Khristo Botev is considered the greatest poet in modern Bulgarian literature. Although he was also a gifted writer of journalistic prose, his literary fame is founded mainly upon some twenty superb poems. The rare combination of a powerful poetic...

Football Hristo Stoichkov, the European Footballer of the Year, confirmed on Saturday that he is joining Parma, the Italian Serie A club, from Barcelona. "In two days I will be Parma's player," the Bulgarian international said. Italian television reported from Parma that Stoichkov...

IF THERE was confusion over Hristo Stoichkov's intentions earlier in the week, there was none by the end of Wednesday night. Even for a man who measures short-term thinking on a different timescale from the rest, who can change his mind as quickly as...