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Day: October 3, 2025

Bulgaria 

EC greenlights Bulgaria’s second payment request under NextGenerationEU

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission (EC) has positively assessed Bulgaria’s second payment request  under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU. This

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Europe 

Russian hybrid threats: EU renews sanctions

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

European Union ministers decided on October 3 to prolong individual restrictive measures against those responsible for Russia’s destabilising actions abroad

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Bulgaria 

Defence Ministry: Two new F-16 fighter jets delivered to Bulgaria

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff F-16

Two new F-16 fighter jets arrived in Bulgaria on October 3 in fulfillment of the 2019 contract, the country’s Defence

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria reels after three die in flooding, with devastating damage

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Three people died in flooding in Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea resort town of Elenite on October 3, states of emergency

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Perspectives 

The stars over Bulgaria

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 ADJ

I’ve always loved the story of the Michelin star system. It began as a clever trick by a tyre company,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament bars presidential administration from using National Protection Service vehicles

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

In its latest move against head of state President Roumen Radev, the ruling majority in Bulgaria’s Parliament voted legislative amendments

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government funds free transport for Ukrainian pupils who have temporary protection

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on October 3 a sum of 385 750 leva to provide free transportation to school for children

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Bulgaria 

PM: Two more F-16s to be delivered to Bulgaria ‘at any moment’

October 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff F-16

Two F-16 Block 70 aircraft are in Portugal and should arrive in Bulgaria any moment, Prime Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov told

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Bulgaria 

British Empire Medal for Beautiful Science Foundation head Lyubov Kostova

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Science Festival

At a ceremony at the British Residence on October 2, a British Empire Medal was conferred on Lyubov Kostova, head

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