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Military to travel Bulgaria’s roads and rail for scheduled exercise

May 25, 2026May 25, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Military personnel and equipment will travel on Bulgaria’s national roads and railways from May 26 to June 13 in connection

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Radev: Tribunal for Putin makes sense only if he is captured

May 22, 2026May 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Eurovision, Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

A tribunal for Russian ruler Vladimir Putin for his aggression against Ukraine would make sense only if he is captured,

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Europe 

Strait of Hormuz: EU widens sanctions regime against Iran

May 22, 2026May 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Iran

European Union ministers decided on May 22 to extend the scope of EU’s restrictive measures originally established to address Tehran’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s May 23 -25 long weekend weather outlook

May 22, 2026May 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria is set for mainly rainy weather over the May 23 – 25 2026 long weekend, according to the national

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Bulgaria restricts heavy lorry traffic over May 23 – 25 long weekend

May 21, 2026May 21, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Road Infrastructure Agency has announced restrictions on heavy lorry traffic over the May 23 to 25 long weekend. In

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EU spring economic forecast projects 2.5% growth for Bulgaria in 2026

May 21, 2026May 21, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

The European Commission’s spring forecast for the EU economy, released on May 21, projected Bulgaria’s economic growth this year at

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FDI in Bulgaria in Q1 2026 was 1.9 billion euro

May 21, 2026May 21, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first quarter of the year stood at 1.9 billion euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria issues weather warnings for heavy rain forecast for May 22

May 21, 2026May 21, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s national meteorological bureau has issued the Code Orange warning of hazardous weather for several districts for May 22 because

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Europe 

Eurostat: EU’s population rose by a milllion between 2024 and 2025

May 21, 2026May 21, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

On January 1 2025, there were 451 million people living in the European Union (EU) representing approximately a million more

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