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Month: June 2025

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Constitutional Court rejects President’s bid to annul Speaker’s decision on euro referendum

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

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court has declined to grant President Roumen Radev’s request to annul a decision by the Speaker of the

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Business 

Bulgaria records 1.91B leva Budget deficit in January-April 2025

June 10, 2025June 10, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has recorded a consolidated Budget deficit of 1.91 billion leva in the first four months of the

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Business 

Bulgaria signs six contracts worth 434M leva for digital connectivity in small settlements

June 10, 2025June 10, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s government signed on June 10 six contracts worth a total of 433.6 million leva excluding value-added tax for the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways organising steam train trip on June 22

June 9, 2025June 9, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, tourism

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is organising an special steam engine-drawn train trip from Sofia to Vakarel and back on June

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Business 

Bulgaria and the euro: PM signs co-operation memo with business, labour bodies on consumer protection

June 9, 2025June 9, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

At a ceremony at the Cabinet building on June 9, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov signed a memorandum of co-operation

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s spring 2025: Colder than spring 2024, but warmer than season in three previous years

June 9, 2025June 9, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff climate change, climate crisis

Spring 2025 in Bulgaria was colder than spring 2024, but warmer than spring 2023, 2022, and 2021, the national meteorological

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Air Force’s second F-16 arrives at Graf Ignatievo air base

June 8, 2025June 8, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff F-16

The Bulgarian Air Force’s second F-16 Block 70 aircraft arrived in Bulgaria at the Graf Ignatievo air base near Plovdiv

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Business 

Bulgaria reports 0.6% economic growth in Q1 2025

June 6, 2025June 6, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.6 per cent in the first quarter of the year, according to preliminary data announced by

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Zhelyazkov, EU’s Dombrovskis discuss euro zone entry preparations

June 5, 2025June 5, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov and European Commissioner for economy Valdis Dombrovskis have sought to give re-assurances that the country’s

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