* Angola is represented in Bulgaria through its embassy in Athens ( Greece ).

* 681 – Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on the south bank of the Danube after defeating the Byzantine armies of Emperor Constantine IV south of the Danube delta.

Revolution Administered: Agrarianism and Communism in Bulgaria ( 1973 ), focus is post 1945

Politics of Bulgaria take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime minister is the head of government, and of a multi-party system.

The BSP won convincingly the pre-term elections in December 1994 with a majority of 125 seats out of the 240 seats in the parliament and despite the mandate is for 4 years, BSP's government collapsed too and remained in office until 1996 due to the economic crysis in Bulgaria.

Bulgaria was expected to join the Eurozone in 2013 but after the rise of some instability in the zone Bulgaria is withholding its positions towards the Euro, combining together positive and realistic attitudes.

Since Bulgarian lev is anyway bounded to Euro Bulgaria is looking for more positive outcomes of the becoming a member of the Eurozone rather than risks.

Transport in Bulgaria is facilitated with road, air, rail, and water networks.

The national passenger and freight operator is called Bulgarian State Railways, but there are also a number of private operators including Bulgarian Railway Company and DB Schenker Rail Bulgaria.

Bulgaria has delayed building some key highway connections since the 1990s, but European Union membership is a strong incentive for completion.

A 114-kilometer link between eastern Bulgaria and the Turkish border is scheduled for completion in 2013.

Civil transportation is well developed in Bulgaria.

While most urban and suburban transport in Bulgaria is composed of buses ( using an increasing number of CNG vehicles ), around a dozen cities also have trolley bus networks.

The Commander-in-Chief is the President of Bulgaria ( currently Rosen Plevneliev ).

Bulgaria is to have 27, 000 standing troops by 2014, consisting of 14, 310 troops in the land forces, 6, 750 in the air force, 3, 510 in the navy and 2, 420 in the joint command.

Military education in Bulgaria is provided in military universities and academies.

The National Guard of Bulgaria, founded in 1879, is the successor to the personal guards of Knyaz Alexander I.

Mount Musala () in the Rila mountain in Bulgaria is the highest.

In spite of the rather slow post-recession recovery, in terms of income per capita Croatia is still ahead of some European Union member states such as Bulgaria, Romania and Latvia.

In the latter case, exemplified by Bulgaria, Hong Kong and Latvia, the local currency is backed at a fixed rate by the central bank's holdings of a foreign currency.

The Varna Necropolis, Bulgaria, is internationally considered one of the key archaeological sites in world prehistory.

It is also practiced in Bulgaria, Hungary, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Lebanon, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, and other countries.

Bulgaria was the first country to recognize Bosnia as an independent country.

After World War II, Bulgaria followed the Soviet model of economic development more closely than any other East Bloc country with becoming one of the first members of Comecon ; the new regime shifted the economy from mainly agrarian type towards industrial economy and much of the labour force from the countryside to the city, providing workers for new large-scale industrial complexes.

The European Commission, in its 2002 country report, recognised Bulgaria as a functioning market economy, acknowledging the progress made by Prime Minister Ivan Kostov's government toward market-oriented reforms.

On 1 December 2009, Standard and Poors upgraded Bulgaria's investment outlook from " negative " to " stable ," which made Bulgaria the only country in the European Union to receive positive upgrade that year.

alt = This article incorporates public domain material Bulgaria country profile ( October 2006 ) from websites or documents of the Library of Congress Federal Research Division.

The Kingdom of Bulgaria participated in World War I on the side of the Central Powers between 15 October 1915, when the country declared war on Serbia, to 29 September 1918, when the Armistice of Thessalonica was signed.

Greece was the only Balkan country with a navy powerful enough to deny use of the Aegean to the Ottoman Empire, thus a treaty between Greece and Bulgaria became necessary ; it was signed in May 1912.

Belief that the citizen's country has benefited from EU membership is lowest ( below 50 %) in the UK, Hungary, Latvia, Italy, Austria, Sweden and Bulgaria.

The BBC reported that in 2002 work done by Edward Castronova showed that Everquest was the 77th richest country in the world, sandwiched between Russia and Bulgaria and its GDP per capita was higher than that of the People's Republic of China and India.

Bulgaria usually replaces western machine guns on its vehicles to simplify maintenance, since the country is an active producer of Soviet / Russian-type munitions.

Bulgaria was the first country to recognize the new state under its constitutional name.

The Republic of Macedonia is a country situated in southeastern Europe with geographic coordinates, bordering Kosovo and Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south and Albania to the west.

After entering the country in the southwest at Bazias, the Danube travels some 1, 075 kilometers ( almost 40 % of its entire length ) through or along Romanian territory, forming the southern frontier with Serbia and Bulgaria.

* 1944 – World War II: The Fatherland Front takes power in Bulgaria through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country.

Bulgaria went so far as to mobilize a quarter of its population or 800, 000 people, a greater share of its population than any other country during the war.

The UNCCD has 194 country Parties: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, the People's Republic of China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d ' Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Union, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, the Republic of Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

German troops occupied Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as part of Serbia and Slovenia, while other parts of the country were occupied by Bulgaria, Hungary, and Italy.

The Bulgars subjugate the country of current-day Bulgaria.

* 893: Council of Preslav-Vladimir-Rasate is dethroned and succeeded as Prince of Bulgaria by Simeon I ; the capital is moved from Pliska to Preslav ; the Byzantine clergy is expelled and replaced by Bulgarian ; Old Bulgarian becomes the official language of the country.

* The Bulgars subjugate the country of current-day Bulgaria.

In 632, Khan Kubrat united the three largest Bulgar tribes: the Kutrigur, the Utugur and the Onogonduri, thus forming the country that now historians call Great Bulgaria ( also known as Onoguria ).

Bulgaria emerged from Turkish rule as a poor, underdeveloped agricultural country, with little industry or tapped natural resources.

These measures however did not prevent the Soviet Union from declaring war on Bulgaria on 5 September, and on 8 September the Red Army marched into the country, meeting no resistance.