In Bilyana Nikolova's grocery store in Chuprene, a village in northwestern Bulgaria, prices are now displayed in levs and ...

Although the Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir formed less than a century ago, with a verifiable context and history, writers and listeners still treat the ensemble’s music with the same ...

Friendships between men tend to be less close than those between women. What are the underlying reasons for these differences ...

Kristen Ghodsee, an American ethnographer and a Professor of Gender and Women's Studies at Bowdoin College, discusses women's movements in Eastern European countries, their common socialist past, and ...

The murder of a young girl in a Ukrainian village has led to the expulsion of local Roma families. In the aftermath, observers are asking whether Roma have a place in today’s Ukraine.

An important part of the strategy is the idea that reducing violence against women and girls requires a fundamental shift in ...

Video. Nigeria is on display in a softer light as residents of Lagos gathered to see the city’s Christmas decorations.

Tens of thousands of people have filled the streets of the capital and other major cities in Bulgaria calling for fair ...

Attitudes began to change starting in December 2023, when Oxfam and a consortium of partners came together to implement a ...

Selected by our small team of reporters and editors, these are the 10 articles (investigations, analysis, exclusives, opinion and columns) we thought best showed the breadth, depth, and originality of ...

The Ursid meteor shower is bringing fiery streaks to nighttime and early morning skies. The Ursids peak on Sunday night into ...

In Bulgaria, as in much of Southeastern Europe, advancing in the workforce is a hurdle race for women. A report from Radomir, where – also thanks to EU funding – new avenues and innovative approaches ...