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A Justin Bieber tune saved a Russian fisherman from being mauled by a bear. Or so claimed a 2014 story that went viral and was even carried by several high-circulation

By Pauline Adès-Mével Since it joined the European Union a decade ago, Bulgaria has tumbled down in the annual press freedom ranking by Reporters Without Borders, slipping from 35th place

By Vesislava Antonova At the end of July this year, Reporters Without Borders published a report titled “Mission Possible: Investigative Journalism in Bulgaria.” The report states that, paradoxical though it

“When we tell people back home that, at our age, we are going to ballet camp in Bulgaria, it brings the conversation to a stop,” James Pardew tells me. He

No one has done more than Pavel Kounchev to encourage volunteering in Bulgaria in the past decade. The platform he helped found almost seven years ago, Time Heroes, has connected

Stefan is only 28 but has already had a whirlwind of a life. Ever since he finished Sofia’s Spanish-language high school, he’s lived in three countries, earned a university degree,

The quickest route from northeastern to southern Bulgaria is through the Balkan mountain range. It is called Hainboaz, today better known as the Passage of the Republic. The 36-miles-long passage

They are in the business of preventing food waste. If they were a “typical” business, they’d be winning industry awards for efficiency. But they are not. They have a staff