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Month: June 2025

Business 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-April 2025 was 1.11B euro

June 17, 2025June 17, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first four months of the year stood at 1.11 billion euro, the equivalent

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Europe 

EU to set new grounds for suspending visa-free travel to Schengen zone

June 17, 2025June 17, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Schengen

European Union ministers and the European Parliament have settled on an update to the mechanism that allows the EU to

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Europe 

EU extends sanctions on Russia over illegal annexation of Crimea, Sevastopol

June 17, 2025June 17, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

European Union ministers have decided to renew the sanctions introduced by the EU in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv Jazz Fest 2025 begins with garden concerts in July

June 17, 2025June 17, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Plovdiv Jazz Fest 2025 is to begin with two garden concerts in July and a concert in August in the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian, French defence ministers sign framework agreement on joint acquisition of 3D radars

June 16, 2025June 16, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov and the Minister of the Armed Forces of France Sébastien Lecornu signed on June 16

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Business 

Bulgaria records 3.7% annual inflation in May

June 16, 2025June 17, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 3.7 per cent inflation in May, up from 3.5 per cent recorded a

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Pride 2025: ‘We are people, not propaganda’

June 14, 2025June 14, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Pride

The 18th Sofia Pride, in 2025 being held with the theme “We are people, not propaganda” and customarily being held

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry sets up coordination centre on Middle East situation

June 14, 2025June 14, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Iran, Israel

By order of Bulgarian Prime Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov, and under the personal leadership of Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev, a Coordination

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Europe 

EU agrees to extend temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees

June 14, 2025June 14, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

European Union ministers have voiced their unanimous support for a proposal to extend the temporary protection for the more than

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