Paljon puhutaan, että bulgarialaiset ovat täysin kyllästyneet maansa politiikkaan. Mistähän löytäisi ihmisen, joka osaisi sanallistaa tällaisen ilmiön?

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Former Sydney schoolboy John Zahariev is free after he went to jail in Bulgaria. This is how he was caught by guns, a “honey-trap’’ and police provocateurs.

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Bulgariassa alle 23 prosenttia täysi-ikäisistä on ottanut koronarokotteen. Ihmiset uskovat mieluummin netin disinformaatiota kuin asiantuntijoita. Äitinsä koronavirukselle menettänyttä naista surettaa, ettei hän saa tyttäriään ottamaan rokotuksia.

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Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is a right-wing populist who has been in power for nearly 10 years. But, Bulgarians have now had enough of him. In 2020 the country was rocked by sometimes violent anti-government demonstrations that have been given insufficient international media attention, with the world focused on the drama playing out in Alexander Lukashenko’s fiefdom of Belarus to the north.

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He is the prime minister of Bulgaria, a nation of 7 million that is a member of the European Union and a partner in Nato. So what were photos of Boyko Borisov slumbering in bed next to a Glock 9mm handgun and a drawer full of €500 bills and gold bars doing on the internet?

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Australian Jock Palfreeman will seek a review of crucial video evidence omitted from his first murder trial in Bulgaria, which could lead to his exoneration despite spending 12 years in jail. Palfreeman was jailed for the stabbing murder of a law student in Bulgaria in 2007.

Bulgarien wird von alten Gebrauchtwagen aus ganz Europa überschwemmt – mit gravierenden Folgen. Ärzte und Aktivistinnen fordern einen Exportstopp, die Schweizer Politik ist skeptisch.

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A months-long investigation probed the Bulgarian man gifted $7.6 million of Queensland Nickel's money before it went bust - Australian tycoon Clive Palmer's father-in-law Alexander Sokolov. Investigating and reporting from Sofia as liquidators in Australia were trying to claw back $106 million taken out of Queensland Nickel's coffers.

Clive Cash Trail (The Herald Sun)

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On the Trail of Clive’s Millions (The Daily Telegraph)

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Missing Millions Tied to Palmer’s Parents-in-Law (The Advertiser)

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Family Guy Clive (The Sunday Mail)

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As Liquidators Chase Clive’s Father-in-Law, We Found Him Living It Up in Bulgaria (The Courier Mail)

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In den Rhodopen, im griechisch-bulgarischen Grenzgebiet, lebt eine vergessene Minderheit. Die Pomaken sprechen Bulgarisch und sind muslimischen Glaubens. Wer von ihnen Chancen sucht oder einen anständigen Lohn, der verlässt die Heimat. Doch die Heimat lässt niemanden ganz los.

Mehmet liest geschichtstheoretische Fachliteratur und arbeitet auf dem Bau. Die Soziologin Ekaterina lebt in Dänemark und geht dort gern in die Moschee. Nefse träumt von Chicago und Paris und will unbedingt einen Jungen aus dem Dorf heiraten. Ismael rennt in Belgien Hühnern nach, um sich eine elektrische Gitarre kaufen zu können.

Die Pomaken sind ein Bergvolk. Das Gebirge der Rhodopen im griechisch-bulgarischen Grenzgebiet ist ihre Heimat. Im kommunistischen Bulgarien wurden sie unterdrückt. Das ist vorbei. Doch auch die kapitalistische Freiheit ist für sie nicht einfach. In der Sendung «International» erzählen Pomakinnen und Pomaken aus ihrem Leben.

As a member of NATO and the EU, Bulgaria has moved closer to the west in recent years – but Russia is exerting its influence once more.

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Investigating Christchurch shooter Brenton Tarrant's travels to Bulgaria for far-right links, tracing his movements. Tarrant visited Bulgaria in 2016 and 2018 before carrying out the Christchurch attacks on March 15, 2019.

Former Sydney private schoolboy Jock Palfreeman has moved a step closer to returning home, after Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation dismissed an appeal against his parole decision. However, he says he was still blocked from leaving the country. Palfreeman was jailed for the stabbing murder of a law student in Bulgaria in 2007, which he claimed was self defence.

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FT writers nominate examples of inhuman architecture, from the Barbican in London to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing and the National Palace of Culture in Sofia.

Vor der Parlamentswahl ist Urs Bruderer eine Woche durch Bulgarien gereist. Was hat er dort erlebt? Welche Begegnungen haben ihn zum Nachdenken gebracht? Wie viel Material hat er mitgebracht – und was ist daraus geworden? Er berichtet.

Im 7-Millionen-Land gibt es über 500 Zeitungen und 200 TV-Sender. Das klingt nach Medienvielfalt, aber das Gegenteil ist der Fall.  Allerdings waren erst im März Wahlen, wo die Konservativen zwar gewonnen haben, die neue Regierung aber noch nicht im Amt ist.SRF-Osteuropa-Korrespondent war damals in der Hauptstadt Sofia. Er sagt, das postfaktische Zeitalter mit Fake News habe in Bulgarien schon geherrscht, bevor wir den Begriff bei uns überhaupt gekannt haben.

Fevzie, a Bulgarian Roma girl, given up for adoption in Sweden, had spent her whole youth wondering who her birth mother was. But what she didn’t know was that her birth mother had also wondered what had happened to her baby girl. The birth mother was tracked down in Bulgaria and Fevzie met her as part of the Swedish TV show "Spårlöst".

It is the world’s fastest shrinking nation, with young people leaving in droves for other corners of Europe, birth rates falling off dramatically, and even Syrian and Afghans refugees fleeing war are bypassing it for sunnier or more lucrative areas of the globe. Bulgaria has lost nearly 2 million of its 9 million inhabitants since the end of communism 30 years ago. But Plovdiv, Europe's 2019 capital of culture, grew in population last year, unlike rest of the country.

A one-year investigation tracked down Australian tycoon Clive Palmer's fugitive nephew Clive Mensink, wanted for questioning over the $300 million collapse of Queensland Nickel. The worldwide hunt for the fugitive Australian company boss came to an end in Bulgaria. Clive Mensink was found in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia in February 2018, nearly two years after leaving Australia. Australia's Federal Court issued two warrants in 2017 after Mr Mensink failed to turn up and answer liquidators' questions about the collapse of his uncle's Queensland Nickel business.

The investigation won News Corp Australia’s “Scoop of the Year” News Award for 2018.

Worldwide Hunt for Slimmed Down Mining Boss (The Daily Telegraph)

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The Finding of a Fugitive. We Do What the Federal Police Couldn’t (The Advertiser)

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Boss on the Run (The Herald Sun)

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Fugitive QNI Boss Hiding in Bulgarian Love Nest (Sunday Mail)

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Clive Goes Skinny Tripping (The Courier Mail)

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It’s Sofia, So Good (The Courier Mail)

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