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: February 2019

Bulgaria 

Bansko: Blue Bird day after 20cm snowfall – and a forecast for next week

February 24, 2019 Lance Nelson

The FIS World Cup 2019 in Bulgaria’s ski resort Bansko has been a tremendous sporting spectacle but, it was somewhat

Read more
Europe 

A choice between EU and Russia in bad-movie Moldova vote

February 24, 2019February 24, 2019 Deutsche Welle Moldova

The final days of Moldova’s current election campaign seem like a bad movie. On Thursday, Maia Sandu and Andrei Nastase, leaders of

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament Speaker: Socialist MPs boycotting will still be paid

February 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

MPs from the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) boycotting sittings of Parliament will continue to receive pay, National Assembly Speaker

Read more
Bulgaria 

Nordic MTG agrees sale of Bulgarian broadcaster Nova Televizia to local conglomerate

February 22, 2019February 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Modern Times Group (MTG) said on February 22 that it has agreed to sell its majority stake in Bulgarian broadcaster

Read more
Bulgaria 

Joint commission proposes Sofia, Skopje together honour historical figures

February 22, 2019February 25, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Following its fourth meeting, the Bulgarian-North Macedonian commission on issues in history and education has proposed that the two countries

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s census in 2021 to cost an estimated 38.2M leva

February 21, 2019February 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s national census in 2021 will cost an estimated 38.2 million leva (about 19.5 million euro), it emerged as the

Read more
wine glasses containing red wine amid moody wisps of smoke
Business 

Bulgaria’s wine exports rose slightly in 2018 – agency head

February 21, 2019February 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, wine

A total of 110.2 million litres of wine were produced in Bulgaria in 2018, according to Krassimir Koev, executive director

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgarian vehicle administration official who demanded bribe fined 5000 leva, community service

February 21, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

A former Bulgarian Motor Vehicle Administration official who demanded a 20 euro bribe from a Turkish lorry driver – who

Read more
Europe 

Greece eases border crossing rules for citizens of North Macedonia

February 21, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

North Macedonian citizens will cross the border with Greece only with their travel documents. The sheets of paper that had

Read more
  • ← Previous
  • Next →
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
    EU foreign policy chief: No agreement yet on 21st package of sanctions on Russia but ‘quite close’
  • July 13, 2026July 13, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s Sofia and Bourgas shortlisted to host 2027 Eurovision Song Contest
  • 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

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.

February 2019
M T W T F S S
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728  
« Jan   Mar »
  • 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.