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: April 23, 2015

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian and Romanian governments to hold joint meeting

April 23, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

The Romanian government headed by prime minister Victor Ponta and the Bulgarian government led by Prime Minister Boiko Borissov are convening

Read more
Leisure 

Film review: The Face of an Angel

April 23, 2015April 23, 2015 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

In his latest film, The Face of an Angel, director Michael Winterbottom does his best to slowly massage fictitious elements

Read more
Europe 

FBI Director regrets his Holocaust remarks

April 23, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland

FBI Director James Comey said, in a handwritten letter that was handed to the Polish Ambassador in Washington Ryszard Schnepf

Read more
Bulgaria Leisure 

Visit CERN virtually at the Sofia Science Festival

April 23, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, Sofia Science Festival

Visitors to the Sofia Science Festival will be able to take one step beyond and go on a virtual tour

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria loses ECJ lawsuit over digital terrestrial broadcasting authorisations

April 23, 2015April 27, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Court of Justice ruled on April 23 that Bulgaria breached several EU directives in the telecommunications sector, failing

Read more
Bulgaria 

Row in Bulgaria over proposal for Parliament to recognise Armenian Genocide

April 23, 2015April 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Armenia, Turkey

Bulgaria’s Parliament is embroiled in controversy over a proposal to formally recognise the Armenian Genocide – though it appears that

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria, Greece and Romania sign gas corridor memorandum

April 23, 2015April 24, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece, Romania

Bulgaria, Greece and Romania have agreed the terms to build a “vertical gas corridor” of gas pipeline interconnectors. The memorandum

Read more
Business 

Bulgarian Cabinet approves draft agreement to update tax treaty with Romania

April 23, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has approved a draft proposal to update the memorandum on avoiding double taxation and tax avoiding with Romania,

Read more
Europe 

Romania to tax tips from May 2015

April 23, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

The Romanian government approved on April 22 an emergency ordinance which says money left as tips by customers must be registered on

Read more
  • ← Previous
Become a patron

  • Editor's pick

  • Popular

  • Recent

Editor's pick
  • June 22, 2026June 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Simone Gramaglia: Allegra Festival is a small miracle of culture and beauty
  • June 19, 2026June 20, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Jazz under the stars on the Devetashko Plateau being held from June 26 – 28
  • May 12, 2026May 18, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s Radev Cabinet: meet the ministers
Popular
  • Radev threatens Bulgarian veto if Russian Patriarch remains on proposed EU sanctions list
    June 18, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgaria's Foreign Minister confirms government opposes some proposed sanctions on Russia
    June 17, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgaria's Environment Ministry responds to reports of oil pollution on country's Black Sea beaches
    June 20, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • European Parliament approves AI Act amendments, 'nudifier' ban
    June 16, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Germany's ambassador to Bulgaria on the need to supply weapons to Ukraine
    June 20, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
Recent
  • June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Week remains to end of free-of-charge exchange of leva for euro at Bulgaria’s commercial banks
  • June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria up 5.3% in January – May 2026
  • June 22, 2026June 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria had highest annual increase in fuel prices in EU in May 2026 – Eurostat
  • June 22, 2026June 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Eurostat: EU’s trade surplus with UK in 2025 was 186.6 billion euro
  • June 22, 2026June 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office: Chinese citizen charged with espionage

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.

April 2015
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
27282930  
« Mar   May »
  • 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.