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Month: January 2026

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World Bank raises economic growth forecasts for Bulgaria

January 13, 2026January 13, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

Bulgaria’s real GDP growth is expected to reach 2.9 per cent in 2026 and 3.1 per cent in 2027, according

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Bulgaria 

Coordination centre urges public to get euro banknotes, coins, before dual circulation ends

January 13, 2026January 13, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

The head of the Bulgarian government’s coordination centre on euro adoption, Vladimir Ivanov, issued an appeal on January 13 to

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Business 

Bulgaria’s exports in January – November 2025 down 3.7%, imports up 5.1% y/y

January 13, 2026January 13, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

In January – November 2025, the total value of all the goods exported from Bulgaria amounted to 77 158.1 million leva, 3.7 per cent less than

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Bulgaria 

Market Links poll: GERB-UDF 18.1%, WCC-Democratic Bulgaria 14.2%

January 12, 2026January 12, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

Were Bulgaria to hold parliamentary elections now, Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF would get 18.1 per cent of the votes from those

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Bulgaria 

Regional Health Inspectorate in Bulgaria’s Varna proposes declaring flu epidemic

January 12, 2026January 12, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

The Regional Health Inspectorate in the district of Varna proposes declaring a flu epidemic in Varna District from January 14

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s largest parliamentary group refuses mandate to seek to form government

January 12, 2026January 12, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026, Roumen Radev

As it had repeatedly announced in advance that it would, the Bulgarian Parliament’s largest group – Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF –

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Europe 

The Sofia Globe Monday digest: January 12

January 12, 2026January 19, 2026 ADJ

Happy Monday. Arguably the most emotionally dishonest greeting in the English language. Which makes it the ideal moment to explore

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria condemns vandalism of glass door of its embassy in Skopje

January 11, 2026January 11, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issued on January 12 a strongly-worded condemnation of vandalism of a glass door of the country’s embassy

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Bulgaria 

Coordination centre chief: Predictions that introduction of euro in Bulgaria would be disaster have not come true

January 11, 2026January 12, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

Predictions that the introduction of the euro in Bulgaria would be a disaster did not come true, we are off

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