The UNESCO listed old town of Plovdiv is just one of the many reasons to travel to Bulgaria's under-the-radar city. This small town is jam-packed with sights, restaurants and activities to keep a ...

The southern Bulgarian city of Plovdiv celebrated its inauguration as a European Capital of Culture with an opening show on January 12. The city shares the honor in 2019 with Matera, Italy. Plovdiv is ...

PLOVDIV, Bulgaria (Reuters) - Bulgaria's southern city of Plovdiv kicked off its year as an European Capital of Culture with a lights and music show on a 30-meter high tower in the city center and ...

The designers of the fashion label Chopova Lowena are obsessed with Bulgarian culture. Each of their collections takes inspiration from some aspect of the country’s traditional dress. And their ...

SOFIA -- It's hard to miss the giant, 11-meter-tall statue that towers above Plovdiv, standing proud on top of the Bulgarian city's second-highest hill. Named Alyosha, a generic diminutive used to ...

Videos of youngsters assaulting young LGBT people in plain sight of police in Plovdiv – a former European Capital of Culture – are a worrying reminder of Bulgaria’s failure to tackle this social ill.