LONDON — Three Bulgarian nationals based in Britain were convicted Friday by a London jury of spying for Russia on what police said was “an industrial scale.” The trio, nicknamed “the ...

Intelligence historian Trevor Barnes has followed the dramatic Russo-Bulgarian espionage ... was run by the Russia’s powerful domestic spy agency, from the industrial city of Tomsk.

Ilian Vassilev, a political and economic analyst, and former diplomat, recently commented for BNR on Bulgaria’s stance amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. He expressed skepticism about ...

Two women who were part of a Russian spy network run from the UK are named for the first time today by a BBC investigation. Bulgarian nationals ... been sentenced in the city for espionage and ...

In March 2022, Russia designated Bulgaria and other EU and NATO member states as "hostile states." Since then, bilateral relations have remained strained, though they have not been formally severed.

and is dedicated to the Russian soldiers who died in the 1877-78 Russo-Turkish War. Just beside it, the much-overshadowed, sixth-century St Sophia is Bulgaria’s oldest church, and gave the city ...

Katrin Ivanova, 33, Vanya Gaberova, 30, and Tihomir Ivanov Ivanchev, 39, were convicted at London’s Central Criminal Court after a trial that began in November. Jurors deliberated for more than 32 ...