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

Month: March 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria elections 2017: Daily roundup, March 22

March 22, 2017March 23, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Kornelia Ninova

With four days to go to Bulgaria’s March 26 parliamentary elections, the first announcements began coming out about various parties’

Read more
Europe 

Ukraine bars Russia entry from Eurovision Song Contest 2017

March 22, 2017March 22, 2017 Deutsche Welle Eurovision, Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine has barred Russia’s Eurovision contestant from entering the country because she previously performed in Crimea. Relations between the neighbors

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s security agency bars two more Turkish citizens as threat to national security

March 22, 2017March 23, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Turkey

Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security has ordered the expulsion of a Turkish citizen and declared another persona non grata

Read more
Bulgaria 

Prosecutor-General: Bulgaria will not extradite border policemen wanted by Turkey on murder, manslaughter charges

March 22, 2017March 23, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov said on March 22 that Bulgaria will not extradite to Turkey four border policemen wanted by Ankara

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: Reports received of voters being bussed in from Turkey – Deputy PM

March 22, 2017March 23, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Bulgaria’s caretaker government has received reports of buses being organised to bring voters in from Turkey for the March 26

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria elections 2017: Daily roundup, March 21

March 21, 2017March 22, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Kornelia Ninova, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

With five days to go to Bulgaria’s March 2017 parliamentary elections, Turkey and the two Bulgarian political parties with close

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria caretaker minister says will propose scrapping Sofia Airport concession

March 21, 2017March 23, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker Transport Minister Hristo Alexiev said on March 21 that he would make a formal proposal asking the caretaker

Read more
Bulgaria 

Police presence stepped up as Bulgarian nationalists vow more Turkish border blockades over ‘electoral tourism’

March 21, 2017March 22, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Turkey

The police presence at Bulgaria’s border crossings with Turkey has been stepped up, the Interior Ministry said on March 21,

Read more
Business 

Foreign Direct Investment in Bulgaria in January 2017 was 54M euro

March 21, 2017March 22, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first month of the year stood at 54 million euro, the equivalent of

Read more
  • ← Previous
  • Next →
Become a patron

  • Editor's pick

  • Popular

  • Recent

Editor's pick
  • June 1, 2026June 1, 2026 ADJ
    The Sofia Globe Monday digest: June 1
  • May 26, 2026May 26, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Photo exhibition ‘Allegra – strings and hearts in the lens’
  • May 12, 2026May 18, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s Radev Cabinet: meet the ministers
Popular
  • Trump nominates Florida Republican Holder to be ambassador to Bulgaria
    June 2, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Sirens to sound in Bulgaria on June 2 to honour memory of Hristo Botev
    June 1, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • PM Radev claims EC is to initiate an excessive deficit procedure against Bulgaria
    May 29, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • US military to transit Bulgaria in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve
    May 31, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • BG-Alert system to be tested on June 2
    June 1, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
Recent
  • June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    EC recommends opening excessive deficit procedure against Bulgaria
  • June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    EBRD holds Bulgaria’s 2026 economic growth projection at 2.7%
  • June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgarian MPs approve amendments to 2025 Budget Act extension
  • June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Radev government replaces special administrator of Lukoil assets in Bulgaria
  • June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria issues weather warnings over forecast heavy rains, thunderstorms on June 4

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.

March 2017
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
« Feb   Apr »
  • 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.