Exit polls on Sunday showed Bulgaria's ruling GERB party candidate, Rosen Plevneliev (pictured), was set to win a presidential run-off with about 55% of the vote after campaigning on an anti-corruption, pro-Schengen membership platform.
Bulgaria's presidential election was headed for a second round run-off after none of the candidates managed to garner 51 percent of the vote on Sunday, according to the first exit polls.
This show is made up entirely of amateur images. We've seen time and time again how images captured by ordinary citizens then uploaded onto the Web can change history, or at least shift the balance of power. This week, we take a look back at some of those moments.
Spain has become the second eurozone country to approve a cap on future deficits - Madrid has joined Berlin in passing the so called "golden rule" legislation. Also, we take a look at the latest on the Amanda Knox appeal case of the American student accused of killing her British housemate in Italy. Finally, we head to a Bulgarian village where Romany guys can find a Romany girl, if the price is right.
From the sidewalk to the catwalk - the first ever retrospective dedicated to French couturier Jean-Paul Gaultier opens in Montreal. Also, a graffiti artist in Bulgaria paints superheros on a Soviet war statue. Finally, we discover one of the longest criminal and judicial sagas in modern French history: the film "Omar Killed Me" hits cinemas.
In an exclusive report from Sofia, we meet with one of the Bulgarian nurses who was sentenced to death after being accused by the Gaddafi regime of infecting Libyan children with HIV. Also, embattled Guido Westerwelle resigns as the head of his party but stays on as Germany's foreign minister. Finally, a message in a bottle gets an answer, a quarter of a century after it was sent.
Romania is stepping up immigration controls along its borders to boost its bid to join Europe's Schengen visa-free zone. Stopping the flow of illegal immigrants is seen as key for allowing the two countries to join. Last month, France and Germany said that it was "premature" to let Bulgaria and Romania enter the passport-free travel area in March 2011; and it only takes one member country of the Schengen block to vote against them and scupper their plans.
Three Bulgarian air crew members contracted by the UN's World Food Program in Sudan were kidnapped at an air strip in West Darfur, officials said Thursday. The incident comes as the number of kidnappings of foreign aid workers is on the rise.
France and Germany blocked bids from fellow EU members Bulgaria and Romania to join the European Union's passport-free, 25-nation Schengen zone on Tuesday, saying the move would be "premature".
Indian chess champion Viswanathan Anand has won the last of the twelve games in his world championship confrontation against Bulgarian Grand Master Vesselin Topalov in Sofia. Anand retains his crown with a final score of 6.5 points to 5.5.
