Skip to content
The Sofia Globe

The Sofia Globe

Bulgaria’s independent English-language news and features website.

  • Bulgaria
  • Europe
  • World
  • Business
  • Perspectives
  • People
  • Leisure
  • Sport
  • Videos

Day: August 12, 2025

Bulgaria 

Interior Minister: More than 1000 fires in Bulgaria in past week alone

August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

There have been more than 1000 fires registered in Bulgaria in the past week alone, Interior Minister Daniel Mitov told

Read more
Bulgaria 

DSB: Russia seeks to open consulate near Bulgarian Navy HQ in Varna

August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Varna

The Russian embassy in Sofia has sent a diplomatic note to the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting the opening

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Prosecutors probe vandalism of Jewish monument with stickers of pro-Nazi leader

August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Bulgarian Jews

The District Prosecutor’s Office in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Bourgas in investigating following reports of vandalism of a monument

Read more
Bulgaria 

Military drone found on beach near Bulgaria’s Sozopol

August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

A military drone was found on the Harmani beach near Sozopol on Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast, the Ministry of

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgarian investigators probe arms export companies at request of Ukraine

August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Ukraine

In response to a request for legal assistance from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, a team of investigators from

Read more
Business 

EC approves US Advent International’s acquisition of TBI Bank of Bulgaria

August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission (EC) said on August 12 that it had approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of

Read more
Business 

Revenue of Bulgaria’s accommodation establishments in June 2025 up 26% y/y

August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Total revenue from nights spent in accommodation establishments in Bulgaria in June 2025 was 26 per cent higher than in

Read more
Business 

Bulgaria’s exports in January – June 2025 down 4.6%, imports up 3.1% y/y

August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

In January – June 2025, the total value of all the goods exported from Bulgaria amounted to 39 986.2 million

Read more
Europe 

EU leaders: Path to peace in Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine

August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

In a statement posted on August 12, European Union leaders – with the exception of Hungary – said that they

Read more
  • ← Previous
Become a patron

  • Editor's pick

  • Popular

  • Recent

Editor's pick
  • June 22, 2026June 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Simone Gramaglia: Allegra Festival is a small miracle of culture and beauty
  • June 19, 2026June 20, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Jazz under the stars on the Devetashko Plateau being held from June 26 – 28
  • May 12, 2026May 18, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s Radev Cabinet: meet the ministers
Popular
  • Radev threatens Bulgarian veto if Russian Patriarch remains on proposed EU sanctions list
    June 18, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgaria's Foreign Minister confirms government opposes some proposed sanctions on Russia
    June 17, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgaria's Environment Ministry responds to reports of oil pollution on country's Black Sea beaches
    June 20, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • European Parliament approves AI Act amendments, 'nudifier' ban
    June 16, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Germany's ambassador to Bulgaria on the need to supply weapons to Ukraine
    June 20, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
Recent
  • June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Week remains to end of free-of-charge exchange of leva for euro at Bulgaria’s commercial banks
  • June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria up 5.3% in January – May 2026
  • June 22, 2026June 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria had highest annual increase in fuel prices in EU in May 2026 – Eurostat
  • June 22, 2026June 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Eurostat: EU’s trade surplus with UK in 2025 was 186.6 billion euro
  • June 22, 2026June 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office: Chinese citizen charged with espionage

Help support the Globe

The Sofia Globe team can testify that upholding the globe is reminiscent of the work of Atlas.
Please support us in continuing to offer - as we set out to do when we launched in June 2012 - journalism that is truly independent and informed. All donations are gratefully received as we put in place our plans to grow in the years ahead.

Sign up for The Sofia Globe bulletin

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.


About Us: The Sofia Globe

The Sofia Globe provides news, features, insight and analysis about Bulgaria, Central and Eastern Europe and the wider world according to the high professional standards of independence and objectivity that we have set ourselves in our Editorial Charter. Read more about us.

Contacts

For editorial, advertising and general inquiries, please e-mail [email protected].

Legal Notice Действителен собственик на настоящото издание е Клайв Левиев-Сойър.

August 2025
M T W T F S S
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
« Jul   Sep »
  • About Us
  • Editorial staff
  • Contact us
  • Privacy Policy
Copyright © 2026 The Sofia Globe. All rights reserved.
Developed by SymbiOpen.
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.