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Month: May 2026

Business 

450M euro new financing secured for Sofia Airport Terminal 3 project, infrastructure modernisation

May 14, 2026May 14, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

Vassil Levski Sofia Airport has secured a strategic 450 million euro financing from international capital markets with a 22-year maturity,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s new government replaces all 28 district governors, axes deputy head of SANS

May 13, 2026May 13, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s new government headed by Prime Minister Roumen Radev announced on May 13 that it had replaced all 28 district

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Business 

Bulgarian economy grew by 0.7% in Q1 2026 – flash estimate

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

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.7 per cent in the first quarter of the year, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said

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Europe 

EC proposes new rules ‘to make seamless travel across Europe a reality’

May 13, 2026May 13, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission (EC) is proposing new rules “to make seamless travel across Europe a reality,” the EC said on

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Bulgaria 

Borissov and Peevski stripped of National Protection Service bodyguards, vehicles

May 13, 2026May 13, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

GERB-UDF leader Boiko Borissov and Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Delyan Peevski are being stripped of their National Protection

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Business 

Bulgaria’s exports in January – March 2026 up 3.7%, imports up 9.2% y/y

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

In January – March 2026, the total value of all the goods exported from Bulgaria amounted to 10 969.3 million

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Radev Cabinet: meet the ministers

May 12, 2026May 18, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff editors pick, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on May 8 to elect a government headed by Roumen Radev, less than three weeks after his

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Bulgaria 

Professor David Nutt: ‘The biggest revolution in the treatment of mental disorders’

May 12, 2026May 26, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Science Festival

For Professor David Nutt, legalising research into and use of psychedelics for treatment of addiction, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Radev: No price ceiling but ‘all tools of market economy’ to lighten prices

May 8, 2026May 8, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Newly-elected Bulgarian Prime Minister Roumen Radev said on May 8 that his government will not introduce price ceilings but will

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