An Eighth of Bulgarians Emigrated for Half Decade
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Politics: 10 December 2004, Friday. About 700,000 Bulgarians have emigrated from the country for the period 1985-2001, accordinh to data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI). The last two population ...
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A Russian province goes for a youth infusion the old-fashioned way.
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Hundreds of thousands of Moldovans have left their country over the past decade in search of better lives.
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ZENICA, Bosnia -- They met in 1985 as Syrian immigrants in Croatia, two students in their 20s grappling with a language and a culture they didn't understand.
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The European Union's first expansion to Eastern Europe last May -- 10 countries with a total population of 74 million -- seems to be working.
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More than 90,000 people from eight Eastern European nations which joined the European Union on May 1 have registered to work in Britain following that date, government figures showed.
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About 75% of Bulgarians want their country to join the European Union according to a poll conducted by the Sociology Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Science published Wednesday.
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In the city of Nis, in Serbia and Montenegro, the Gypsy quarter crowds in 800 people on just over two acres, a little enclave that has grown in a haphazard fashion as the city's Jewish population has dwindled.
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Once a symbol of post-Soviet industrial decay, many are reviving and boosting local economies.
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More than 350,000 people leave the country every year, up almost 50 percent from a decade ago.
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LONDON, July 24 -- Five Bulgarian medical workers arrived home to an emotional welcome Tuesday after more than eight years in Libyan prisons, closing a case that caused international furor over Libyan justice and raised questions about whether a ransom was paid for their release.
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And a nation of immigrants rediscovers the world.
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Bulgaria's gross external debt as of end-July increased by 16.8% to EUR 12.238.8 billion from EUR 10.476.2 billion on last Dec.
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Sports: 19 November 2004, Friday. The mentor of Bulgarian football team Hristo Stoitchkov has called eighteen players from national clubs to join the match in Cairo.
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WHO: Thousands of Russian retirees and military veterans.
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Workers sandblast decades of muck and grime off Bulgaria's imposing Palace of Justice. It's a fitting metaphor for the country's mad scramble to clean up rampant corruption and crime before it joins the European Union on Jan. 1.
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A rapidly growing youth movement in Romania is changing lives and preparing a new generation of young people to spread the Gospel.