After the fall of the Communist regime, the building was abandoned and left ... The saucer-shaped structure is currently owned by the Bulgarian state. It was previously in the hands of the ...

No expense was spared when the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party commissioned the building. The brief was to have a large, four-story high communal space, but small bedrooms ...

Some brave souls even scale the tower behind the main building, which is emblazoned with a red star, once rumored to be made of ruby (it's not).

Police in Bulgaria's capital have clashed with nationalist protesters ... and began throwing red paint and firecrackers at the building. A door was eventually set on fire. Firefighters were dispatched ...

There's an abandoned monument in Bulgaria filled with communist propaganda. Construction cost the equivalent of $35 million today. Earlier this year, a group of adventurers visited the monument ...

SOFIA, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Several thousand supporters of Bulgaria's ultra-nationalist Revival party scuffled with police on Saturday while trying to storm the building of a European Union mission ...

Several thousand supporters of Bulgaria’s ultra-nationalist Revival party scuffled with police on Saturday while trying to storm the building of a European Union mission during a protest against ...