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: August 26, 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov calls on EU to lift visas for Turkey, to avert migrant wave

August 26, 2016August 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, disturbed by the danger of a wave of migrants and refugees crossing from Turkey into

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgarian nationalist newspaper becomes latest to cease publication

August 26, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Media

Bulgarian nationalist weekly Desant, owned by National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria leader Valeri Simeonov and self-described as a

Read more
Europe 

Croatian election campaign spills over into Serbia

August 26, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Serbia

The latest statements by Zoran Milanovic, the leader of the Croatian Social-Democratic Party (SDP), have provoked harsh reactions in Serbia,

Read more
Bulgaria 

Plovdiv prosecutors order burnt-out tobacco warehouses shored up

August 26, 2016August 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Prosecutors in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv have told municipal and national authorities to organise emergency temporary strengthening of the Tobacco Town

Read more
Bulgaria Leisure 

Sofia Restaurant Week in September 2016 – the menus

August 26, 2016August 31, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Excitement is building ahead of the inaugural Sofia Restaurant Week – and eager diners can now scan the menus online

Read more
Bulgaria Videos 

Bulgaria Now podcast: No smoke without fire

August 26, 2016August 30, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria Now Podcast, Lance Nelson, Plovdiv

The fire that gutted historic former tobacco warehouses in Plovdiv is the talk of the town – and the country,

Read more
Perspectives 

The Balkan Blog: Will Britons ever be slaves?

August 26, 2016August 26, 2016 Patrick Brigham Brexit

When Britain first, at Heaven’s command Arose from out the azure main; This was the charter of the land, And

Read more
Europe 

Government leaves Macedonia at risk to beautify Skopje

August 26, 2016August 28, 2016 Deutsche Welle Macedonia

This year the annual WorldRiskReport published by UN agencies focuses on logistics and infrastructure. Recent floods in Macedonia are a

Read more
Europe 

Poland’s PGNiG likely to suspend shale gas project

August 26, 2016 The Warsaw Voice energy, Poland

PGNiG gas giant failed to achieve satisfactory gas flow in latest shale gas test in Wysin, northern Poland, as maximum

Read more
  • ← Previous
Become a patron

  • September 24, 2023September 24, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff
    Top international musicians to star at Bulgaria’s Plovdiv Jazz Fest 2023
  • September 2, 2023September 11, 2023 Ralitsa Kovacheva
    Disinformation – This is the Kremlin speaking: Nato and the US are ‘aggressor’ and ‘evil-doer’
  • June 7, 2023June 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s Denkov coalition government: meet the ministers
  • Bulgaria expels Russian church cleric, two others, on national security grounds
    September 21, 2023, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgaria: Supporters of pro-Kremlin minority party clash with police at Soviet Army Monument
    September 21, 2023, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgaria's Parliament approves anti-corruption legislation
    September 21, 2023, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgarian government approves purchase of Stryker combat vehicles
    September 22, 2023, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgaria's Independence Day long weekend: Weather outlook
    September 21, 2023, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • September 25, 2023September 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff
    Ukraine confers state honour on two Bulgarian politicians
  • September 25, 2023September 25, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff
    Ukraine: Rape and torture by Russian forces continuing – UN rights experts
  • September 25, 2023September 25, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff
    European Auditors: EU’s wine policy leaves a sour taste
  • September 25, 2023September 25, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff
    EU imports of petroleum oil from Russia in Q2 2023 down 82% y/y
  • September 25, 2023September 25, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s 2023 municipal elections: Governing coalition’s parties rival mayoral candidates

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.

August 2016
M T W T F S S
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031  
« Jul   Sep »
  • About Us
  • Editorial staff
  • Contact us
  • Privacy Policy
Copyright © 2023 The Sofia Globe. All rights reserved.
Developed by SymbiOpen.