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Month: October 2026

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections: Three former PMs, two former presidents endorse Gyurov

October 30, 2026November 1, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2026, Iliana Yotova, Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

Two days before Bulgarians vote in the second and final round of the 2026 presidential elections, three former prime ministers

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Bulgaria 

Remembrance Day 2026 services to be held in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv and Sofia

October 30, 2026November 9, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia

A Remembrance Sunday service will be held in Plovdiv on November 8 2026 and a Remembrance Day service in Sofia

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Business 

Eurostat: Bulgaria had EU’s largest annual decrease in gas prices for households in first half of 2026

October 30, 2026October 30, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria had the largest decrease in gas prices for households in the European Union in the first half of 2026

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Bulgaria, Malta, had EU’s second-lowest household electricity prices in H1 2026 – Eurostat

October 30, 2026October 30, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria and Malta had the second-lowest household electricity prices in the European Union in the first half of 2026, according

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Business 

Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in September 2026 was 3.4%

October 30, 2026October 30, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

The unemployment rate in Bulgaria in September 2026 was 3.4 per cent, down from 3.5 per cent in August 2026

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections: Notes from the Gyurov – Yotova debate

October 30, 2026October 30, 2026 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2026

The rival candidates in the second and final round of Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections – incumbent head of state Iliana

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Black Sea being checked for pollution where ship was sunk by drones

October 29, 2026November 1, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Laboratory tests are being done at five points along the Black Sea coast where container ship Contship Jet was sunk

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Business 

Eurostat: Bulgaria’s tax revenue rose 10.4% in 2025 on an annual basis

October 29, 2026October 29, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria had the second-highest annual increase in tax and social contribution revenue among EU countries in 2025, at 10.4 per

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Business 

NSI poll: Business sentiment in Bulgaria declined in October

October 29, 2026October 29, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

There was a downturn in business sentiment in Bulgaria in October compared with September, according to a poll by the

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