The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral stands near the center of Sofia.
Photograph by Raul Touzon
Bulgaria Features
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Photo Gallery: Europe's Borderland
Surrounded—and influenced—by four nations, pocket-size Slovenia offers a rich cultural mix.
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Bulgaria's Gold Rush
The race is on to uncover the golden splendors of its Thracian past before sites are looted and developers move in.
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Serbs Face the Future
For more than a millennium, migrations and wars have dispersed Serbs across former Yugoslavia, the defunct federation once dominated by Serbia.
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