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3 European Countries Grab at Private Pensions

Matt Cantor — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:51:50 CST

As European governments seek new sources of revenue, private retirement plans are taking a hit. Since most are organized by the state, "European ministers of finance have a facilitated access to the savings accumulated there, and it is only logical that they try to get a hold of this money...

John the Baptist Found—in Bulgaria

Jane Yager — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:12:22 CDT

Archaeologists excavating the site of a 5th-century monastery on a Black Sea island claim they've found remains of John the Baptist. A reliquary found last week at the site on Sveti Ivan contains fragments of a skull, a hand, and a tooth. Archaeologists cite a Greek inscription on the reliquary...

Politician Booted for Playing Farmville

Nick McMaster — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:50:00 CDT

Farmville addiction has cost a European politician his job. Dimitar Kerin got voted off the city council of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, after checking his virtual crops one too many times during budget meetings. Council members recently got free laptops and access to a wireless network, and distracted bureaucrats have since been...

Bulgarian Scientists: Aliens Have Landed!

Rob Quinn — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:59:47 CST

Aliens are here and they've chosen to make contact with the Bulgarians first, according to researchers at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The deputy director of the academy's Space Research Institute says researchers are analyzing crop circles for the answers to 50 questions they posed to the extra-terrestrials, the Telegraph...

Bulgaria Detains Kosovo's Ex-PM on War Crimes Charges

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:05:09 CDT

Bulgarian authorities have detained a former Kosovo prime minister on an international arrest warrant issued by Interpol at Serbia's request, reports the AP. Agim Ceku, PM between 2006 and 2008, is wanted for war crimes allegedly committed during the 1998-1999 war when he was military chief of the Kosovo Liberation...

EU Faces Crisis as Russia Cuts Off Gas

Jason Farago — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:08:25 CST

European nations from Austria to Greece lost most or all of their gas supplies today, as a showdown between Russia and Ukraine imperiled the entire continent. Last night Gazprom, the Russian state gas company, cut its supply by 60% to punish Ukraine for allegedly stealing fuel that should flow through...

Team Digs Up Ancient Chariot

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:51:35 CDT

Archaeologists have unearthed a 1,900-year-old chariot in good condition at an ancient Thracian tomb in southeastern Bulgaria. The team found the four-wheel chariot during excavations near the village of Borisovo, around 180 miles east of the capital, Sofia. It's rare to find a chariot of this age in one...

Eastern Europe: Charm for Less

Ambreen Ali — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:00:00 CST

The ever-pricier euro is sending determined travelers east, past the Eiffel Tower, to overlooked treasures like Prague's Old Town Square. Check out cheaper, Eastern European must-sees as recommended by Forbes : Peterhof State Museum-Reserve, St. Petersburg, Russia: These palaces and 18th-century gardens rival those of Versailles. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Plitvice...

Libya Reveals Source of $$$ to Free Medical Workers

Caroline Zimmerman — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:35:16 CDT

Libya announced details today about the deal that freed six foreign medical workers, as it officially protested the pardoning of the workers by the Bulgarian government, BBC reports. The group had been imprisoned in Libya since 1999 for infecting 438 children with HIV/AIDS. But international experts say there was absolutely...