Country Profiles: Bulgaria

Republic of Bulgaria - Narodna Republika Bulgaria

Government-Sponsored Resources and Diplomatic Information

• Bulgaria Country Page Library of Congress
• Statistics on Bulgaria: CIA World Factbook
• Embassy of Bulgaria in Washington, D.C.
• Embassy of the United States in Sofia, Bulgaria

International Organizations and Development Programs

• World Bank: Europe and Central Asia regional page
• USAID Bulgaria Country Page Information about Bulgaria and USAID programs
• Bulgaria and the IMF The IMF's Bulgaria Country Page with links to articles
• Economic Reconstruction and Development in South East Europe Information regarding the impact of recent wars on the national economies of Southeastern Europe

Internet Resources: General

• Bulgaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Slavic and East European Library at the University of Illinois; includes a guide to internet resources and access to their excellent Slavic Reference Service
• Bulgaria Home Page Collection of news sources, online radio, information on jobs and culture in Bulgaria
• Reesweb The best collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe and Russia
• Reenic Excellent collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the Newly Independent States
• Bulgaria Page of the Institute of East Central Europe at Columbia University
• Slavic-Eurasian Studies Web Directory sponsored by the Hokkaido University Slavic Research Center, Japan
• Travel Information Travel to Bulgaria with the Lonely Planet

Internet Resources: Culture, Literature and the Arts

• All about Bulgaria Collection of internet resources about Bulgaria, including a Bulgarian poetry archive
• Slovo Archive of online Bulgarian poetry and literature (in Bulgarian)

Online News Sites and Servers

• Kapital Online edition of weekly newsjournal (in English and Bulgarian)
• Bulgaria News Collection Collection of news agencies writing about Bulgaria
• Bulgaria Online Many Bulgarian newspapers, magazines and electronic newsservers. An excellent resource in English and Bulgarian
• Web Radio International Hear broadcasts from countries all over the world

Bulgarian Language Study

• The Russian and East European Summer Language Institute at the University of Pittsburgh
• The UCLA Language Materials Project learning resources for less commonly taught languages of the world
• South Slavic online dictionaries
• Language Resource Page A page of links to information on distance learning and technology resources, traditional language study programs (including those that offer instruction in less commonly taught languages) and other general language study resources.

Academic and Fellowship Information

• American University in Bulgaria Homepage of the American University in Bulgaria
• American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships and grants for East European Studies
• International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Provides funding for study in many scholarly program in Central and Eastern Europe
• The Association for Women in Slavic Studies The AWSS homepage contains a list of members' research, information about AWSS, a mentoring list, and other information
• The American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages The AATSEEL page provides computing resources, information about the annual AATSEEL conference, job listings, study and funding information
• Columbia University's Council for European Studies has information about fellowships for Western and Central Europe
• Library Servers via WWW Libraries from over 90 countries, updated daily. Sponsored by UC Berkeley library and Sun Microsystems

The Republic of Bulgaria is a republic in the southeast of Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the east, Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and Montenegro and the Republic of Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north along the river Danube.