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Bulgaria’s spring 2025: Colder than spring 2024, but warmer than season in three previous years

June 9, 2025June 9, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff climate change, climate crisis

Spring 2025 in Bulgaria was colder than spring 2024, but warmer than spring 2023, 2022, and 2021, the national meteorological

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Bulgarian Air Force’s second F-16 arrives at Graf Ignatievo air base

June 8, 2025June 8, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff F-16

The Bulgarian Air Force’s second F-16 Block 70 aircraft arrived in Bulgaria at the Graf Ignatievo air base near Plovdiv

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Bulgarian PM Zhelyazkov, EU’s Dombrovskis discuss euro zone entry preparations

June 5, 2025June 5, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov and European Commissioner for economy Valdis Dombrovskis have sought to give re-assurances that the country’s

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Bulgarian authorities arrest 18 for smuggling migrants across its southern border

June 5, 2025June 5, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

A criminal network smuggling mainly Syrian migrants from Türkiye to Western Europe has been taken down following a coordinated action

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Bulgarian Cabinet approves plan to prevent profiteering from transition to euro

June 4, 2025June 4, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on June 4 the creation of an oversight mechanism for the introduction of the common European currency

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Bulgarian MPs override presidential veto of Renewable Energy Act amendments

June 4, 2025June 4, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on June 4 to overturn President Roumen Radev’s veto on amendments to the country’s Renewable Energy

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Sofia Pride 2025: Organisers lend billboards to other causes because of history of vandalism

June 3, 2025June 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Pride

In 2025, Sofia Pride will not have outdoor advertising, organisers of the event said on June 3. “You will not

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IMF chief: Membership of euro zone an excellent chance for Bulgaria

June 2, 2025June 2, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

Membership of the euro zone is an excellent chance for Bulgaria, International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva said

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Bulgaria’s Energy Minister: Transition to euro will not affect household electricity prices

June 1, 2025June 1, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff energy, euro zone

Bulgaria’s adoption of the euro will not affect electricity prices for household consumers, Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov told bTV in

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