Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria,boasts an affordability score of 9.5 according to the research, beating 14 other countries on the list. The research analysed UK cities against their average ...

Alongside Sofia, three other Bulgarian cities made the list: Varna, which ranked 213th with an index of 35.7%; Burgas, in 226th place with 33.9%; and Plovdiv, in 235th position. At the other end ...

Smokestacks and tower blocks rarely conjure up visions of creative renaissance. Yet from the Silesian heartlands of Poland to the industrial fringes of Bulgaria, once gritty metropolises are ...