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Bulgarian Development Bank slams caretaker government’s decision to reduce its capital

April 22, 2026April 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB), in a statement on April 22, sharply criticised the caretaker government’s decision earlier in the day

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Bulgaria 

Caretaker Justice Minister on Sarafov’s resignation: Legality is being restored in Prosecutor’s Office

April 22, 2026April 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Legality is being restored in the Prosecutor’s Office, Bulgaria’s caretaker Justice Minister Andrei Yankulov said on April 22 after Borislav

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government approves draft amendment to F-16 industrial co-operation programme

April 22, 2026April 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff F-16

Bulgaria’s caretaker government authorised on April 22 two ministries to negotiate and sign an amendment with Lockheed Martin on the

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Bulgaria 

Stefanova appointed as Bulgaria’s acting Prosecutor-General after Sarafov steps down

April 22, 2026April 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

The Supreme Judicial Council’s Prosecutorial College appointed Deputy Prosecutor-General Vanya Stefanova as acting Prosecutor-General on April 22 after Borislav Stefanov

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Bulgaria 

Caretaker PM: Finance Ministry proposing to take 1.4B euro away from ‘Borissov-Peevski piggy bank’

April 22, 2026April 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

The Minister of Finance is proposing, as an anti-corruption solution, to withdraw 1.4 billion euro from the piggy bank of

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Bulgaria 

Sarafov steps down from acting Prosecutor-General’s post

April 22, 2026April 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Borislav Sarafov said on April 22 that he was stepping down from the post of acting Prosecutor-General with immediate effect.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian, Italian military to travel on national roads for planned exercise

April 22, 2026April 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Military personnel and equipment from the 61st Stryama Mechanised Brigade and Italian military personnel from the Multinational Battle Group will

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Borissov on Bulgarian election result: GERB-UDF will be ‘constructive opposition’

April 21, 2026April 21, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2026, Roumen Radev

Speaking on April 21 in his first formal statement since Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections two days earlier, Boiko Borissov said that

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian elections: Radev’s party set for majority in five-party Parliament – preliminary results

April 20, 2026April 20, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

Former president Roumen Radev’s Progressive Bulgaria electoral coalition won Bulgaria’s April 19 early parliamentary elections and was set to have

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