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: June 14, 2018

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev on Borissov’s refusal to meet Gjorge Ivanov: ‘Do not run away from dialogue’

June 14, 2018June 14, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Greece, Macedonia, Roumen Radev

Reacting to Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s refusal to meet President Gjorge Ivanov, visiting Sofia from Skopje, Bulgarian head of

Read more
Europe 

Bulgarians still mostly optimistic about future of EU, Eurobarometer spring 2018 poll finds

June 14, 2018June 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The percentage of Bulgarians who are optimistic about the future of the European Union was 61 per cent in Eurobarometer’s

Read more
Bulgaria 

Hungarian court sentences traffickers who let 71 migrants suffocate to 25 years in prison

June 14, 2018June 14, 2018 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

A Hungarian court sentenced four human traffickers to 25 years in prison in connection with the gruesome deaths of 71 migrants

Read more
Europe 

European Commission scraps first call for applications for free wi-fi in public spaces

June 14, 2018June 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission has said on June 14 that it cancelled the first call for applications in the WiFi4EU initiative,

Read more
Bulgaria 

PM Borissov in Ramallah: Bulgaria supports all initiatives that would help Middle East Peace Process

June 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Israel

Bulgaria supports all initiatives that would lead to a positive development of the Middle East Peace Process, Prime Minister Boiko

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov meets 3000 members of Bulgarian Jewish community in Israel

June 14, 2018June 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Jews, Israel

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has held a meeting with 3000 members of the Bulgarian Jewish community in Israel, emphasising

Read more
Bulgaria 

‘Macedonia’ name issue: Bulgarian PM, Foreign Minister refuse to meet Gjorge Ivanov

June 14, 2018June 16, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Greece, Macedonia

President Gjorge Ivanov arrived in Sofia from Skopje for a two-day visit on June 14, but both Prime Minister Boiko

Read more
Bulgaria 

Defence Minister: Less than half of Bulgarian Air Force pilots ever fly

June 14, 2018June 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Krassimir Karakachanov, Nato

Of the Bulgarian Air Force’s 245 pilots, less than half ever take to the air, because of a lack of

Read more
Bulgaria 

Poll: Among EU capitals, residents of Sofia least satisfied with city’s sports facilities

June 14, 2018June 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, Sofia

Only 38 per cent of residents of Bulgarian capital Sofia thought that the city’s sports facilities were good enough, the

Read more
  • ← Previous
Become a patron

  • Editor's pick

  • Popular

  • Recent

Editor's pick
  • July 5, 2026July 5, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Opera on the Square returns to Bulgaria’s capital from July 9
  • June 22, 2026June 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Simone Gramaglia: Allegra Festival is a small miracle of culture and beauty
  • May 12, 2026May 18, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s Radev Cabinet: meet the ministers
Popular
  • Bulgarian PM Radev's Cabinet confirms his position on EC's proposed 21st package of sanctions on Russia and Belarus
    July 10, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • EU formally opens excessive deficit procedure against Bulgaria
    July 10, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Nato Allies invest $40 billion in counter-drone capabilities and drone training
    July 7, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgaria's controversial contract with Türkiye's Botaş 'frozen' for 15 months
    July 7, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgaria's Parliament approves increased price asked by US for Stryker armoured combat vehicles
    July 9, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
Recent
  • July 13, 2026July 13, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Eurostat: Bulgaria has EU’s highest ratio of hospital beds per population size
  • July 10, 2026July 10, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    EU formally opens excessive deficit procedure against Bulgaria
  • July 10, 2026July 10, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s Breeze 2026 large-scale naval exercise on until July 19
  • July 10, 2026July 10, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s Interior Minister sends Parliament report on probes into Magnitsky Act-sanctioned individuals, including Peevski
  • July 10, 2026July 10, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s exports in January – May 2026 up 7.4%, imports up 12.8% y/y

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.

June 2018
M T W T F S S
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627282930  
« May   Jul »
  • 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.