The Shadow War Between Iran and Israel: The Bulgaria Front

How an attack on a bus in Bulgaria plays into a broader but secretive conflict between Israel and Iran (and Tehran's Hizballah ally)

Alleged Suicide Bomber in Bulgaria Blows Up Bus

A suicide bomber carried out an attack that killed seven people in a bus transporting Israeli tourists to the Bulgarian seaside on July 18, the country’s...

Behind the Bulgaria Suicide Bombing: Could It Be Iran? Or Hizballah or Both?

In the absence of firm evidence, the strongest argument for Iranian involvement in the bombing of a busload of Israeli tourists at a Bulgarian airport is this: ...

100 ‘Vampire’ Graves Discovered in Bulgaria

Just when you though vampires had become so 2008, a new discovery has renewed public mania over our favorite undead monster. Archaeologists excavating a...

Never Too Old: 78-Year-Old Starts First Grade in Bulgaria

Apostol Stoyanov will hand in homework, take tests, and answer questions in class, just like the rest of the students. No matter that he's old enough to be his...

How to Clean Up Bulgaria

Bulgaria's Prime Minister rushes into his office more than an hour late for an interview, lights a half-smoked Cohiba cigar lying on the coffee table and says,...

Could the E.U. Lose Bulgaria to Russia?

As Bulgaria's incoming Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov can assume copious congratulations when he takes up the reins of government on July 23. Less welcome,...

Brussels Beats Up On Bulgaria

A government riddled with corruption and a country beset by crime. That's the European Commission's grim verdict on Bulgaria, a nation that was supposed to have...

Bulgaria Beckons

It would be understandable if Bulgaria--ancient Roman annex, Ottoman Empire conquest, Soviet Union satellite--wasn't all that welcoming to foreigners. But there...

Bullish On the Balkans

The black eye Milen Veltchev was sporting last week was not, he insists, the result of a run-in with a disgruntled taxpayer. Sure, Veltchev has had some awkward...