Skip to content
The Sofia Globe

The Sofia Globe

Bulgaria’s independent English-language news and features website.

  • Bulgaria
  • Europe
  • World
  • Business
  • Perspectives
  • People
  • Leisure
  • Sport
  • Videos

Day: October 4, 2012

Bulgaria News World 

Bulgaria to join Holocaust international body

October 4, 2012October 4, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has approved a proposal for the country to join, as an observer, the Task Force for International Cooperation

Read more
Europe News 

Violations build up as Election Day approaches in Ukraine

October 4, 2012 Anastasia Forina and Yuriy Onyshkiv of The Kyiv Post

Just several weeks ahead of Election Day, Ukraine’s parliamentary campaign is already full of violations of election legislation that could

Read more
Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria draft Budget banking on higher revenues to offset salary, pension hikes

October 4, 2012 Alex Bivol

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry published the draft 2013 Budget in which it set ambitious economic growth and tax revenue targets –

Read more
Bulgaria Europe News 

Improvements needed to safety features of almost all European nuclear power stations – EC report

October 4, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The standards of safety of nuclear power plants in Europe are “generally high” but further improvements in the safety features

Read more
Bulgaria News 

Number of Bulgarians wanting to emigrate has risen – poll

October 4, 2012October 4, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A poll at the end of September 2012 found that 14 per cent of Bulgarians surveyed wanted to leave the

Read more
Bulgaria Europe News 

Bulgarian Border Police arrest 33 illegal immigrants, mainly Syrians, in 24 hours

October 4, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

About 33 people had been arrested over the past 24 hours in attempts to cross the Bulgarian-Turkish border, Senior Commissioner

Read more
Bulgaria Europe News 

Thirteen EU embassies in Sofia declare support for Roma Pride 2012

October 4, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The heads of 13 European Union embassies in the Bulgarian capital city Sofia have issued a declaration of support for

Read more
Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian opposition MPs lodge Constitutional Court challenge to Parliament’s special committee probing high-level corruption

October 4, 2012October 4, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

A Constitutional Court challenge to a special parliamentary committee to investigate high-level corruption in Bulgaria, voted into existence on September

Read more
Business Europe News World 

FAO global food price index up 1.4 per cent in September 2012

October 4, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

After two months of stability, the Food and Agricultural Organisations’s (FAO) Food Price Index rose slightly in September 2012, up 1.4

Read more
  • ← Previous
Become a patron

  • Editor's pick

  • Popular

  • Recent

Editor's pick
  • June 4, 2025June 9, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff
    EC, ECB convergence reports say Bulgaria ready to join euro area on January 1 2026
  • March 13, 2025March 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s CEC announces adjusted seat distribution in 51st National Assembly
  • January 22, 2025January 22, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s Zhelyazkov coalition government: meet the ministers
Popular
  • European Union leaders endorse proposal that Bulgaria adopts the euro as of January 1 2026
    June 27, 2025, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Turbulence rocks Bulgaria's WCC party as Sofia corruption row continues
    June 26, 2025, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgaria's former PM Petkov quits as WCC co-leader and MP over Sofia controversy
    June 25, 2025, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Sofia Airport concession-holder launches tender for design and construction of Terminal 3
    June 30, 2025, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgaria increases fees for citizenship applications tenfold
    June 24, 2025, by The Sofia Globe staff
Recent
  • July 1, 2025July 1, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria regulator approves 2.56% hike in electricity prices for household consumers
  • July 1, 2025July 1, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria records 2.61B leva Budget deficit in January-May 2025
  • July 1, 2025July 1, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s road death toll in the first half of 2025 is 186
  • July 1, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff
    Checks at Bulgarian – Romanian border abolished
  • June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s June 2025 was one of the country’s driest months of June in past 100 years

Help support the Globe

The Sofia Globe team can testify that upholding the globe is reminiscent of the work of Atlas.
Please support us in continuing to offer - as we set out to do when we launched in June 2012 - journalism that is truly independent and informed. All donations are gratefully received as we put in place our plans to grow in the years ahead.

Sign up for The Sofia Globe bulletin

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.


About Us: The Sofia Globe

The Sofia Globe provides news, features, insight and analysis about Bulgaria, Central and Eastern Europe and the wider world according to the high professional standards of independence and objectivity that we have set ourselves in our Editorial Charter. Read more about us.

Contacts

For editorial, advertising and general inquiries, please e-mail [email protected].

Legal Notice Действителен собственик на настоящото издание е Клайв Левиев-Сойър.

October 2012
M T W T F S S
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031  
« Sep   Nov »
  • About Us
  • Editorial staff
  • Contact us
  • Privacy Policy
Copyright © 2025 The Sofia Globe. All rights reserved.
Developed by SymbiOpen.
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.Ok