World & Nation
Vote: Georgi Parvanov wins largely ceremonial office with calls for economic reforms.
Nov. 19, 2001
Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov met children with HIV in eastern Libya days before a court is to rule on an appeal by five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death on charges that they deliberately gave HIV-tainted blood to more than 400 children there.
May 29, 2005
Bulgarian voters, angry over poverty and allegations of graft, snubbed the political establishment, forcing the presidential election into a second round.
Nov. 12, 2001
Faced with Bulgaria’s bloodiest uprising since the end of Stalinist rule, the governing ex-Communists agreed Sunday to hold talks with opposition leaders demanding early elections.
Jan. 13, 1997
Thousands of festive protesters streamed through central Sofia on Saturday on the 27th day of anti-government rallies to press Bulgaria’s ruling Socialists to quit and hold elections.
Feb. 2, 1997
A fresh offer by Bulgaria’s ruling Socialists for talks on a coalition government was rejected Sunday, and the party now looks set to form an all-Socialist Cabinet despite widespread opposition.
Feb. 3, 1997
‘Friendly fire’ probably killed the private in Iraq, the government says. It complains to U.S.
March 8, 2005
Religion: Pontiff rejects allegations that the nation had a role in a 1981 attempt on his life.
May 25, 2002
Europe: Pontiff, who arrives from Azerbaijan, praises Orthodox Christians’ perseverance during the Communist era.
May 24, 2002
A spokesman for Muqtada Sadr in Najaf calls the stockpiling allegations lies. In Baghdad, an explosion kills two U.S. soldiers.
April 27, 2004