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Month: January 2026

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria issues weather warnings for several districts over forecast heavy rain

January 25, 2026January 25, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s national meteorological bureau has issued the Code Orange warning of dangerous weather for the districts of Kurdzhali and Smolyan,

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Business 

Bulgaria’s central bank: 67% of leva cash out of circulation

January 24, 2026January 24, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

As of January 23, about 67 per cent of leva banknotes and coins is out of circulation, central Bulgarian National

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Constitutional Court again denies request to hold euro referendum

January 23, 2026January 23, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled as inadmissible the complaint by 51 MPs requesting the court to overturn a National Assembly decision

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Bulgaria 

Sendoff for Radev as Yotova becomes Bulgaria’s first woman President

January 23, 2026January 23, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026, Roumen Radev

President Iliana Yotova gave her predecessor Roumen Radev a formal sendoff at the presidency building in Sofia on January 23,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court approves Radev’s resignation as country’s president

January 23, 2026January 23, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court unanimously approved on January 23 the resignation of Roumen Radev as the country’s president, according to an

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Business 

Bulgaria’s central bank to offer its first silver collector’s coin in euro

January 23, 2026January 23, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) will on January 26 release into circulation a silver collector’s coin “125 years electric tram in

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Bulgaria 

Controversy as outgoing PM signs up Bulgaria to Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’

January 22, 2026January 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Controversy has ensued from outgoing Prime Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov signing up Bulgaria at a January 22 event to US president

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Europe 

European Parliament rejects fourth motion of censure of Von der Leyen European Commission

January 22, 2026January 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament

The European Parliament voted on January 22 to reject a motion of no confidence in Ursula von der Leyen’s European

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Bulgaria 

Defence Minister: Bulgaria does not plan to send military personnel to an exercise in Greenland

January 21, 2026January 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria does not plan to have Bulgarian military personnel participate in an exercise in Greenland, Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov told

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