Skip to content
The Sofia Globe

The Sofia Globe

Bulgaria’s independent English-language news and features website.

  • Bulgaria
  • Europe
  • World
  • Business
  • Perspectives
  • People
  • Leisure
  • Sport
  • Videos

Bulgaria

Domestic politics, stories of relevance to expatriates, organised crime and corruption, judiciary, foreign policy and popular topics such as archaeology and weather

Bulgaria News 

‘Special services’ of Sofia traffic police cost from 50 to 500 leva – report

March 8, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Employees of Sofia’s traffic police department accept from 50 to 500 leva (about 25 to 250 euro) for various “special

Read more
Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria’s Vayant announces Lufthansa partnership

March 8, 2013March 8, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian IT solutions provider Vayant, which specialises in business-to-business airfare shopping, has become the new technology partner of Lufthansa, the

Read more
Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Patriarch Neofit calls on protesters not to commit suicide

March 8, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit has called on protesters not to go to the extreme of committing suicide, an appeal

Read more
Bulgaria Europe News World 

The world’s statements and statistics on International Women’s Day 2013

March 8, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

On the eve of International Women’s Day, March 8 2013, a new Eurobarometer shows that 78 per cent of Europeans

Read more
Bulgaria News Perspectives 

‘A nation that showed courage’: Bulgaria and the Jews

March 8, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

Had Bulgaria’s history been different 70 years ago, March 10 would be an occasion for the deepest mourning, because that

Read more
Bulgaria News 

Tent village grows, US ambassador speaks, and other stories

March 7, 2013March 12, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

March 7 saw the demands coming from various groups of protesters grow longer and the tent village near Parliament in

Read more
Bulgaria News 

Google puts Bulgaria on Street View

March 7, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria became the 48th country mapped with Google’s Street View feature, which allows users to observe the surroundings of a

Read more
Bulgaria Europe News 

Decision on Bulgaria and Romania joining Schengen visa zone unlikely before autumn

March 7, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Schengen

European Union interior ministers were scheduled to meet in Brussels on March 7 2013 for a state-of-play discussion on Bulgaria

Read more
Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch to lead ‘prayer for reconciliation’ amid political and social crisis

March 7, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit is to lead a “prayer for the reconciliation of the Bulgarian people” on March 10

Read more
  • ← Previous
  • Next →
Become a patron

  • Editor's pick

  • Popular

  • Recent

Editor's pick
  • November 11, 2026November 12, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Remembrance Day 2026 observed in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia
  • November 2, 2026November 3, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Pro-Kremlin candidate Yotova wins Bulgarian presidential elections – final results
  • May 12, 2026May 18, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s Radev Cabinet: meet the ministers
Popular
  • Death toll in 86-vehicle chain crashes on Bulgaria's Trakia Motorway is 12, with final figure pending
    November 10, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgaria's consumer watchdog fines retailer Kaufland 75.7 M euro
    November 9, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry warns of public sector strike in Ireland planned for November 12
    November 9, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgaria's Trakia Motorway tragedy: Recriminations and compensation
    November 11, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Von der Leyen to pledge new support for Romania and Bulgaria
    November 9, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
Recent
  • November 13, 2026November 13, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria supported ‘with reservations’ declaration in Dublin on European security
  • November 12, 2026November 12, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    November 15 is the statutory deadline to fit vehicles with tyres suitable for winter conditions
  • November 12, 2026November 12, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria issues weather warnings over strong winds forecast for November 13
  • November 12, 2026November 12, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s government proposes complete ban on advertising gambling games
  • November 12, 2026November 12, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    European Parliament demands that Russia returns deported Ukrainian children

Help support the Globe

The Sofia Globe team can testify that upholding the globe is reminiscent of the work of Atlas.
Please support us in continuing to offer - as we set out to do when we launched in June 2012 - journalism that is truly independent and informed. All donations are gratefully received as we put in place our plans to grow in the years ahead.

Sign up for The Sofia Globe bulletin

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.


About Us: The Sofia Globe

The Sofia Globe provides news, features, insight and analysis about Bulgaria, Central and Eastern Europe and the wider world according to the high professional standards of independence and objectivity that we have set ourselves in our Editorial Charter. Read more about us.

Contacts

For editorial, advertising and general inquiries, please e-mail [email protected].

Legal Notice Действителен собственик на настоящото издание е Клайв Левиев-Сойър.

November 2026
M T W T F S S
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30  
« Oct    
  • About Us
  • Editorial staff
  • Contact us
  • Privacy Policy
Copyright © 2026 The Sofia Globe. All rights reserved.
Developed by SymbiOpen.
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.