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Month: April 2026

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian elections: Radev’s party set for majority in five-party Parliament – preliminary results

April 20, 2026April 20, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

Former president Roumen Radev’s Progressive Bulgaria electoral coalition won Bulgaria’s April 19 early parliamentary elections and was set to have

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Europe 

The Sofia Globe Monday digest: April 20

April 20, 2026April 27, 2026 ADJ

A German Walks Into a Bar and Pays for the Apocalypse: A Tale of Laminated Invoices, Empty Glasses, and the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s ex-president Radev claims victory, bullish on election outcome

April 19, 2026April 19, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

Bulgaria’s former president Roumen Radev, whose Progressive Bulgaria electoral coalition was set to win the largest number of seats in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections: Interior Ministry says Peevski’s party leads in allegations of vote-buying

April 19, 2026April 19, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

A total of 631 reports of vote-buying in favour of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms – New Beginning –

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s April 2026 elections: Ex-president Radev’s party wins most votes – exit polls

April 19, 2026April 19, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026, Roumen Radev

Progressive Bulgaria, the electoral coalition around former president Roumen Radev, won by far the largest share of votes in the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s April 2026 elections: Strong voter turnout as polls head to a close

April 19, 2026April 19, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

With a few hours left before polls were due to close in Bulgaria’s April 19 early parliamentary elections, the Central

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Bulgaria 

Voting underway in Bulgaria’s eighth parliamentary elections since 2021

April 19, 2026April 19, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

Voting has got underway in Bulgaria’s April 19 2026 elections, the eighth time since April 2021 that Bulgarians are electing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Navy team destroys drone on beach in Shabla municipality

April 18, 2026April 18, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

A Bulgarian Navy specialist team on April 17 destroyed a drone that washed up on the beach in the village

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Business 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-February 2026 was 809.1M euro

April 17, 2026April 17, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first two months of the year stood at 809.1 million euro, the equivalent

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