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Month: August 2025

Business 

New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in January – July 2025 up 6.8% y/y

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

There were 28 779 new passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in January to July 2025, an increase of 6.8 per

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Bulgaria 

Sofia-based US historian’s book on First Bulgarian Empire to be published in October

August 27, 2025August 27, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

A sweeping, highly readable new book “State Builders from the Steppe – A history of the First Bulgarian Empire”, authored

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Cabinet to ask Parliament to approve new amendment to Sidewinder missile contract

August 27, 2025August 27, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff F-16

Bulgaria’s Cabinet is to ask Parliament to ratify a second amendment to the contract with the United States on the

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Bulgaria 

NSI: More than a million visits to Bulgaria for holidays in July 2025

August 27, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

There were more than a million visits by non-residents to Bulgaria for holidays in July 2025, the National Statistical Institute

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Bulgaria 

360° projections at Bulgaria’s newest immersive art space MINA Sofia open on August 29

August 26, 2025August 26, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Performances with three internationally acclaimed immersive experiences in one place — Van Gogh, Dinosaurs and Ancient Egypt — presented with

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Business 

Bulgaria and the euro: Household deposits in banks increase

August 26, 2025August 26, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

Deposits in Bulgarian banks by households and non-profit institutions serving households at the end of July 2025 added up to

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Bulgaria 

Third Station Street Festival in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv in September 2025

August 26, 2025August 26, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

For a third year, the Station Street Festival – featuring live music, other events and food and drink stalls –

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Bulgaria 

Entire Europe Motorway linking Sofia to Serbian border ‘to be put into operation mid-September’

August 21, 2025August 21, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Serbia

By mid-September, the entire Europe Highway will be put into operation, Bulgaria’s Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Ivan

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Europe 

EU, US publish Joint Statement on transatlantic trade and investment

August 21, 2025August 21, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission (EC) announced on August 21 an EU-US  Joint Statement “establishing a framework for fair, balanced and mutually

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