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Month: August 2025

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Bulgarian President Radev vetoes amendments to State Property Act

August 11, 2025August 11, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on August 11 that he vetoed parts of the bill to amend the State Property

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Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry warns of airport ground staff strike in Spain

August 11, 2025August 11, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has issued an advisory about planned strike action by staff of the Azul Handling company, responsible for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria issues warning over scorching temperatures forecast for August 11

August 10, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s national meteorological bureau has issued the Code Orange warning of dangerous weather for most of the country for August

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Bulgaria 

2025 Perseids meteor shower to peak over Bulgaria on August 12 – 13

August 10, 2025August 10, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

The 2025 Perseids meteor shower will peak on the night from August 12 to 13, with little competition from the

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Business 

Bulgaria and the euro: Mandatory dual pricing comes into effect

August 8, 2025August 8, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

As provided for in law, in Bulgaria the mandatory display of prices of goods and services in both leva and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian authorities deny plan to build over Roman-era amphitheatre site in capital Sofia

August 8, 2025August 8, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Sofia

Bulgaria’s Culture Minister Mariyan Bachev and Deputy Culture Minister Todor Chobanov have denied that building over the Roman-era Amphitheatre of

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Business 

Poll finds notable drop in consumer confidence in Bulgaria

August 8, 2025August 8, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

A regular three-monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI), the results of which were released on August 8, has

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s government creates ‘Shop for People’ state-owned joint-stock company

August 6, 2025August 6, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on August 6 the establishment of a state-owned joint stock company Shop for People, headquartered in capital

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Bulgaria 

Petition demands action to preserve Roman-era Amphitheatre of Serdica in Bulgaria’s capital

August 6, 2025August 8, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Sofia

An online petition demanding that Sofia municipality and government institutions take action to preserve the Roman-era Amphitheatre of Serdica in

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