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Month: October 2025

Bulgaria 

Meteorological bureau: Bulgaria’s October 2025 was rainiest since 1930

October 31, 2025October 31, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

October 2025 in Bulgaria was the country’s rainiest October since 1930 and the coldest since 2022 inclusive, the national meteorological

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament votes resolution limiting exports of some fuel products

October 31, 2025October 31, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on October 31 to approve a resolution hastily tabled by the ruling majority to impose restrictions on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria utilities regulator raises gas prices by 7.9% for November 2025

October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator has approved a 7.9 per cent increase in the regulated gas price in the country for the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament amends Defence Act

October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on October 30 to approve the second and final reading of amendments to the Defence and Armed

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Business 

Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in September 2025 was 3.5%

October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in September 2025 was 3.5 per cent, down from 3.6 per cent in August 2025 and from

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Business 

NSI poll finds downturn in business sentiment in Bulgaria in October

October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI), the results of which were released on October 30, has

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament overturns President Radev’s vetoes of bills on security agencies chiefs

October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on October 30 to overthrow vetoes by President Roumen Radev of bills amending the procedures for appointing

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Bulgaria 

‘Rotation’: GERB-UDF’s Nazaryan elected new Speaker of Bulgaria’s 51st National Assembly

October 29, 2025October 29, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

On the basis of an agreement among Bulgaria’s ruling majority to “rotate” the post of Parliament’s principal presiding officer, Raya

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Bulgaria 

Kiselova resigns as Speaker of Bulgaria’s Parliament

October 29, 2025October 29, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Socialist Party – United Left MP Natalia Kiselova resigned on October 29 as Speaker of the National Assembly, a

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