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: December 15, 2013

Europe 

Ukraine protesters warn against trade pact with Moscow

December 15, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Ukraine

Ahead of a visit to Moscow by Ukraine’s president, protesters filled central Kyiv, warning him not to sign a trade

Read more
Leisure 

Christmas Carols in Veliko Turnovo on December 16

December 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A Christmas Carols event is being held in Veliko Turnovo on December 16 2013. An open invitation to the event

Read more
Bulgaria 

Two candidates shortlisted in Bulgarian Orthodox Church Varna Metropolitan election re-run

December 15, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Varna

The electoral college in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Varna diocese shortlisted, in a vote on December 15 2013, two candidates

Read more
Business 

Bulgarian railways BDZ begins ticket sales for holiday season

December 15, 2013December 16, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s state railways BDZ started selling tickets for the entire winter festive season on December 16. As a matter of

Read more
World 

Thousands attend Nelson Mandela’s funeral

December 15, 2013 VOANews

The funeral of late South African president Nelson Mandela is underway in his ancestral home of Qunu, where thousands of

Read more
Europe 

Ukraine president suspends officials over protest crackdown

December 15, 2013December 15, 2013 VOANews Ukraine

In a conciliatory move toward protesters, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has suspended his deputy security council chief and the head

Read more
Europe 

No fresh talks planned in Brussels between Pristina and Belgrade

December 15, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo, Serbia

The numerous meetings which in the most part end up without any deals, seem to have exhausted the European Union,

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgarian anti-government protesters blockade interior minister in restaurant

December 15, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests, Tsvetlin Yovchev

A group of Bulgarian anti-government protesters blockaded Tsvetlin Yovchev, interior minister in the Bulgarian Socialist Party government, in a central

Read more
Perspectives 

Can Ukraine’s two nations stay under one roof?

December 15, 2013May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Ukraine

To understand what is happening in Kyiv today, remember that Ukraine has a larger landmass in Europe than France, the

Read more
Become a patron

  • Editor's pick

  • Popular

  • Recent

Editor's pick
  • July 5, 2026July 5, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Opera on the Square returns to Bulgaria’s capital from July 9
  • June 22, 2026June 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Simone Gramaglia: Allegra Festival is a small miracle of culture and beauty
  • May 12, 2026May 18, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s Radev Cabinet: meet the ministers
Popular
  • Bulgarian PM Radev's Cabinet confirms his position on EC's proposed 21st package of sanctions on Russia and Belarus
    July 10, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • EU formally opens excessive deficit procedure against Bulgaria
    July 10, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Nato Allies invest $40 billion in counter-drone capabilities and drone training
    July 7, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgaria's controversial contract with Türkiye's Botaş 'frozen' for 15 months
    July 7, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgaria's Parliament approves increased price asked by US for Stryker armoured combat vehicles
    July 9, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
Recent
  • July 13, 2026July 13, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    EU foreign policy chief: No agreement yet on 21st package of sanctions on Russia but ‘quite close’
  • July 13, 2026July 13, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s Sofia and Bourgas shortlisted to host 2027 Eurovision Song Contest
  • July 13, 2026July 13, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Eurostat: Bulgaria has EU’s highest ratio of hospital beds per population size
  • July 10, 2026July 10, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    EU formally opens excessive deficit procedure against Bulgaria
  • July 10, 2026July 10, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s Breeze 2026 large-scale naval exercise on until July 19

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.

December 2013
M T W T F S S
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031  
« Nov   Jan »
  • About Us
  • Editorial staff
  • Contact us
  • Privacy Policy
Copyright © 2026 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.