The legislation, approved by a 61-1 vote, prohibits the killing of bulls and the use of sharp objects that could injure the ...

Mexico City, home to the world's biggest bullring, prohibits the killing of bulls and the use of sharp objects that could ...

Bulgarian slalom star Albert Popov, who recently claimed his first World Cup win, learned how to ski at Vitosha, the mountain ...

With its radical buildings by Eliel Saarinen and Alvar Aalto, the Finnish capital is one of Europe’s most fascinating, if ...

One of the first modern women composers to reach international acclaim, Sofia Gubaidulina, wrote bold music inspired by Eastern and Western philosophies and the joy of sound itself.

Blacklisted at home but finding acclaim abroad, she sought to bridge East and West, the sacred and the secular, in vivid, ...

One of the first modern women composers to reach international acclaim, Gubaidulina wrote bold music, inspired by Eastern and ...

In the late 1970s, nationalist vigilantes tried to destroy Pablo Picasso’s Guernica. Today the painting itself is safe — but ...

A stunning city which dates back more than 2,000 years is regarded as a former capital of France, and even has its own Notre-Dame. Tournai is in what is now western Belgium, near the French border ...

The Cathedral and the city of Sofia beyond.Credit ... two hours west of the capital. The shops, located on Sofia’s busy, pedestrian main drag, Vitosha Boulevard, are the place to pick up ...

This city is paved in gold – well, there’s allegedly one gold cobblestone in the yellow limestone streets of central Sofia, which you can learn about on a free walking tour with locals. Tours depart ...