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 ...

Torrential rain in Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece has cost several lives and devastated infrastructure in cities and towns throughout the region. Heavy rain on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning caused ...