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The Sofia Globe Monday digest: January 26

January 26, 2026February 2, 2026 ADJ

Davos 2026: The End of the West, Served Lukewarm While Sauron’s eye was fixed firmly on Davos – swiveling slowly

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Europe 

The Sofia Globe Monday digest: January 19

January 19, 2026January 26, 2026 ADJ

(Observed by an alien who has now waited seven hours for a Bulgarian stamp) There is an old Talmudic riddle

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Europe 

The Sofia Globe Monday digest: January 12

January 12, 2026January 19, 2026 ADJ

Happy Monday. Arguably the most emotionally dishonest greeting in the English language. Which makes it the ideal moment to explore

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Europe 

The Sofia Globe Monday digest: January 5

January 5, 2026January 12, 2026 ADJ

Happy New Year to New York, London, Paris, Sofia!I trust you’ve all entered Dry January with the grim determination of

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Europe 

The Sofia Globe end-of-the-year digest – The box is the box

December 29, 2025February 2, 2026 ADJ

The year ended with a small but meaningful re-think party. The main question on the table – between beet rakia

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Europe 

The Sofia Globe Monday digest: December 22

December 22, 2025December 29, 2025 ADJ

The week began early. Unreasonably early.The sort of early that should come with a government warning label, especially in Bulgaria,

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Europe 

The Sofia Globe Monday digest: December 15

December 15, 2025December 22, 2025 ADJ

The beauty of living in Plovdiv versus Sweden is the sunny sky at the beginning of December. This week was

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Europe 

The Sofia Globe Monday digest: December 8

December 8, 2025December 15, 2025 ADJ

The week started with a storm — in the streets and in the sky — the kind of storm that

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Europe 

The Sofia Globe Monday digest: December 1

December 1, 2025December 8, 2025 ADJ

A lot of other things happened this week. Juan Orlando Hernández was pardoned by Trump – which raises the question

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