SOFIA -- It's hard to miss the giant, 11-meter-tall statue that towers above Plovdiv, standing proud on top of the Bulgarian city's second-highest hill. Named Alyosha, a generic diminutive used to ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Following years of heated debates, authorities in Bulgaria began to dismantle a monument of the Soviet army that has dominated the skyline of the capital city of Sofia, and has ...

Bulgaria has had to walk a fine line, trying to covertly support Ukraine without provoking Russia. The Balkan state has been historically influenced by Moscow. Opinions on Ukraine are split among its ...

In the latest indignity suffered by Soviet-era monuments in Bulgaria, unknown artists Saturday transformed a huge sculpture into a colossal version of a traditional lucky charm in the eastern European ...

A demonstration held on March 9 indicates that a council vote to remove a controversial memorial to Red Army soldiers in Sofia may be easier said than done. 1 These protesters gathered around Sofia’s ...

The broken plaque on the monument of the Soviet Army in Sofia, Bulgaria (Picture: Shutterstock) A monument to the Soviet Army in Bulgaria was vandalised on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the ...

Sofia (AFP) – Regional authorities in Sofia on Tuesday began dismantling a towering Soviet-era monument prominently featuring a soldier following years of controversy between Bulgaria's opposing camps ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to bring back the Russian empire; indeed, he has staked his political fortunes on ...

(AP) -- A pill developed in Bulgaria during the Soviet era shows promise for helping millions of smokers cheaply and safely kick the habit, the first big study of it shows. It could become a new ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria on Wednesday began dismantling a monument to the army of the Soviet Union that dominated the skyline of the capital, Sofia, for nearly 70 years and was widely seen as a ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgaria on Wednesday began dismantling a monument to the army of the Soviet Union that dominated the skyline of the capital, Sofia, for nearly 70 years and was widely seen as a ...