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: January 2022

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria registers single-day record for new Covid-19 cases

January 12, 2022January 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Of 37 952 tests for Covid-19 done in Bulgaria in the past day, 7062 – about 18.6 per cent –

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM: Visit to N Macedonia will go ahead this month

January 11, 2022January 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Macedonia, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said in a video message on January 11 that a visit to North Macedonia that

Read more
Bulgaria 

World Bank slightly raises growth outlook for Bulgaria

January 11, 2022January 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, World Bank

The World Bank has slightly increased its forecast real GDP growth outlook for Bulgaria for 2022, to 3.8 per cent,

Read more
Europe 

EMA: Vaccines give high protection against severe disease and hospitalisation caused by Omicron

January 11, 2022January 11, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Although the Omicron variant of Covid-19 appears to be more infectious than other variants, studies from South Africa, the UK

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria reduces Covid-19 isolation, quarantine periods

January 11, 2022January 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

An order issued on January 11 by Bulgaria’s Health Minister Assena Serbezova cuts, with immediate effect, the mandatory isolation period

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM’s January 18 visit to North Macedonia postponed – report

January 11, 2022January 11, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Macedonia

A visit to Skopje by a delegation headed by Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov that had been planned for January

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Health Minister halts procedure to buy 12.5M Covid tests for pupils

January 11, 2022January 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Assena Serbezova has terminated a procedure to buy 12.5 million rapid antigen tests for school pupils and

Read more
Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Most of Bulgaria’s leadership self-isolating after Radev’s meeting

January 11, 2022January 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Roumen Radev

Much of Bulgaria’s political leadership is in self-isolation, pending decisions on quarantine, after it emerged that the Speaker of the

Read more
Bulgaria 

Covid-19 dark red zones in Bulgaria rise to 17

January 11, 2022January 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of districts in Bulgaria classified as Covid-19 dark red zones – meaning a morbidity rate of 500 or

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
  • Bulgaria's Parliament approves increased price asked by US for Stryker armoured combat vehicles
    July 9, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • PM Radev takes Bulgaria out of the Coalition of the Willing
    July 14, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • EC opens three new infringement cases against Bulgaria
    July 8, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
Recent
  • July 14, 2026July 14, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    PM Radev takes Bulgaria out of the Coalition of the Willing
  • July 14, 2026July 14, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgarian link in European prosecutors probe into millions of euro VAT fraud
  • July 14, 2026July 14, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Energy Union Task Force: Supply of jet fuel in EU remains overall stable so far
  • 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

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.

January 2022
M T W T F S S
 12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31  
« Dec   Feb »
  • 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.