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Month: February 2025

Bulgaria 

Serbians in Bulgaria’s capital protest outside embassy in solidarity with students

February 9, 2025February 9, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Serbia

Members of the Serbian community in Bulgaria held a protest outside the Serbian embassy in capital city Sofia on February

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod unanimously elects Pahomiy as new Metropolitan of Vidin

February 9, 2025February 9, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The governing body of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the Holy Synod, unanimously elected on February 9 Branitsa Bishop Pahomiy as

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Business 

More electric recharging points to be set up under EU alternative fuels initiative

February 7, 2025February 7, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

About 2500 electric recharging points for cars, vans and small trucks will be installed across Europe thanks to an EU

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Business 

Close to 36 000 foreigners were granted right to work in Bulgaria in 2024

February 7, 2025February 7, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Close to 36 000 foreign citizens from a total of 79 countries were granted the right to work in Bulgaria

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Business 

Poll finds downturn in consumer confidence in Bulgaria

February 7, 2025February 7, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

A regular three-monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found that consumer confidence in Bulgaria in January 2025

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Business 

Volume of retail trade in Bulgaria in December 2024 up 7.8% y/y

February 6, 2025February 6, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

The volume of retail trade in Bulgaria in December 2024 was 7.8 per cent higher than in December 2023, European

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Bulgaria 

Poll: GERB-UDF 24%, We Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria 13.5%

February 6, 2025February 6, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Were Bulgaria to hold parliamentary elections now, Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB-UDF coalition would get 24 per cent and the reformist

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Bulgaria 

Defence Minister: Compensation Bulgaria gets for military aid to Ukraine could exceed 600M leva

February 5, 2025February 5, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

The amount that Bulgaria receives in compensation for the military aid it supplies to Ukraine could exceed 600 million leva,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament again rejects pro-Kremlin party’s ‘foreign agents’ bill

February 5, 2025February 5, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted overwhelmingly on February 5 to reject a bill on “foreign agents” tabled by pro-Kremlin minority party Vuzrazhdane,

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