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Tourism: Bulgaria to spend 300M leva on restoring castles, ancient sites

The Sofia Echo staff — Mon, 07 May 2012 08:37:00 +0300

Restoration and development projects include Madara Horseman, Arbanassi fortress, Magura cave.

Two Brits fined for hooliganism in Bulgaria’s Veliko Turnovo

The Sofia Echo staff — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:28:00 +0300

The UK nationals were arrested after throwing beer bottles at people after being refused entry to a restaurant that had closed for the night.

Bulgaria in his heart: A South African exile recalls

Clive Leviev-Sawyer — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:43:00 +0300

Thabang Makwetla, South Africa’s deputy defence minister who was hosted in exile in Bulgaria in the early 1980s, interviewed by The Sofia Echo Editor-in-Chief Clive Leviev-Sawyer.

Greek voters punish major centre-right, socialist parties at polls

Clive Leviev-Sawyer — Sun, 06 May 2012 22:56:00 +0300

Centre-right New Democracy is said by exit polls to have largest share of votes, but diminished even from its 2009 defeat, while socialists Pasok – the 2009 victors – gets somewhere around 14 to 17 per cent.

Serbia: Tadić leads as presidential elections head for second round

Clive Leviev-Sawyer — Sun, 06 May 2012 23:33:00 +0300

Coalition around ruling Democratic Party has largest share of vote in Serbia's parliamentary election, according to exit polls.

Sovereign Order of Malta assists hospital in Bulgaria’s Iskrets

Clive Leviev-Sawyer — Sun, 06 May 2012 16:12:00 +0300

Simeon Saxe-Coburg and his spouse Margarita opened a new heating and insulation system at the Tsar Ferdinand Hospital for Pulmonary Diseases in Iskrets, a project implemented thanks to the Embassy of the Sovereign Order of Malta in Sofia and the Nando Peretti Foundation.

Super Moon 2012 show: Photo Gallery

The Sofia Echo staff — Sun, 06 May 2012 23:40:00 +0300

On average, the moon is about 378 195 km away. At its furthest it is nearly 400 000 km away. During a lunar perigee and full moon, however, the lunar surface can appear up to 14 per cent bigger and 30 per cent brighter than any other full moon.