Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor arrived in Sofia today following their release by Tripoli. The medics, convicted by Libya of deliberately infecting children with HIV, were pardoned by Bulgaria’s President Georgi Parvanov upon arrival.

Sergei Stanishev: Welcome home, the drama is over; you are already at your home country as free people. Bulgarian Government will discuss the support it is to render to the medics at a special meeting.

The wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy is in Libya Monday for a second time to negotiate the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to life in prison for allegedly contaminating children with AIDS. Libya`s top court last week commuted the death sentences against six to life imprisonment.

Bulgaria sent an official request to Libya today to extradite six foreign medical workers jailed for infecting hundreds of children with HIV.

British investment firm Assetz has named Bulgaria as the best destination for overseas property investment, even though its tourist hot-spots are showing potential signs of overheating, according to a new research data.

European Union newcomers Bulgaria and Romania got some tough criticism from the European Commission. The EU's executive body told the Balkan states that they have made insufficient progress in fighting corruption -- and that they risk sanctions in the future if they do not meet detailed benchmarks.

The World Bank Project to Improve Some 450 km of Bulgaria’s Roads in Its First Years of

Unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo could lead to the destabilization of the Balkans, a senior Bulgarian government official said Thursday.

U.S. President George W. Bush has again described an offer by Russian President Vladimir Putin to jointly use a radar station in Azerbaijan as an "interesting proposal."

Russian oil to be transported to southeastern Europe after Bulgaria's parliament ratified Wednesday a trilateral agreement for the construction and exploitation of a pipeline.

Hard rains over the last three days led to massive flooding across Bulgaria, but no victims were reported, authorities said Monday.

Early exit polls show Bulgaria's ruling Socialists have won the most seats in the European Parliament in the Balkan country's first such election since joining the European Union in January.