VELIKO TARNAVO, Bulgaria – Two words to learn if you’re coming to Bulgaria: Da (yes) and Ne (no). This may seem obvious, but here it’s key. Bulgarians nod their heads up and down to say “no” and side ...

The boardwalk along the Danube in Vidin, a city in a region of Bulgaria that is experiencing rapid depopulation. (Jodi Hilton / For The Times) Ivan Mladenov has watched life steadily drain out of the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

For anyone who's ever had the pleasure of spending their formative years caked in mud, dancing their hearts out to rave music in a field, Bulgaria's Meadows In The Mountains is worth considering for ...

An analysis of how environmental priorities and objectives were addressed in the last Bulgarian Rural Development Programme. The EU's Rural Development Programme is part of the Common Agricultural ...

Bulgaria is projected to have the fastest-shrinking population in the world. It's already lost a fifth of its population since the 1990s. But what does this mean for those who remain? Deep in the ...

For many people, especially Americans locked by oceans on the east and west, getting over to Europe might be a once-or-twice-in-a-lifetime trip. Well-known, historically prominent countries like Spain ...

SKOMLYA, Bulgaria — Ivan Mladenov has watched life steadily drain out of the Bulgarian countryside. In the 1960s, his village, Skomlya, was a small but bustling community of more than 200 people, well ...