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Month: March 2026

Bulgaria 

Caretaker PM: Bulgaria is not directly threatened by military actions in the Middle East

March 5, 2026March 5, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Iran, Israel

The situation has not yet reached a critical point, but if this happens, we can defend ourselves and we have

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Europe 

EU, Gulf foreign ministers hold emergency meeting on war in the Middle East

March 5, 2026March 5, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Iran

European Union and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) foreign ministers met in emergency session on March 5, strongly condemning the unjustifiable

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Europe 

EU foreign policy chief: European naval assets sent to Gulf region

March 5, 2026March 5, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Iran, Israel

European naval assets have been sent to the Gulf region, because the security of the Strait of Hormuz and the

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Europe 

EC coordinates repatriation flights from Middle East under EU Civil Protection Mechanism

March 5, 2026March 5, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

On March 4 and 5, the European Commission’s (EC) Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) has supported EU member states with

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Business 

Bulgaria’s retail trade volume in January 2026 up 3.9% y/y

March 5, 2026March 5, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

The total retail trade volume in Bulgaria in January 2026 – the month that the country adopted the euro as

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker PM meets EU, UK, Swiss ambassadors

March 5, 2026March 5, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Andrei Gyurov held a working meeting with the ambassadors of the European Union member states, the

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Europe 

Brussels Airport: No departing flights on March 12

March 5, 2026March 5, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Due to the “national manifestation” on March 12 in which part of Brussels Airport’s staff of the security and handling

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Bulgaria 

Alpha Research poll: Radev’s coalition 32.6%, GERB-UDF 19.7%

March 5, 2026March 5, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2026, Roumen Radev

Were Bulgaria to hold parliamentary elections now, ex-president Roumen Radev’s political project would get 32.6 per cent from those who

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Bulgaria 

Caretaker Interior Minister fires more police chiefs ahead of parliamentary elections

March 4, 2026March 4, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

Caretaker Interior Minister Emil Dechev has dismissed more chiefs of police directorates ahead of Bulgaria’s April 19 early parliamentary elections,

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