Bulgaria's Olympic gold medallist Milen Dobrev was born on September 22, 1980 in the country's second city of Plovdiv. The Maritsa Olimp weightlifting club was the stepping stone for his career.
Bulgarian weightlifting ace Milen Dobrev won the gold medal in the Olympic Games 94kg category. Dobrev, 24, seemed to easily overpower his rivals, especially after world-record holder Akakios Kakiasvilis dropped out of the race at 180kg.
Bulgaria's young sprinter Ivet Lalova qualified for the women's 200m in Athens. The 20-year-old finished second in Monday's quarterfinals sprint.
The International Gymnastics Federation has turned down Bulgaria's appeal against the ranking in the Olympic men's rings contest, which left ace Jordan Jovtchev second. Earlier in the day the Bulgarian delegation in Athens filed a contestation against th
Bulgaria's DZI company has provided free insurances to kids at a Sofia orphanage. The insurances are valid during the children's vacation at the seaside.
Scotland Yard experts are expected to arrive to Bulgaria within three days to review the EU monitoring report, which criticizes the level of law enforcement in the country.
Rock celebrity Lenny Kravitz was voted Hollywood's biggest heartbreaker by readers of the "In Touch Weekly" magazine. The 40-year-old bachelor is followed by Matthew Perry, George Clooney, and John Cusack.
Macedonia's President is set for an official visit to Bulgaria in the beginning of September. That will be Branko Crvenkovski first trip to the neighboring country since he took on the job.
Turkey's largest resort, Antalya, was rocked by a deadly blast on Monday. It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion, but police did not rule out the possibility of a terrorist dimension.
CEZ, the Czech power generator, is stepping up its ambitious foreign expansion programme to become one of the big players in central and Eastern Europe, the Financial Times reported.
Russia's acting and film directing legend Nikolai Burlyayev arrived in Bulgaria to present the latest movie he is starring in. It tells the story of Russia's great romantic poet Fyodor Tyutchev.
The wife of a Bulgarian hostage slain in Iraq has requested for identification efforts repetition, since she failed to recognize the body. Ivaylo Kepov's death was officially confirmed on August 11, almost three weeks after his decapitated corpse was fou
The International Gymnastics Federation will consider Bulgaria's appeal against the ranking in the Olympic men's rings contest, which left Jordan Jovtchev second, the International Olympics Committee ruled.
Floorage and building lot prices in key Bulgarian seaside cities and resorts are about to break record, according to press reports. In the main coastal city of Varna owners have put out plots for sale at the price of EURO 1000 per square meter, 24 Chasa
A Washington state soldier has married the Iraqi woman he met and fell in love with while in Baghdad. Robert Hall, 23, married Vivian Mansour, 21, of Baghdad, offsetting cultural differences by a shared Christian faith.
Bulgaria is looking to democratic elections in Iraq, before withdrawing its troops from the war-torn country, according to the Defence Ministry. According to spokesperson Rumyana Strugarova, the situation in Karbala, where the Bulgarian force is located,
Bulgaria's failure to combat crime may delay by a year its entry into the European Union, pinned for 2007, says the euro-affairs minister. The comment of Minister Kuneva came after the Interior Ministry vehemently rejected the conclusions of a recent EU
Macedonian freshmen were welcomed to Bulgaria's universities Monday, with a special ceremony taking place at the Parliament edifice in Sofia. The Macedonians make for the largest part of international students in Bulgaria, with 3,400 people at present.
Iraqi insurgents killed a Turkish contractor and two Iraqis in an ambush in the northern city of Tikrit on Monday, a spokesman for the U.S.
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