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 

EC approves 63M leva for Bulgaria’s railways under Recovery and Resilience Facility

May 8, 2023May 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on May 8 that it approved 63 million leva, or about 32 million euro, for a

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Petitioners for party registrations in election included dead people

May 8, 2023May 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

It seems that some of those who signed petitions in support of registration of parties and coalitions in Bulgaria’s April

Read more
Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 13 deaths, 890 new cases

May 8, 2023May 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 13 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: GERB-UDF’s talks on government leave impasse in place

May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Bulgaria is heading towards its May 6 long weekend with no clarity whether rounds of talks among parliamentary groups will

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria refused entry to 7955 non-EU nationals in 2022

May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria refused entry to 7955 non-EU nationals in 2022, European Union statistics agency Eurostat said on May 5, in a

Read more
Bulgaria 

Nato battle group vehicles to take part in Bulgaria’s Armed Forces Day parade

May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

For the first time, Italian Freccia armoured combat vehicles from the Nato multinational battle group based in Bulgaria will take

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria set for cloudy weather and some rain on May 6 long weekend

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

With May 6 – St George’s Day and Armed Forces Day – falling on a Saturday in 2023, Monday May

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: GERB-UDF holds talks with three parliamentary groups

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023

Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF, which as the largest parliamentary group will be the first to receive a mandate to seek to

Read more
Bulgaria 

Prospects to see May 5 lunar eclipse over Bulgaria are cloudy

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

There will be a lunar eclipse on May 5 2023, completely visible over Asia and Australia, and it will be

Read more
  • ← Previous
  • Next →
Become a patron

  • Editor's pick

  • Popular

  • Recent

Editor's pick
  • October 5, 2026October 5, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections: Yotova 44.5%, Gyurov 26.1% – Alpha Research poll
  • September 30, 2026October 5, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections: Yotova 41.4%, Gyurov 21.9% – Market Links poll
  • September 25, 2026September 25, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections: The Sofia Globe’s factfile
Popular
  • PM Radev calls emergency meeting after drone attacks on two ships in Bulgarian EEZ, with one sunk
    October 6, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgarian PM on drone attacks on ships in Bulgaria's EEZ: 'Absolutely unacceptable'
    October 6, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Sailor from ship hit in Bulgaria's Black Sea EEZ blames Russia
    October 6, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgarian Navy, Air Force locate ship abandoned and adrift after drone hit
    October 4, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgaria plans fanfare welcome for remains of mediaeval ruler Tsar Samuil
    October 2, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
Recent
  • October 9, 2026October 9, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgarian Navy frigate sent to area where two merchant ships were attacked
  • October 9, 2026October 9, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria in international operation in Europe and Asia against firearms trafficking
  • October 8, 2026October 8, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    European Court of Auditors: Estimated 3.8% of the EU budget was misspent in 2025
  • October 7, 2026October 7, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Yotova: Russia’s war on Ukraine has led to a significant deterioration of the security environment in the Black Sea region
  • October 7, 2026October 7, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    EC pays out 1.24 billion euro to Ukraine for drones, missiles

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.

October 2026
M T W T F S S
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031  
« Sep    
  • 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.