U.S. Department of Homeland Security signs Visa Waiver Program interim declaration with Bulgaria.

YEREVAN (Armenpress)-Despite strong opposition from its Turkish members, the Council of Communities of the Bulgarian city of Varna overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to adopt a special decision recognizing the Armenian Genocide.

Russia and Bulgaria signed a $15 billion deal on Friday to build the South Stream natural gas pipeline, which is set to give Russia greater control over supplies to southern Europe.

SIMFEROPOL, January 4 (RIA Novosti) - Ukrainian rescue services have resumed search for eight missing crewmembers of a Bulgarian cargo ship that sank Thursday in the Azov Sea between Ukraine and Russia, an emergencies service spokesman said Friday.

The Bulgarian property boom shows no signs of slowing; but Bulgaria's expected adoption of the Euro in 2011 means investors need to move quickly to snap up the best deals. Bulgaria's recent ascension in to the European Union has vastly increased its attractiveness to British holidaymakers as well as investment property buyers, and real estate experts predict an even greater demand for property when Bulgaria adopts the Euro in 2010.

YEREVAN (Armenpress)--Bulgaria's Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev visited the Genocide Memorial in Yerevan Wednesday morning to commemorate the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide. He also visited the nearby Genocide Museum and Institute.

Six medical workers accused by Libya of infecting children with the virus that causes AIDS are describing to Bulgarian officials Friday how they were tortured in Libya.

Russian gas supplies to Greece have been brought to a halt following a blast on a section of gas pipeline in Bulgaria, the Greek media reported Monday. The blast occurred Monday morning due to a gas leak, the Greek media said. No casualties have so far been reported.

Libya has called on other Arab countries to join Tripoli in condemning Bulgaria for pardoning six medical workers convicted in Libya of infecting hundreds of children with the HIV virus.

Police in the Black Sea city of Varna arrested a man suspected of trafficking children in Europe, after receiving footage from an undercover British television news report on baby smuggling, a police spokeswoman said.

Bulgaria may write off the $54 million debt Libya owes it, Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev said Wednesday. He said the move must not be seen as the Bulgarian government's response to Libya's decision to release five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor, now a Bulgarian national.

Following long negotiations, six foreign medics held in Libya on charges of infecting hundreds of children with the AIDS virus have been released, after the European Union agreed it would work on normalization of relations with the African country.