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Month: May 2025

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s exports in January – March 2025 fell 3.1%, imports rose 6.8% y/y

May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

In January – March 2025, the total value of all the goods exported from Bulgaria amounted to 19 750.7 million

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President sparks controversy with proposal for referendum on the euro

May 10, 2025May 10, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has sparked massive political controversy by using a May 9 Europe Day address

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria announces international competition for tourist poster

May 10, 2025June 9, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

In search of the new image of Bulgaria as an attractive year-round tourist destination, the Ministry of Tourism, in partnership

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria issues weather warnings over forecast heavy rain

May 9, 2025May 9, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s national meteorological bureau has issued the Code Orange warning of hazardous weather for two districts, Bourgas and Yambol, for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Defence Minister: Part to fix F-16 has arrived

May 9, 2025May 9, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff F-16

The part needed to fix a technical malfunction in the Bulgarian Air Force’s first F-16 fighter jet has arrived in

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Business 

Poll finds increase in consumer confidence in Bulgaria

May 9, 2025May 9, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

A regular three-monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI), the results of which were released on May 9, has

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World 

American Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV

May 8, 2025May 8, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected Pope on May 8, taking the papal name Leo XIV and becoming the first head

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Bulgaria 

NSI: More than 23 000 newly-built residential buildings in Bulgaria in five years

May 8, 2025May 8, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

From 2020 to 2024, the number of newly-built residential buildings in Bulgaria added up to 23 284, according to figures

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry warns of strike at a number of Italian airports

May 8, 2025May 8, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued an advisory that on May 9 2025 from 1pm to 5pm, a strike

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