Bulgaria
Elena Geroska Knocks on Strangers' Doors and Asks to Photograph Their Houses
Elena Geroska is a young photographer from Skopje, Macedonia, who for the past four years has been living and studying in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. For her latest project, 'Traces,' Elena went around the city knocking on strangers' doors and asking...
The Bulgarian Spring Started In February
There's been protests there for the past two weeks and there's no sign of them stopping.
And This Is How Bulgarians Scare Evil Spirits Away
Kukeri is a traditional Bulgarian ritual that takes place in an attempt to scare away evil spirits and bring good harvest and health to the community for the year. They do this by imitating sex and giving birth and wearing massive wooden dicks around...
Bulgaria’s Immigrant Bummer
Bulgaria’s “special homes” are essentially prisons for immigrants. The official purpose of these centers is to detain illegal immigrants until they can be deported, but many long-term inmates are refugees seeking asylum who have gotten caught in the...
The Hangover News
A politician was almost shot on stage this weekend, but you were probably too drunk to notice.
Hey Man, Nice Shot - Video of a Bulgarian Politician Escaping Assassination
Bulgarian opposition leader Ahmed Dogan survived an attempted assassination today in the nation’s capital Sofia after a gunman rushed the lectern where the leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms Party was speaking. But when the would-be...
Gardening, Bulgaria Style
Zdravko Donev, a contractor from Bourgas, Bulgaria, woke up to discover seven pickaxes stuck in his Audi. The incident was the first recorded case of a trend now sweeping the nation: People puncturing cars with heavy-duty hardware.
World Peace Update
Last week, Satan and his evil minions just barely managed to quench their thirst on a limited supply of human slaughter. Lucky for them, this week is a veritable bloodbath of failed peace attempts from an eclectic band of stooges including California...
How To Buy a Black Market Dirty Bomb (Video)
Shane Smith, of Motherboard's _Vice_ big sister, heads to Bulgaria's would-be Beverly Hills, where capitalism has spawned a market for anything your heart could ever possibly desire. Including weapons to turn New York City into a ghost town. The free...