It may be a blast of sound an open air market stall; an orchestra playing at a wedding right on the street; the more refined tunes of Goran Bregovich, but the result is the same. Balkan traditional music has the…

Where the best places to eat are is one of the most important questions a foreigner has in a new or relatively unknown country. Knowing this, Vagabond has sought the sound advice of insiders, who have selected for you humble…

Short-story collection tries to explain Bulgaria's capital, amalgamating facts, fables and urban spirit

New book sheds light on deportation of Jews in Second World War

Bulgarian music at heart of Hector Zazou's last album

Story of Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha looks like fairy tale, but it happened for real

An Italian book records the sculptures of Bulgaria's Communist heritage

Norwegian helps thousands of Bulgarians after the Great War

Stanislava Ciurinskiene used self-experimentation to write a book 'for everybody'

Indian writer Rana Dasgupta's newest book emerges as the best novel set in Bulgaria since Julian Barnes's The Porcupine