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Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office: Chinese citizen charged with espionage

June 22, 2026June 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

The Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office lodged a charge of espionage on June 19 against a Chinese citizen, the Prosecutor’s Office

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Bulgaria 

Simone Gramaglia: Allegra Festival is a small miracle of culture and beauty

June 22, 2026June 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff editors pick, Sofia

The Allegra Festival is a small miracle of culture and beauty, of passion and hope for our profession. These are

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Bulgaria 

Germany’s ambassador to Bulgaria on the need to supply weapons to Ukraine

June 20, 2026June 20, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

If you demand negotiations but do not supply weapons to Ukraine, then please explain to me how you want to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Environment Ministry responds to reports of oil pollution on country’s Black Sea beaches

June 20, 2026June 20, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Environment and Water, through its regional structures, took immediate action after reports of the presence of petroleum

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Bulgaria 

EC greenlights Bulgaria’s fourth payment request under NextGenerationEU

June 19, 2026June 19, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on June 19 that it has partially greenlighted Bulgaria’s fourth payment request for 1.1 billion euro

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Bulgaria 

Radev and Zelenskyy hold talks during European Council meeting

June 19, 2026June 19, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian Prime Minister Roumen Radev and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held talks on the sidelines of the two-day European Council

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Bulgaria 

Jazz under the stars on the Devetashko Plateau being held from June 26 – 28

June 19, 2026June 20, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff editors pick

The Jazz under the stars on the Devetashko Plateau event is being held from June 26 to 28 2026 in

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Bulgaria 

Radev threatens Bulgarian veto if Russian Patriarch remains on proposed EU sanctions list

June 18, 2026June 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria will veto the new sanctions package against Russia if it includes measures against Russian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Kirill,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs approve debt ceiling increase to shore up Budget revenues

June 18, 2026June 18, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved at second reading on June 18 a bill to raise the government debt ceiling by 3.8

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