Bulgaria

Milcho Leviev is a master musician famous for his work in both classical music and Jazz. The 82-year-old Bulgarian has worked with many American Jazz legends and ran bands of his own. Similar to his Cuban colleague Arturo Sandoval, he escaped when the communists put him under pressure.

Bulgaria is a small Balkan country in the very south-east of Europe. While it offers beautiful landscapes and tourism magnets, it fails many of its own…

Four years ago, when the refugee crisis hit Europe, The Berlin Spectator's Imanuel Marcus returned to Croatia for a radio news agency, 20 years after he had…

Storks have always fascinated humans, for several reasons. There are legends about the beautiful birds, and there is an increasing amount of scientific data. As it turns out, more and more storks are coming to Germany for the breeding season.

Animal Rescue Sofia runs a large dog kennel in Bulgaria. The organization accepts responsibility for stray dogs, abused, abandoned and ill ones, puppies and…

The Berlin Wall, which fell thirty years ago in November, was a symbol for the entire Iron Curtain between the area of the Warsaw Pact and the West during the…

Europe, the old continent has lots of tiny countries. Thanks to the European Union, many of them feel like one and the same country, at least sort of. Because there are hardly any borders, travelling from A to B is easy, right? Yes, under normal circumstances. But not if you intend to cross the Bulgarian border.

One protester said the LGBTI community in Sofia needed this kind of solidarity. In addition, the rally in Berlin was supposed to raise awareness. In Western…

Only 380 kilometers (236 miles) need to be covered, but the trip takes six hours. On many stretches the train will be struggling along at walking speed because…

There is so much history in Sofia, especially under the ground, it even annoys people. Whenever a large new building is being erected in the city center, workers find parts of ancient walls, or even old treasures. They usually have to halt their construction, until archaeologists invade the site with their little shovels, spoons and toothbrushes,…