For the last year, he has been Bulgaria`s invisible man, but Todor Zhivkov, the deposed Communist strongman, reappeared Friday, unrepentantly telling Bulgarians that under his rule they never had ...

Todor Zhivkov, 86, the Communist ruler of Bulgaria from 1954 until his ouster in 1989, died Wednesday night at a hospital in Sofia of complications following a respiratory infection.Mr. Zhivkov ...

Todor Zhivkov Left a Legacy of Bitterness. As Communist rule began to soften here in late 1989, it was by no means clear that Bulgaria would fare so well.

Todor Zhivkov News from United Press International. Today is Thursday, Nov. 10, the 314th day of 2005 with 51 to follow.

Todor Zhivkov (center) in September 1989 -- "a moderate style of governing without severe repression." Share Bulgarian Textbooks Accused Of Whitewashing Communist Era ...

In the warming atmosphere that has drawn Eastern and Western Europe closer, one frigid holdout has been Bulgaria. Now, the tiny Balkan nation is also thawing a bit. Last week Todor Zhivkov, 55, ...

Bulgaria's Todor Zhivkov may still toady to the Kremlin's foreign-policy wishes (see above), but when it comes to internal matters, he is as reform-minded as any other Eastern European.At the ...

It was a portrait of communist dictator Todor Zhivkov, who ruled Bulgaria, 1954 to 1989. The sign under the picture reads: "Todor Zhivkov used to say: 'All this that we have built [under my ...

It contains items from the period between the conquest of Bulgaria by the Red Army in 1944 and the end of the Todor Zhivkov ...