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Prime Minister Rumen Radev speaks during debated as Bulgarian Parliament approved deployment of U.S. military aircraft on Bulgarian territory in a 136-13 vote, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (Bulgarian News Agency via AP)

First U.S. refueling aircraft arrive at air base in Bulgaria to support Middle East operations

By Veselin Toshkov - Associated Press

People walk carrying a rainbow flag during the Bucharest Pride Parade, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Tens of thousands join Pride marches in Romania, Bulgaria to call for equality

By Veselin Toshkov and Stephen McGrath - Associated Press

The pack rides during the third stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race, from Plovdiv to Sofia, Bulgaria, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP)

Magnier wins another nail-biting sprint at the Giro d’Italia as Silva stays in pink

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People stand at a currency exchange office with a poster reading "Did you exchange your levs for euros?" in Sofia, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

Bulgarians divided over euro switch: Historic milestone met with fear of price increases

By Veselin Toshkov and David Mchugh - Associated Press

This undated portrait released by the Coppola family shows Eleanor "Ellie" Jessie Coppola. Coppola, who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola's iconic films, including the infamously tortured production of "Apocalypse Now," and who raised a family of filmmakers, has died. She was 87. (Courtesy of the Coppola family via AP)

Eleanor Coppola, matriarch of a filmmaking family, dies at 87

By Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr - Associated Press

Passengers arriving at the Henri Coanda International Airport pass under a Schengen Information sign, in Otopeni, near Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, March 31, 2024. Romania and Bulgaria joined Europe's passport- and visa-free Schengen Area, applying only to travelers arriving by air and sea. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Romania and Bulgaria partially join Europe’s Schengen travel zone, but checks at land borders remain

By Stephen McGrath and Veselin Toshkov - Associated Press

FILE - The president of Bulgaria's Football Union Borislav Mihaylov speaks during press conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Oct. 18, 2019. The controversial president of the Bulgarian soccer federation has resigned, it was reported on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. Several thousand soccer fans had taken to the streets in recent weeks to demand the resignation of Mihaylov. He was the goalkeeper on the Bulgaria team that reached the semifinals at the 1994 World Cup. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova, File)

Controversial president of the Bulgarian soccer federation resigns following mass protests

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Security forces clash with Bulgarian fans outside the empty Vasil Levski National Stadium prior to the UEFA Euro 2024 Group G qualifying soccer match between Bulgaria and Hungary in Sofia, Bulgaria, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (Zsolt Szigetvary/MTI via AP)

Violent protests break out ahead of Bulgaria-Hungary soccer qualifier

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference ahead of a NATO summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Western leaders are arriving in Brussels for Thursday's summits taking place at NATO and EU headquarters where they will seek to highlight their sense of unity in the face of the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

Live updates: Bulgarians protest Russia’s war in Ukraine

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Hezbollah and Europe illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Europe must unite against Hezbollah

By Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Pope Francis looks at children singing for him during his visit to a refugee center on the outskirts of Sofia, Bulgaria, Monday, May 6, 2019. Pope Francis is visiting Bulgaria, the European Union's poorest country and one that taken a hard line against migrants, a stance that conflicts with the pontiff's view that reaching out to vulnerable people is a moral imperative. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis in Bulgaria tells refugees they bear cross of humanity

By Nicole Winfield and Veselin Toshkov - Associated Press

Pope Francis boards the airplane on the occasion of a three-day trip to Bulgaria and Macedonia at Rome's Fiumicino International airport, Sunday, May 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope urges migrant-skeptic Bulgarians to open hearts, homes

By NICOLE WINFIELD and VESELIN TOSHKOV - Associated Press

In this handout photo provided by the Bulgarian Interior Ministry, a view of a bus that crashed and overturned, near the town of Svoge, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. Bulgaria's health minister says a tourist bus has flipped over on a highway near Sofia, the capital, killing at least 15 people and leaving 27 others injured. Police said a bus carrying tourists on a weekend trip to a nearby resort overturned and then fell down a side road 20 meters (66 feet) below the highway. (Bulgarian Interior Ministry via AP)

Tourist bus crashes in Bulgaria; 16 reported killed

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gestures during a joint press conference with Pakistani prime minister's adviser on foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Kerry praised the Pakistani military's operation against militants in the country's northwest, saying the results are "significant." (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

U.S. pushes Bulgaria on energy dependence, corruption

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Border policemen stand guard at Bulgarian-Turkish border where many of the illegal immigrants enter in 2013. Bulgarian authorities built a 20-mile fence on its border with Turkey to prevent illegal entry. (Associated Press)

Syrian refugees unwelcome in Bulgaria

By John Dyer - SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Dave Bloomsness, left, and Robert Black talk in North Medford High School’s observatory in Medford, Ore, date not known. Bloomsness and Black are among the 24 educators who were selected to fly aboard NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy next week. (AP Photo/The Mail Tribune, Julia Moore)

Southern Oregon astronomers taking NASA flight

By RYAN PFEIL - Associated Press