This book explores the multiple and combined effects of globalization on urban and rural communities, providing case studies from postsocialist Bulgaria. As globalization has been studied largely in ...

A Syrian child peers over a fence at a refugee camp in Harmanli, 280 km east of Sofia, on Dec. 9, 2013. According to UNHCR, Bulgaria hosts 8,800 asylum seekers and refugees, two-thirds of them Syrians ...

SOFIA, BulgariaSOFIA, Bulgaria — Gale-force winds and heavy rain and snow hit large parts of Bulgaria on Sunday, claiming the lives of two people, causing severe damage and disrupting power supply in ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Floods that swept through villages in southeastern Bulgaria and on the Black Sea coast claimed three lives and forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes, authorities ...

Authorities reported two active fronts of the blaze, with three villages evacuated and significant damage in sparsely populated border areas. The village of Rani Lug was hit hardest, with half of the ...

SOFIA (Reuters) - Heavy snowfall across eastern Europe cut off hundreds of villages on Tuesday and rescue teams struggled to evacuate people in southern Bulgaria where rain and melting snow had caused ...