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Bulgaria offers condolences, help after 51 die in N Macedonia disco fire

March 16, 2025March 16, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Bulgaria’s leaders have offered condolences and help after a reported 51 people died in a fire at a disco in

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Conspiracy theories and carping after Bulgaria’s election result recalculation

March 14, 2025March 14, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2024

Conspiracy theories and recriminations have followed the March 13 ruling by Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court that resulted in a reallocation of

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Europe 

Eurostat: EU life expectancy hits 81.4 years, exceeding pre-Covid level

March 14, 2025March 14, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

In 2023, life expectancy at birth in the EU was 81.4 years, marking an increase of 0.8 years from 2022, the bloc’s statistics agency

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s CEC announces adjusted seat distribution in 51st National Assembly

March 13, 2025September 30, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024

Several hours after Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled to partially invalidate the results of the October 27 2024 parliamentary results, naming

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Bulgaria’s winter 2024/2025 was relatively warm, but still the coldest in six years

March 13, 2025March 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

The winter of 2024/2025 in Bulgaria was again relatively warm, but was the country’s coldest in the past six years,

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Bulgaria Constitutional Court overrules election of 16 MPs, new party set to enter Parliament

March 13, 2025March 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled on March 13 to partially invalidate the results of the October 27 2024 parliamentary results, naming

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Penumbral lunar eclipse over Bulgaria on March 14

March 13, 2025March 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur over Bulgaria in the early hours of March 14. A lunar eclipse happens when

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Business 

Bulgaria’s Sofia to be home to one of EU’s six new AI factories in 90M euro project

March 12, 2025March 12, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has selected six new sites across Europe to host additional AI Factories, which are

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Europe 

MEPs urge EU to ensure its own security

March 12, 2025March 12, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament, Russia, Ukraine

The European Parliament called in a resolution adopted on March 12 on the EU to act urgently and ensure its

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