Parliament elections. DSB gave leader Ivan Kostov, the former UDF prime …

US Vice President Joseph Biden during a meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels called on the Europeans to maintain their commitments to Kosovo and take their share of responsibility towards the newly independent state seriously. “There is still a lot of work to be done in Kosovo because our …