I have an affinity for Bulgaria — so overlooked and underappreciated, and yet so charming in a Slavic way. In my student days I spent lots of time exploring Bulgaria and its capital city, Sofia ...

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

In Rick Steves’ Sept. 4 column on Bulgaria, he states that the country barred the deportation of approximately 50,000 Bulgarian Jews to the Nazi death camps. While it is true, it is not the full ...

Bulgaria, an ally of Germany during most of World War II, was one of the only countries in Nazi territory that refused to turn its Jewish population over to Hitler.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with travel writer and host Rick Steves about "overtourism" — when some locales prove too popular — and how not contribute to it.