Tens of thousands of people protested against poverty and corruption in cities across Bulgaria on March 3, Reuters reported.

Tens of thousands of people marched in roughly 40 cities across Bulgaria on Feb. 24 to protest high utility bills and new voting rules, Reuters reported.

Bulgaria's government stepped down Feb. 20 after protests against high electricity prices, Reuters reported.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov offered to resign Feb. 20 after protests against the government, Bloomberg reported.

The Bulgarian government fired Finance Minister Simeon Djankov on Feb. 18 amid widespread protests over high electricity bills, Reuters reported.

Tens of thousands of people protested across more than 20 cities in Bulgaria against high electricity bills Feb. 17, Reuters reported.

Lebanese militant group Hezbollah must be held accountable for a bomb attack on buses carrying Israeli citizens in Bulgaria in July 2012, a top U.S. security adviser said Feb. 5, Reuters reported.

Final deals on investment in the South Stream gas pipeline have been decided, Gazprom officials said, The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 8.

The Bulgarian Energy Holding EAD will sign a contract with Russia's Gazprom to adopt a final investment decision on the South Stream natural gas pipeline project in Bulgaria, Sofia News Agency reported Nov. 7.