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Bulgaria’s Black Sea being checked for pollution where ship was sunk by drones

October 29, 2026November 1, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Laboratory tests are being done at five points along the Black Sea coast where container ship Contship Jet was sunk

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Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections: Controversy as electoral commission clears PM Radev of illegal canvassing

October 28, 2026October 28, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026, Iliana Yotova, Roumen Radev

In a highly controversial, narrowly-voted, decision on October 28, Bulgaria’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) cleared Prime Minister Roumen Radev of

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Latest drone attack off Bulgaria’s coast sparks new wave of political reactions ahead of finale of presidential elections

October 28, 2026October 28, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026, Iliana Yotova, Russia, Ukraine

The latest drone attack on a merchant ship off Bulgaria’s coast, on the Contship Jet on October 28, sparked a

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Defence Ministers of Bulgaria, Romania and Türkiye condemn drone attacks in Black Sea, call for immediate cessation

October 28, 2026October 28, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Romania, Russia, Türkiye, Ukraine

Bulgaria, Romania and Türkiye strongly condemn the drone attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea and call for an

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Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections: Yotova and Gyurov set for live television debate on October 29

October 28, 2026October 28, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

The two candidates in the second and final round of Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections – incumbent Iliana Yotova and former

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Drone attack on container ship off Bulgaria’s Cape Kaliakra

October 28, 2026October 28, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Liberian-flagged container vesssel Contship Jet was hit in a drone attack on October 28 while passing near Cape Kaliakra on

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Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office: Two German citizens accused of Starlink arson arrested in Germany

October 27, 2026October 27, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Two German citizens, accused by the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office of complicity in arson, have been detained in Germany on

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Yotova, Gyurov to face off in Bulgarian presidential election run-off – final results

October 26, 2026November 2, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

Incumbent president Iliana Yotova and former caretaker prime minister Andrei Gyurov are set to advance to the second round of

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Bulgaria’s 2026 Presidential elections: Democratic Bulgaria, WCC see Yotova’s result as indictment of Radev government

October 26, 2026October 26, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026, Iliana Yotova, Roumen Radev

The first-round results in Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections amount to an indictment of President Roumen Radev’s government, in the view

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