Bulgaria's Secret to Long Life By Ellis Shuman Israeli author, travel writer, book reviewer Israeli author, travel writer, book reviewer 10/05/2016 10:19am BST ...

But there are other compensations in the life of a Communist lap dog. Since 1947, Russia has pumped $1,920,000,000 in aid and loans into Bulgaria’s predominantly agricultural economy.

Bulgaria 's life expectancy falls far below the EU average, with the lowest figures reported in five of its six regions. Northeast Bulgaria has an average life expectancy of 71.2 years, followed ...

Even though Bulgaria was famously docile under Russian rule, life under communism wasn’t easy here. And today, while enthusiastically part of the EU, Bulgaria still wrestles with its communist ...

They have gone to work in Bulgaria's capital Sofia, 130kms to the south, or abroad. Life is “misery” says one of the ladies and, all talking at once, they compete to tell me just how awful it is.

Perhaps nowhere better exemplifies the trend of breathing new life into Sofia’s bunkers than 5L, which became Bulgaria’s first speak-easy when it opened in February 2017 just off the ...

On Bulgaria's Riviera, the season had been rather dazzling. At Varna, most fashionable of the Black Sea resorts, the crowning event was a bathing-beauty contest. A happy photograph of the winner ...

Life in retirement Rescued dancing bear. Photo by: Nicolas Cegalerba. Since the beginning of the project, all 25 dancing bears in Bulgaria have been rescued.