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Month: July 2026

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Bulgaria sets October 25 date for 2026 presidential elections

July 29, 2026July 29, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections will be held on October 25, it was decided at a July 29 meeting of the

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Bulgaria 

Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise vessel to visit Bulgaria’s Varna

July 29, 2026July 29, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

Greenpeace’s iconic icebreaker Arctic Sunrise is to visit Bulgaria’s port of Varna as part of the organization’s efforts to protect

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Radev: Iran understands US aircraft stationed in Bulgaria ‘not for combat missions’

July 28, 2026July 28, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Iran, Roumen Radev

The Iranian leadership understands very well that the United States aircraft stationed in Bulgaria are not for combat missions, Prime Minister

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry ‘exploring options for second-hand fighter jets’

July 28, 2026July 28, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff F-16, Poland, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Defence is exploring options for second-hand fighter jets because of the delay in the second batch of

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Bulgaria 

Radev: Progressive Bulgaria will support Yotova in presidential elections

July 28, 2026July 28, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026, Iliana Yotova, Roumen Radev

Prime Minister Roumen Radev said on July 28 that his Progressive Bulgaria party will support Iliana Yotova in the presidential

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria seeking to buy MiG-29s ‘like going to a scrapyard for spare parts for a Moskvich’

July 28, 2026July 28, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff F-16, Poland, Ukraine

The government logic in looking to buy MiG-29s is like the last owner of a Moskvich going around scrap yards

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria restricts lorry traffic on July 31 and August 2

July 28, 2026July 28, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

On July 31 and August 2, to increase safety and facilitate travel in the afternoon hours, the movement of heavy

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Bulgaria 

Iran: Bulgaria’s decision-makers must bear responsbility for ‘dangerous decision’ to host US tankers

July 27, 2026July 27, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Iran

Decision-makers in Bulgaria must bear responsibility for the dangerous decision to deploy a US aerial refuelling aircraft to their military

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Europe 

Romania summons Russian ambassador, expels diplomat, over drone incidents

July 27, 2026July 27, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Romania, Russia, Ukraine

Romania summoned the Russian ambassador, expelled a Russian diplomat and recalled its own ambassador from Moscow over recent drone incidents,

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