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: May 2019

Bulgaria 

Pope Francis visits Vrazhdebna refugee centre in Bulgaria’s capital

May 6, 2019May 8, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Opening the second day of his visit to Bulgaria, Pope Francis visited the Vrazhdebna refugee reception centre in capital city

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Plovdiv Metropolitan Nikolai launches stinging attack on Pope’s visit

May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Plovdiv

Controversial hardline Plovdiv Metropolitan of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Nikolai, has launched a vitriolic attack on the visit to the

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria includes Second World War vehicles in 2019 Armed Forces Day parade

May 6, 2019May 8, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Armed Forces Day 2019, celebrated on May 6, saw the inclusion of a number of Second World War German-made

Read more
Bulgaria 

Pope Francis serves first communion to 242 children in Bulgaria’s town of Rakovski

May 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

May 6 was a joyous day for 242 Roman Catholic children from all over Bulgaria when Pope Francis served them

Read more
Europe 

North Macedonia’s presidential elections: Pendarovski leads after second round – provisional

May 5, 2019May 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Stevo Pendarovski, the candidate of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia and the ethnic Albanian Democratic Union for Integration, was

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Jewish community speaks out after more than 600 missiles launched against Israel from Gaza

May 5, 2019May 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

Shalom, the Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria, has expressed deep concern about the escalating tensions in the West Bank,

Read more
Bulgaria 

Pope Francis conducts Mass in Bulgarian capital: ‘God calls, God surprises, God loves’

May 5, 2019May 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Knyaz Alexander I Battenberg Square in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia became the focus of the Roman Catholic world on the

Read more
Bulgaria 

Thousands turn out to see Pope Francis as he begins visit to Bulgaria

May 5, 2019May 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Thousands of people turned out for the first events on the programme of the visit by Pope Francis to Bulgaria,

Read more
Bulgaria 

Pope Francis in talks with Bulgarian Orthodox Church leaders: ‘This meeting which I so much wanted’

May 5, 2019May 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Pope Francis held talks with Patriarch Neofit and other leaders of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church at the Holy Synod headquarters

Read more
  • ← Previous
  • Next →
Become a patron

  • Editor's pick

  • Popular

  • Recent

Editor's pick
  • July 2, 2025July 2, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff
    Allegra Festival: Landscapes of Sound starts in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia on July 10
  • June 4, 2025June 9, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff
    EC, ECB convergence reports say Bulgaria ready to join euro area on January 1 2026
  • March 13, 2025March 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s CEC announces adjusted seat distribution in 51st National Assembly
Popular
  • European Union leaders endorse proposal that Bulgaria adopts the euro as of January 1 2026
    June 27, 2025, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Turbulence rocks Bulgaria's WCC party as Sofia corruption row continues
    June 26, 2025, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Checks at Bulgarian – Romanian border abolished
    July 1, 2025, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Sofia Airport concession-holder launches tender for design and construction of Terminal 3
    June 30, 2025, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgaria raids HQ of organised crime group selling fake documents for citizenship applications
    July 2, 2025, by The Sofia Globe staff
Recent
  • July 2, 2025July 2, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria raids HQ of organised crime group selling fake documents for citizenship applications
  • July 2, 2025July 2, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s government updates national plan for introduction of the euro
  • July 2, 2025July 2, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff
    European Commission approves Bulgaria’s revised 6.17B euro recovery and resilience plan
  • July 2, 2025July 2, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff
    Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in May 2025 was 3.5%
  • July 2, 2025July 2, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff
    Allegra Festival: Landscapes of Sound starts in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia on July 10

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.

May 2019
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
« Apr   Jun »
  • About Us
  • Editorial staff
  • Contact us
  • Privacy Policy
Copyright © 2025 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.Ok