SPIEGEL ONLINE
- May 09, 2012
Worlds are colliding as a flood of impoverished Bulgarians and Romanians stream into Germany, overwhelming authorities. But efforts to help integrate the new residents have been sluggish and many of the immigrants find themselves awash in a system they don't understand. By Özlem Gezer more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- January 07, 2011
Failure to address corruption issues and make judicial reforms means Bulgaria and Romania must wait until October 2011 at the earliest before they can join the passport-free Schengen zone. While Bulgaria appears to have accepted the situation, Romania has reacted with resentment. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- December 07, 2010
It's not difficult for the wrong people to get their hands on powerful weapons. The US, however, expends great effort in making it more difficult. Recently released diplomatic dispatches show that Washington is particularly vigilant when it comes to Bulgaria, Ukraine and Russia. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- July 03, 2009
In an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE, Boyko Borisov, the conservative front-runner in national elections in Bulgaria and mayor of Sofia, discusses his efforts to crackdown on endemic corruption, the status of the country's large Turkish minority and the legacy of communism in his country. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- July 03, 2009
Boyko Borisov, a former bodyguard, is the frontrunner in Bulgaria's national elections on Sunday. He insists that his goal is to finally clean up corruption in the European Union's poorest member state. By Walter Mayr more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- January 08, 2009
Romanians and Bulgarians are still not seen as full-fledged citizens of the European Union. Many member states continue to keep them out of their job markets, particularly now that their economies are falling into recession. By Annemarie Kas more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- January 06, 2009
The row between Gazprom and Kiev over the price of Russian gas has started to have a knock-on effect in Europe. Many countries, including Turkey, Bulgaria and Austria, are suffering major disruptions to their gas supplies. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- July 18, 2008
For some time critics have claimed that EU money was flowing into Bulgaria's organized-crime coffers, not to its people. Now the European Commission -- in a sharply-worded report -- will threaten the government in Sofia with severe funding cuts. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- July 04, 2008
They are the forgotten victims of the Berlin Wall. The East Germans who were killed attempting to flee through Bulgaria. At least 18 were shot by border guards, mowed down with as few scruples as those murdered along the death strip that was Germany's inner border. By Michael Sontheimer and Barbara Supp more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- December 21, 2007
From an archaeological point of view, Bulgaria has some of the richest digs around. The problem is, plunderers are aware of the valuable treasure as well. And they often get there first. By Marion Kraske more...
