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: April 2023

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 49th National Assembly’s first sitting: Declarations and a stand-off over Speaker

April 12, 2023April 12, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Ten days after being elected, Bulgaria’s 49th National Assembly held its first sitting on April 12, with a succession of

Read more
Business 

IMF sees Bulgaria’s economy growing by 1.4% in 2023

April 12, 2023April 12, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff IMF, macroeconomic indicators

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects Bulgaria’s economy to grow by 1.4 per cent this year before picking up to

Read more
Business 

Bulgaria’s exports in first two months of 2023 up 13.9% y/y

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

In January – February 2023, the total value of all goods exported from Bulgaria added up to 14.8 billion leva,

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria denies report it held talks on donating MiG-29s to Ukraine

April 10, 2023April 10, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Ukraine

In a statement on April 10, Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry rejected as untrue a CNN report, citing what the broadcaster described

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s newly-elected 49th National Assembly to hold first sitting on April 12

April 10, 2023April 10, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Bulgaria’s newly-elected 49th National Assembly will hold its first sitting on April 12 at 10am, according to a notice on

Read more
Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 16 deaths, 1007 new cases

April 10, 2023April 10, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 16 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

Read more
Bulgaria 

New US ambassador to Bulgaria presents credentials to President

April 7, 2023April 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

The new United States ambassador to Bulgaria, Kenneth Merten, presented his credentials to head of state President Roumen Radev at

Read more
Bulgaria 

WCC-Democratic Bulgaria will not support a government with mandate or participation of GERB

April 7, 2023April 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

All the parties in the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria electoral coalition have decided that they will not support a

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s CEC announces seat distribution after April 2 parliamentary election

April 7, 2023June 5, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has announced the seat distribution in the 49th National Assembly, with the full list of

Read more
  • ← Previous
  • Next →
Become a patron

  • Editor's pick

  • Popular

  • Recent

Editor's pick
  • June 22, 2026June 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Simone Gramaglia: Allegra Festival is a small miracle of culture and beauty
  • June 19, 2026June 20, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Jazz under the stars on the Devetashko Plateau being held from June 26 – 28
  • May 12, 2026May 18, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s Radev Cabinet: meet the ministers
Popular
  • Bulgaria's Environment Ministry responds to reports of oil pollution on country's Black Sea beaches
    June 20, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Germany's ambassador to Bulgaria on the need to supply weapons to Ukraine
    June 20, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgarian Prosecutor's Office: Chinese citizen charged with espionage
    June 22, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Eurobarometer: overall support for the euro in non-euro area EU member states
    June 24, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • New poll: 10 years on, majority of Brits say Brexit has failed
    June 21, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
Recent
  • June 26, 2026June 26, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    EC proposes to extend temporary protection of people fleeing Ukraine for an additional year
  • June 26, 2026June 26, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    NSI: Circulatory system diseases main cause of death in Bulgaria in 2025
  • June 26, 2026June 26, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine: EU ministers extend economic sanctions for a further year
  • June 26, 2026June 26, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Poll: Approval ratings of Bulgarian PM Radev and his government decline
  • June 25, 2026June 25, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria Constitutional Court sides with Cabinet on ‘Board of Peace’ dispute

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.

April 2023
M T W T F S S
 12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
« Mar   May »
  • 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.