The Sofia Globe - daily news and features from Bulgaria, CEE and the world
Hosting his Polish counterpart Beata Szydło in Sofia on September 20, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov reiterated his call for closing EU borders and processing entrants only through legal crossings. […]
Bulgaria’s special court that is to sit in the trial of two accused of involvement in the terrorist bombing of Bourgas Airport in July 2012 has allowed the lodging of […]
The Shalom Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria’s leadership has held talks with the Bulgarian Socialist Party Sofia, part of a series of meetings with political parties. Shalom earlier met […]
If Bulgaria starts a new international competitive procedure to acquire fighter jets, this will result in further delays in the acquisition process and prolong Bulgaria’s dependence on legacy systems of […]
During his visit to the United Nations in New York City, Bulgaria’s President Roumen Radev met with the Iranian President Hassan Rohani and King Abdullah of Jordan. After those encounters, […]
A day after Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov voiced doubt that Gripen was the best choice for a new fighter jet for the country’s Air Force, a parliamentary ad hoc […]
Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first seven months of 2017 stood at 431.8 million euro, the equivalent of 0.9 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP), statistics […]
Europe’s largest airline, the low coast carrier Ryanair, has cancelled hundreds of flights between September 19 and the end of October. The measure will supposedly improve the punctuality of the […]
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Metropolitan of Vidin, Dometian, has died after a long illness, the Holy Synod said on September 18 2017. He was 84. Dometian, born Dimitar Topuzliev in […]
The Presidency of the Council of the European Union rotates among EU member states every six months – and from January 1 2018 Bulgaria takes over this responsibility. In this […]
