Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov has blamed organized crime for the bombings in Sofia on Tuesday, accusing the underworld of trying to destabilize the government.

The death toll mounted on Monday as rescue units continued their gruesome work at the site where the riverboat Bulgaria sank in the Volga River on Sunday.

During the Israeli leader's visit, Bulgaria's Prime Minister refuses to give a clear-cut answer about Palestinian independence, urging more negotiations.

Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Romania and Bulgaria today and tomorrow, the first trip to those countries by an Israeli prime minister in two decades.

The Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, BHC, has called for the resignation of Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov, vowing to seek the instant intervention of EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding to stop his attacks against the judiciary.

Bulgaria should allow euthanasia at the request of patients or their relatives, according to a draft bill submitted to Parliament by socialist MP Lyuben Kornezov.

The overnight cleaning of the Soviet Army Monument in the Bulgarian capital, after an unknown graffiti artist painted US pop culture characters on it, has drawn anger on the net.