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Month: August 2025

Bulgaria 

VDL visits Bulgaria on frontline states tour, praises support for Ukraine

August 31, 2025August 31, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen, visiting Bulgaria on August 31 as part of a tour of seven

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Bulgaria 

Meteorological bureau: Bulgaria’s August 2025 was ‘least warm’ August in past five years

August 31, 2025August 31, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff climate change, climate crisis

Bulgaria’s August 2025 was the country’s least warm month of August for the past five years, the national meteorological bureau

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways offering steam train excursion on September 6 Unification Day

August 31, 2025August 31, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgarian state railways BDZ, in partnership with the Dolni Rakovets municipality, is organising a special train trip on the occasion

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Europe 

EU: Russia must stop the killing and show genuine willingness for peace

August 29, 2025August 29, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Russia must stop the killing and show genuine willingness for peace, according to an August 29 statement supported by 26

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Business 

NSI poll finds business sentiment in Bulgaria in August largely unchanged

August 29, 2025August 29, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found business sentiment in Bulgaria in August largely unchanged

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Bulgaria 

Kershaw’s ‘The Summer of Love’ triumphs at Golden Femi Film Festival in Bulgaria

August 29, 2025August 29, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Fraser Kershaw’s film “The Summer of Love” has taken the global film community by storm, achieving the top honour of

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Business 

Eurostat: EU trade surplus with Ukraine peaked in Q2 2025 at 6.4B euro

August 29, 2025August 29, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Ukraine

The European Union trade surplus with Ukraine peaked in the second quarter of 2025 at 6.4 billion euro, EU statistics

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Business 

Bulgaria utilities regulator cuts gas prices by 2.5% for September 2025

August 28, 2025August 28, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator said on August 28 that it approved a 2.5 per cent decrease in the regulated gas price

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Europe 

Eurostat: 89% drop in EU imports from Russia between Q1 2022 and Q2 2025

August 28, 2025August 28, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Union’s various import and export restrictions on several products resulted in a 61 per cent decline in exports

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