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Month: March 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s President wishes country’s Roman Catholics a happy Easter

March 27, 2016March 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev wished the country’s Roman Catholics a happy Easter on March 27. “On these

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Leisure 

Film review: The Witch

March 27, 2016March 27, 2016 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post

Horror films about demonic possession have become fairly routine, with CGI-filled climaxes set to over-the top sound effects. The makers

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Bulgaria 

Europe migrant crisis: Main threat to Bulgaria from Greek, not Turkish, border – PM Borissov

March 25, 2016March 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov told Parliament on March 25 that he does not expect a massive influx of migrants

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Bulgaria 

Commemoration for victims of Brussels attacks to be held in Sofia

March 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The Belgian and French ambassadors to Bulgaria have arranged a joint commemoration for the victims of the March 22 Brussels

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Airport cancels Brussels Zaventem – Sofia flights on March 25 – 27

March 25, 2016March 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia Airport announced the latest cancellations of flights linking Sofia and Brussels on March 25, 26 and 27 2016, a

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Europe 

EU vows to deepen intelligence-sharing following Brussels attacks

March 25, 2016 Lisa Bryant of VOANews

Meeting in the shadow of the Brussels terrorist attacks, EU Justice and Interior ministers vowed to deepen joint intelligence gathering

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs pass bill introducing graphic tobacco packaging

March 25, 2016March 25, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency smoking

Bulgarian Parliament passed at second reading on March 24 the amendments to the Tobacco Act, which envision the introduction of

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Bulgaria People 

Ted Kotcheff’s Bulgarian journey

March 24, 2016March 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Plovdiv

Tears have fallen from the face of Ted Kotcheff on to the Bulgarian ground from which his roots sprang, in

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Bulgaria 

Clocks change in Bulgaria to summer daylight saving time on March 27 2016

March 24, 2016March 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Summer daylight saving time starts in Bulgaria on March 27 2016 at 3am, when clocks must be adjusted forward an

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