The Sofia Globe - daily news and features from Bulgaria, CEE and the world
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday March 21 signed into law legislation completing the annexation of Crimea, calling it a “remarkable event.” The Kremlin signing ceremony took place after the […]
An information campaign to encourage people to vote in Bulgaria’s May 25 2014 European Parliament elections will be offered not only in Bulgaria ...
Nine military officers will face punishment ranging from reprimands to dismissal over the controversial project to build a fence on the Bulgarian-Turk ...
Bulgaria’s prime minister and foreign minister have reiterated their government’s opposition to economic sanctions against Russia over the ...
Bulgaria and Romania have agreed that railway traffic across Danube Bridge 2 should go ahead in the “shortest possible time”, Bulgaria’s transport ministry said on March 20 2014 – just […]
Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told an election rally in the western city of Bursa on March 20, “we now have a court order. We’ll eradicate Twitter. I don’t […]
Well more than 1000 people in Sofia and a large number in Varna gathered in protest on March 20 against approval by the Bulgarian Socialist Party cabinet of a memorandum […]
The European Council has agreed to expand the list of individuals subject to a travel ban and asset freeze because of Russia’s intervention in Ukraine and the illegal annexation of […]
US authorities have requested Albania’s help to find an American aircraft (photo) which disappeared along with its pilot 70 years ago after being hit by ack-ack fire over Skopje while […]
Russia’s takeover of Ukraine’s Crimea may cost it a lot financially – but only if the West makes a concerted, sustained effort to come up with alternative supplies. With energy […]
