30.04.2008 - Source:US Department of State

"Country Report on Terrorism 2007"

Country Reports on Terrorism (including detailed list of terrorist organisations) [ID 96339]

13.04.2008 - Source:BBC News

"Key Bulgarian minister quits"

Interior Minister resigns amid criticism over the government's failure to curb corruption [ID 95189]

08.04.2008 - Source:Committee to Protect Journalists 

"BULGARIA: Crime writer shot and killed in Sofia"

Sofia: Author of a series of books on the origins and rise of Bulgaria’s criminal underworld shot [ID 95005]

08.04.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières

"Writer who covered organised crime gunned down on Sofia street"

Sofia: Writer who covered organised crime gunned down on street [ID 95049]

04.2008 - Source:Bulgarian Helsinki Committee 

"Human Rights in Bulgaria in 2008"

Annual report on human rights situation in 2008 [ID 95930]

28.03.2008 - Source:Konrad Adenauer Stiftung

"Skandal im Innenministerium bringt ganze Regierung in Bedrängnis"

Affair in the interior ministry affects government; connections between the ministry and the organised crime disclosed; senior officials detained; call for interior minster Rumen Petkov to resign [ID 94299]

17.03.2008 - Source:Hanns Seidel Stiftung

"Bulgarien Monatsbericht Februar 2008"

Monthly report on recent developments (February 2008) [ID 94391]

11.03.2008 - Source:US Department of State

"Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007"

Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007 [ID 93187]

28.02.2008 - Source:Council of Europe - European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

"Report to the Bulgarian Government on the visit to Bulgaria carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 10 to 21 September 2006 [CPT/Inf (2008) 11]"

Fact Finding Mission report on ill-treatment and detention conditions [ID 92753]

13.02.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières

"Annual Report 2008"

Annual Report 2008 (covering 2007) [ID 92808]

08.02.2008 - Source:Hanns Seidel Stiftung

"Bulgarien Monatsbericht Januar 2008"

Monthly report on recent developments (January 2008) [ID 92628]

31.01.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch

"World Report 2008"

Annual report on human rights situation in 2007 [ID 91112]

31.01.2008 - Source:Konrad Adenauer Stiftung

"Lustration: die Auseinandersetzung mit den Folgen des kommunistischen Regimes in Bulgarien"

Article on repeatedly postponed lustration of Bulgaria's communist past; former members of secret service remain in powerful positions; rehabilitation of victims of communist regime is lacking behind; attempts to open archives have been blocked by Socialist Party [ID 92531]

30.01.2008 - Source:UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

"Reports submitted by States Parties under Article 9 of the Convention; Nineteenth periodic reports of States parties due in 2006; Addendum; Bulgaria [CERD/C/BGR/19]"

Advance version of state report on implementation of the Convention on Elimination of Racial Discrimination (country profile; legislative, administrative, judicial and other measures adopted to give effect to the provisions of the Convention) [ID 94049]

20.12.2007 - Source:Konrad Adenauer Stiftung

"Die bürgerlichen Parteien in Bulgarien"

Article on important conservative parties (history, programs, differences) [ID 88657]

10.12.2007 - Source:Hanns Seidel Stiftung

"Bulgarien Monatsbericht November 2007"

Monthly report on recent developments (November 2007) [ID 89098]

12.2007 - Source:Directory of Development Organizations

"Directory of Development Organizations; Edition 2008; Volume III.A; Europe; Bulgaria"

Guide to international organisations, government institutions, private sector development agencies, civil society organisations, universities, grant-makers, banks, microfinance institutions and development consulting firms [ID 89479]

26.11.2007 - Source:European Roma Rights Center 

"Romani Teenager Beaten to Death" , Author: AFP, Mediapool, Romea

Romani teenager died in a fight between two groups of youths in the town of Samokov; the incident was followed by a protest by some 1.000 Roma in Samokov [ID 87030]

26.11.2007 - Source:European Roma Rights Center 

"Bulgarian Nationalist Group Calls for the Creation of a National Guard to Fight “Gypsy Crime”" , Author: Bulgarian National Union, Mediapool, Bulgarian Helsinki Committee

The nationalist organisation Bulgarian National Union (BNU) announced on 19 August 2007 its initiative to form a national guard to fight the alleged rise in crime committed by gypsies [ID 87033]

23.11.2007 - Source:Council of Europe - Secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities

"Second report submitted by Bulgaria pursuant to Article 25, Paragraph 1 of the framework convention for the protection of national minorities [ACFC/SR/II(2007)007]"

State report on implementation of the Convention for the Protection of National Minorities [ID 87336]

20.11.2007 - Source:European Roma Rights Center 

"Skinhead Attack of Roma Sparks Unrest" , Author: ERRC, Romani Baht, Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, website of the Bulgarian Government, Dnevnik, BTA

Sofia: 6 Roma were attacked by skinheads on 12 August 2007; all Roma injured, one person was hospitalised; no police patrol was sent despite an emergency call; the incident sparked riots by Roma on 13 and 14 August 2007 [ID 87027]

20.11.2007 - Source:European Roma Rights Center 

"Bulgarian Parliamentary Commission Say Cart Ban Aimed at Roma is Discrimination" , Author: BTV, Romea

Bulgarian Parliamentary Commission sees cart ban as discrimination against Roma [ID 87037]

20.11.2007 - Source:European Roma Rights Center 

"Romani Woman Dies in Bulgarian Capital after Waiting Two Hours for Ambulance" , Author: Sofia Echo

Sofia: Romani woman dies from a stroke because an ambulance only arrived at her house in the neighbourhood Fakulteta 2 hours after numerous emergency calls [ID 87041]

01.11.2007 - Source:UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

"Consideration of Reports submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention; Second periodic reports of States parties due in 1998; Bulgaria [CRC/C/BGR/2]"

State report on implementation of the Convention on Rights of the Child (country profile; legislative, administrative, judicial and other measures adopted to give effect to the provisions of the Convention) [ID 88872]

18.09.2007 - Source:Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

"Hate Crimes in the OSCE Region: Incidents and Responses: Annual Report for 2006"

Annual report on hate crimes (incidents of hate-motivated violence and measures to prevent hate) [ID 89696]