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: December 16, 2018

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian nationalist party congratulates Poroshenko on founding of independent Ukranian Orthodox church

December 16, 2018December 16, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Russia, Ukraine, Valeri Simeonov

The National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria (NFSB), an ultra-nationalist party that is part of the country’s governing coalition,

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Road Infrastructure Agency to sanction firm for delay in clearing snow

December 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Road Infrastructure Agency said on December 16 that it would “sanction” a contractor for its delay in clearing snow

Read more
Bulgaria 

Electronic version of Bulgaria’s road tax stickers goes on sale on December 17

December 16, 2018December 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The sale of Bulgarian road tax stickers, known as vignettes, begins on December 17 2018 at 2pm via the bgtoll

Read more
Bulgaria 

Heavy snow causes flight delays at Sofia Airport, traffic disruptions in parts of Bulgaria

December 16, 2018December 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Heavy snowfalls on December 16 caused flight delays and diversions at Sofia Airport while there were traffic disruptions as machines

Read more
Bulgaria 

Campaigners behind billboards promoting tolerance towards LGBTI people petition mayors of four Bulgarian cities

December 16, 2018December 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The organisers of a billboard campaign promoting tolerance towards LGBTI people have published an open letter to the mayors of

Read more
Bulgaria 

Amid heavy snowfalls, road agency calls on motorists to avoid travel in north-western Bulgaria

December 16, 2018December 17, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Road Infrastructure Agency issued a call on December 16 for motorists to avoid travel in north-western Bulgaria, unless in

Read more
Bulgaria 

John Cleese bringing ‘Last Time to See Me Before I Die’ show to Sofia in September 2019

December 16, 2018December 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

British comic genius John Cleese, perhaps best known for Monty Python’s Flying Circus and Fawlty Towers, is bringing his “Last

Read more
Become a patron

  • September 2, 2023September 11, 2023 Ralitsa Kovacheva
    Disinformation – This is the Kremlin speaking: Nato and the US are ‘aggressor’ and ‘evil-doer’
  • July 6, 2023July 10, 2023 Clive Leviev-Sawyer
    Visiting Bulgaria, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy gives Radev a lesson on reality
  • June 7, 2023June 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s Denkov coalition government: meet the ministers
  • Bulgarian Navy destroys drone with mortar attached found near coastal village
    September 18, 2023, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgaria expels Russian church cleric, two others, on national security grounds
    September 21, 2023, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgaria's PM: Grain producers 'started behaving like terrorists'
    September 16, 2023, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • EU ban on flavoured heated tobacco products comes into force
    November 23, 2022, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgaria's PM on farmers' protest: Main problems already solved
    September 17, 2023, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • September 22, 2023September 22, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgarian government approves purchase of Stryker combat vehicles
  • September 22, 2023September 22, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff
    Spike in deaths in some European countries in July coincided with heat waves
  • September 21, 2023September 21, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s Parliament approves anti-corruption legislation
  • September 21, 2023September 21, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria expels Russian church cleric, two others, on national security grounds
  • September 21, 2023September 21, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria: Supporters of pro-Kremlin minority party clash with police at Soviet Army Monument

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.

December 2018
M T W T F S S
 12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31  
« Nov   Jan »
  • About Us
  • Editorial staff
  • Contact us
  • Privacy Policy
Copyright © 2023 The Sofia Globe. All rights reserved.
Developed by SymbiOpen.