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Month: April 2025

Business 

Wine consumption, production in EU decrease

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

Wine consumption in the European Union in 2024 was 5.2 per cent lower than the five-year average, while vinified production

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Business 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-February 2025 was 685.6M euro

April 15, 2025April 15, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first two months of the year stood at 685.6 million euro, the equivalent

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Business 

Central bank head: Bulgaria meets criteria for joining euro zone

April 15, 2025April 15, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

Since the beginning of 2025, Bulgaria has been consistently meeting the price stability criterion for joining the euro, central Bulgarian

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Europe 

State of the Climate Report: In 2024, Europe was fastest warming continent

April 15, 2025April 15, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff climate change, climate crisis

In 2024, Europe was the fastest warming continent, with temperatures rising about twice as fast as the global average, according to the

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Europe 

EU’s pause of countermeasures to Trump tariffs takes effect

April 15, 2025April 15, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

The pause of the European Union’s countermeasures to the tariffs threatened by US President Trump takes effect on April 15

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Bulgaria 

Defence Minister: First 33 Strykers to be delivered to Bulgaria in 2025

April 14, 2025April 14, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

The first 33 of the 183 Stryker armoured combat vehicles that Bulgaria is buying from the United States will be

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Business 

Bulgaria records 4.0% annual inflation in March

April 14, 2025May 15, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded four per cent inflation in March, unchanged from a month earlier, the National

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Business 

EU trade surplus in medicinal and pharmaceutical products hit record high in 2024

April 14, 2025April 14, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

In 2024, the European Union’s trade surplus in medicinal and pharmaceutical products came to a total of 193.6 billion euro,

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Bulgaria 

Official ceremony for Bulgarian Air Force’s first F-16

April 13, 2025May 6, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff F-16

An official ceremony was held at the Graf Ignatievo air base on April 13 to present the Bulgarian Air Force’s

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