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Month: October 2025

Business 

VMZ-Sopot and Rheinmetall sign contract on billion leva investment in new explosives plant in Bulgaria

October 28, 2025October 28, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian arms plant VMZ-Sopot and Germany’s Rheinmetall, a leading international systems supplier in the defence industry, signed on October 28

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s joint governance council agrees to rotate post of Speaker of Parliament

October 28, 2025October 28, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

At a meeting of the ruling coalition’s joint governance council on October 28, it was agreed that the post of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Energy Minister: Fuel supplies are guaranteed in spite of sanctions on Lukoil

October 28, 2025October 28, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia

Bulgaria has enough quantities of fuel to cover consumption for many months to come, Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov said on

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Europe 

EC holds talks on sanctions implementation with EU countries and international partners

October 28, 2025October 28, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission is hosting on October 28 the eighth meeting of the ‘High-Level Group on Union Restrictive Measures’, meaning sanctions,

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Europe 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry warns of air transport strike in Italy

October 28, 2025October 28, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

A 24-hour national strike in the air transport sector in Italy will affect several airports on October 29, Bulgaria’s Foreign

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Business 

New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in January – September 2025 up 11.8% y/y

October 28, 2025October 28, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

There were 36 216 new passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in January to September 2025, an increase of 11.8 per

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Business 

US sanctions: Lukoil says it will sell its international assets

October 27, 2025October 27, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia

Lukoil informs that owing to introduction of restrictive measures against the company and its subsidiaries by some states the company

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Sofia Synagogue vandalised with ‘Free Palestine’ scrawling

October 27, 2025October 27, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Israel, Sofia

Sofia Synagogue in Bulgaria’s capital city has expressed its indignation after the words “Free Palestine” were scrawled on the outer

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Perspectives 

The availability of future revolution

October 27, 2025October 28, 2025 ADJ

Every civilization convinces itself that it has achieved permanence. Each believes that its institutions, markets, and laws will stand unshaken,

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