BULGARIA

Bulgaria (Bulgarian: България, transliterated: Balgariya, international transliteration Bălgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria (Република България, Republika Balgariya, is a state in the Balkans. It borders five other countries: Romania to the north (mostly along the River Danube), Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia to the west, and Greece and Turkey to the south. The Black Sea defines the extent of the country to the east. Bulgaria comprises the classical regions of Moesia, Thrace, and Macedonia. Old European culture within the territory of present-day Bulgaria started to produce golden artifacts by the fifth millennium BC.