A 19th-century play directed by US actor John Malkovich has enraged nationalists in Bulgaria who call it an insult to the country -- a claim the Hollywood star rejected as stirred up by the far right.

During the Cold War, the People's Republic of Bulgaria maintained one of the largest militaries in the Warsaw Pact, numbering an estimated 152,000 troops in 1988. Since the Fall of Communism, the ...

Angry nationalists jostled and heckled theatre-goers trying to attend the premiere of a John Malkovich-directed Bernard Shaw play set in the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian war, claiming it insulted the memory ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Wars Across the World: Bulgaria 1913 Bulgaria 1913 covers the second Balkan war, where the Kingdom of Bulgaria attacks by surprise its neighbors in order to ...

Angry protesters tried to force their way into the national theatre in Sofia to disrupt the premiere of 'Arms and the Man' - Copyright AFP - Angry protesters tried to ...

- 'Get attention' - The play is a humorous take on the Serbo-Bulgarian conflict in the late 19th century, exploring the absurdity of war while exposing the flaws of heroic adulation and militarism. It ...