Filmmaker Stephan Komandarev, whose credits include two previous Bulgarian Oscar entries including the shortlisted The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner, wrapped a movie trilogy about ...

The resignation of Bulgaria’s government after violent protests is a warning for other European countries. Even amid signs that the worst of the eurozone problems and associated downturn may be past, ...

Gaining international prominence with his 2008 festival hit The World Is Big And Salvation Lurks Around The Corner, director Stephan Komandarev has continued to make both fiction and documentary ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Petar Stanchev is the kind of student Bulgaria needs to keep. Last year, according to the country’s Association of Private Universities, more than half of its college-bound students ...

The film. written and directed by Stephan Komandarev, will hit theaters in Germany in January through distributor JIP Film. Following an October 20 limited release, Blaga’s Lessons will go wide in ...

Bulgaria joined the eurozone on January 1, 2026. Its adoption of the common European currency resulted in the end of use for ...

This may be the comeback of the decade. In her first film role in almost 30 years, Bulgarian actress Eli Skorcheva — who had gone into self-exile from cinema, changing careers and working odd jobs ...

Powered by a superb Eli Skorcheva as an elderly widow sinking into the underworld, Stephan Komandarev's latest merges spiraling tragedy with perilously dark farce. Premiering in the main competition ...

In recent years, the issue of antisemitism has been taken more seriously around the world, especially as hate against Jews keeps rising. The adoption of national plans to combat antisemitism and the ...

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said on Thursday his country would not accept democracy lessons from Turkey amid rising tensions between the Balkan neighbors ahead of Sunday's ...