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Month: July 2025

Business 

Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in May 2025 was 3.5%

July 2, 2025July 2, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

The unemployment rate in Bulgaria in May 2025 was 3.5 per cent, up from 3.4 per cent in April 2025

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Bulgaria 

Allegra Festival: Landscapes of Sound starts in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia on July 10

July 2, 2025July 22, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

The 11th edition of the prestigious classical music festival ALLEGRA once again promises to turn the summer in the capital

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria regulator approves 2.56% hike in electricity prices for household consumers

July 1, 2025July 1, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) has approved an increase in electricity prices by an average of 2.56 per

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Business 

Bulgaria records 2.61B leva Budget deficit in January-May 2025

July 1, 2025July 1, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has recorded a consolidated Budget deficit of 2.61 billion leva in the first five months of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road death toll in the first half of 2025 is 186

July 1, 2025July 1, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 186 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria in the first half of 2025, the Interior Ministry

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Bulgaria 

Checks at Bulgarian – Romanian border abolished

July 1, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Romania, Schengen

As midnight brought July 1, checks the border between Bulgaria and Romania were abolished. Bulgaria and Romania became full members

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