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Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov who plays for the club Vitosha Bistritsa who ended up playing a visiting obscure British team of players from Nottingham United. The Bulgarian Prime Ministers team won 6-Nil and Borisov got the final penalty goal after being fouled - 18/8/10 Picture credit: Balkanpix.com
Amateur football club from Nottingham bring down the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov
Jock Palfreeman, 21 yr old British army cadet found guilty of murder today and given a 20 year sentence, Sofia, Bulgaria - 2/12/2009. The Australian national has always insisted that he was a 'good samaritan' coming to the assistance of a Roma Gypsy that was being attacked by drunken yobs. Picture Credit: Balkanpix.com
Jock Palfreeman found guilty of murder and jailed for 20 years in Sofia, Bulgaria
Portrait of HRH the Queen by British artist Jane Perkins. Her art works are all made of recycled materials, from St Andrews golf tees to plastic cutlery, Michelle Obama's nostrills ( action mans hands ) / barack Obama nose ( Shark tooth & action man head ) - 11/9/09 Picture credit: Balkanpix.com
A master of the Avant-garbage school of art, Jane Perkins creates portraits from Junk Bric-a-brac
Young Roma woman with daughter she offered for sale to under cover journalist. Balgarski Izvor,Near Lovech, Central Bulgaria - 20/5/2009 Picture credit: Balkanpix.com
When Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali was offered for sale with a £200,000 price tag there was worldwide outrage. But it wasn’t a one-off.
Horrific discovery of 45 illegally euthanised wild dogs found by tourists in a waste bin in the grounds of a zoo in Haskovo, Bulgaria. The only legal method of controling the population of stray animals is neutering. Euthanasia of healthy and non-appresive animals is totally prohibited by law. Haskovo municipality is exterminating stray dogs in the most brutal way possible and NOT implementing neutering programmes. The wild dog neutering program is funded and heavily supported by British charities and donations. - 30/4/2009 Picture credit: Four Paws / Balkanpix.com
Bulgaria may be enjoying a rise in bookings from Britons seeking cheaper holiday destinations, but it has come at a heavy price for the dog population.
Nathan Sawaya is a New York based artist who has made a reputation for himself as being the Worlds foremost Lego artist. He constructs large scale sculptures and portraits built from standard bricks and has transformed standard lego into something new. Sawaya's parents bought him his first Legos when he was three years old. Even then, he showed signs of overachievement. He popped the plastic pieces together to create a 36-square-foot city.
Nathan Sawaya is a New York based artist who has made a reputation for himself as being the Worlds foremost Lego artist. He constructs large scale sculptures and portraits built from standard bricks and has transformed standard lego into something
Creations of Russian fashion designers MiMi. They have designed a range of fashion rings that can be transformed into living art using frogs as accessories. Inspiration is drawn form ancient greek mythology of Ikarus, Prometheus and Zen Budhism. ( Siberian Postman ring ) - 26/4/2009 Picture credit: Balkanpix.com
Mimi creators Mila and Misha have introduced living accessories to jewellery and incorporated frogs into their jewellery range.
World Record jump of the largest amount of people to simultaneously leap on static lines. Dmitry Novikov, head of command of the ' Mad Squirrels' had to co-ordinate the jump attempt through internet forums and networking sites bringing adrenalin junkies together from all over Russia., 8th February, Vodniki Bridge in the Moscow suburbs, Russia Picture credit: Balkanpix.com
54 rope jumping adenalin junkies & members of the " Mad Squirrels" sports club pulled off a World Record for the largest ever amount of people to jump from a fixed point in Moscow, Russia
Evan Roberts, 52, Brit expat who died in freak paragliding accident on the Bulgarian coast. He lost height immediately and crashed into the sea, where he drowned. - 2/4/2009 Picture credit: Balkanpix.com
British para glider falls from the sky on Bulgarian coast and drowns in Black sea.
A motorist takes a wrong turn and attempts to negotaite a large puddle. The puddle turns out to be a collapsed water main that has produced a 12 ft crater in the centre of Kiev, Ukraine. The driver had to smash his rear window in order to escape - 26/03/2009 Picture credit: Balkanpix.com
Downtown Kiev, Ukraine. Car driver mistakes a puddle for a collapsed water main.
Moscow office workers performing
A GROUP of sexy office workers have become internet stars after performing a synchronised swimming routine - from behind their desks.
Sakhan Dosova, world oldest woman who will be 130 next week. Born 1879 and living in Karaganda, Kazakstan - 25/03/2009 Picture credit: Balkanpix.com
Oldest woman in the world' about to turn 130 Officials in Kazakhstan claim to have have a found the world's oldest person - a woman who will this week celebrate her 130th birthday.

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