SOFIA -- The government's recommendation to give the highest state award to Georgi Yordanov, a former culture minister closely associated with the communist regime of Todor Zhivkov, has sparked ...

KORNITSA, Bulgaria (AP) – Ibrahim Byalk has had a bullet stuck in his arm for nearly four decades. It adds to the painful memories of communist repression in this quiet village in southern Bulgaria.

Amid talk in Bulgaria of reintroducing compulsory military service, a new photo exhibition exposes the "labor battalions" used by the communist authorities, in part, to control the country's ...

The Victims of Communism Museum (VOC) Tuesday unveiled a new pop-up exhibit entitled, “Belene–A Bulgarian Resistance Story.” This effort was spearheaded by the Sofia Platform Foundation with support ...

An exhibition of the work of two Turkish photographers documents a dark chapter of Bulgaria’s history – the forced assimilation and deportation of its ethnic Turkish minority. The Bulgarian Communist ...

Philip Dimitrov, the former prime minister of Bulgaria, asserted that Communism continues to be a threat at a lecture in Kaufman Auditorium on Friday. “To me, the threat of Communism is still there.

Delyan Peevski was a focus of protests that led to Bulgarian elections. Can a new government shake his hold on power?

Buzludzha, Bulgaria, is an abandoned communist monument built in the 1980s in the Central Balkan mountains. Once a symbol of a hopeful communist future, it attracted over 3 million visitors before the ...

The Victims of Communism Museum held the opening reception for Belene – A Bulgarian Resistance Story this week. The groundbreaking and immersive pop-up exhibit is a worthwhile visit. The interactive ...

Grassroots exhibitions popping up in Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia and Poland provide a window into ordinary lives during the communist era Alice Popovici | Freelance writer Visitors to the Red ...