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Month: April 2025

Bulgaria 

Vassil Levski Sofia Airport in deal on building and management of new business lounges

April 22, 2025April 22, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

SOF Connect – the operator of Vassil Levski Sofia Airport, has signed a contract with the leading international company TAV Operation

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria asks EC to approve request to revise its Recovery and Resilience Plan

April 22, 2025April 22, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria submitted a request on April 16 to the European Commission (EC) to revise its Recovery and Resilience Plan in

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Business 

Private equity firm Advent to buy Bulgaria’s TBI Bank

April 22, 2025April 22, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Private equity investor Advent International has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Bulgarian lender TBI Bank EAD from digital consumer

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian political and religious leaders express condolences on death of Pope Francis

April 21, 2025April 21, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Pope Francis devoted his service to the peace, understanding and unity among peoples, Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament rejects second motion of no confidence in Zhelyazkov Cabinet

April 17, 2025April 17, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on April 17 to reject the second motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov’s Cabinet.

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Europe 

Bulgaria to participate in Nato multinational exercise Dacian Spring in Romania

April 17, 2025April 17, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Romania

About 4000 military personnel and 913 technical assets from 10 allied countries, including Bulgaria, are to participate in the Nato

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Easter weekend weather outlook: Warmer temperatures, some rain

April 17, 2025April 17, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

The weather outlook for Bulgaria’s four-day Easter holiday from April 18 to 21 is for warmer temperatures but also some

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Business 

Eurostat: Slower increase in egg prices in EU over the past year

April 17, 2025April 17, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

In March 2025, the price of eggs in the EU was on average 6.7 per cent higher than in March 2024, the bloc’s statistics

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Bulgaria 

South African embassy in Bulgaria’s capital announces closure of consular services

April 16, 2025April 16, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

The South African embassy in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia has stopped providing consular services, the embassy said in a Facebook

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