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Third Station Street Festival in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv in September 2025

August 26, 2025August 26, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

For a third year, the Station Street Festival – featuring live music, other events and food and drink stalls –

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Bulgaria 

Entire Europe Motorway linking Sofia to Serbian border ‘to be put into operation mid-September’

August 21, 2025August 21, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Serbia

By mid-September, the entire Europe Highway will be put into operation, Bulgaria’s Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Ivan

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Europe 

EU, US publish Joint Statement on transatlantic trade and investment

August 21, 2025August 21, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission (EC) announced on August 21 an EU-US  Joint Statement “establishing a framework for fair, balanced and mutually

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Business 

FDI in Bulgaria in H1 2025 was 848M euro

August 18, 2025August 18, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first half of the year stood at 848 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

National Autumn Exhibitions Plovdiv 2025 opens on September 1

August 18, 2025August 18, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The National Autumn Exhibitions Plovdiv 2025 – entitled “A Piece of River” – opens on September 1 at 6pm and

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Business 

Bulgaria records 5.3% annual inflation in July

August 15, 2025August 15, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 5.3 per cent inflation in July, up from 4.4 per cent recorded a

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Bulgaria 

Eurostat: Bulgaria had EU’s largest increase in greenhouse gas emissions in Q1 2025 y/y

August 14, 2025August 14, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff climate change, climate crisis

Six European Union countries – Bulgaria, Czechia, Cyprus, Poland, Hungary and Greece – were estimated to have increased their greenhouse

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Europe 

EU Civil Protection Mechanism responds to multiple wildfires across Europe

August 14, 2025August 14, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

During the past week, Greece, Spain, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Albania activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to help deal with forest fires

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Business 

Bulgarian economy grew by 0.7% in Q2 2025 – flash estimate

August 14, 2025August 14, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

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

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