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Month: April 2026

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s April elections: Caretaker PM warns of scheme to buy votes with counterfeit euro

April 15, 2026April 15, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

Ahead of the April 19 parliamentary elections, a scheme to buy votes using counterfeit euro banknotes is being prepared, caretaker

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Bulgaria 

All Jewish сemeteries in Bulgaria to be surveyed

April 15, 2026April 15, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The US Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad (USCPAHA) has contracted with the European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative (ESJF) to survey

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Europe 

EC to invest 1.07B euro in 57 defence projects supporting European Readiness Flagships

April 15, 2026April 15, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Following the evaluation of the 2025 calls for the European Defence Fund (EDF), the European Commission (EC) will invest 1.07 billion

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Business 

IMF cuts global growth forecast for 2026 to 3.1% against background of war in Middle East

April 14, 2026April 14, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff IMF

Against the background of the war in the Middle East, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut its global growth

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Business 

Bulgaria records 4.1% annual inflation in March

April 14, 2026April 14, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 4.1 per cent inflation in March, up from 3.3 per cent a month

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Navy team removes drone from Nessebur beach

April 14, 2026April 14, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

A specialist team from the Bulgarian Navy’s Bourgas base removed a drone that had washed ashore on Nessebur’s southern beach

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Bulgaria 

French, US military personnel to transit Bulgaria

April 14, 2026April 14, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

French military personnel and equipment will be travelling on Bulgaria’s national road network on April 15, Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry said

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s April elections: Million euro seized so far in police operations against vote-buying

April 14, 2026April 14, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

Police have confiscated a million euro so far in operations against vote-buying ahead of Bulgaria’s April 19 2026 early parliamentary

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Business 

Bulgaria’s exports in January – February 2026 down 0.6%, imports up 4% y/y

April 14, 2026April 14, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

In January – February 2026, the total value of all the goods exported from Bulgaria amounted to 6 874.1 million euro, 0.6 per cent

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