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When a mayor decides to think differently

May 15, 2026May 15, 2026 ADJ

What happens when a mayor decides to do something genuinely different, not just manage better, but build differently? The usual

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Bulgaria Constitutional Court sides with caretaker Cabinet in executive powers dispute

May 14, 2026May 14, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled on May 14 that the country’s National Assembly exceeded its powers in ordering the caretaker Cabinet

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Bulgaria’s new government replaces all 28 district governors, axes deputy head of SANS

May 13, 2026May 13, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s new government headed by Prime Minister Roumen Radev announced on May 13 that it had replaced all 28 district

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Borissov and Peevski stripped of National Protection Service bodyguards, vehicles

May 13, 2026May 13, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

GERB-UDF leader Boiko Borissov and Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Delyan Peevski are being stripped of their National Protection

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Bulgaria’s Radev Cabinet: meet the ministers

May 12, 2026May 18, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff editors pick, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on May 8 to elect a government headed by Roumen Radev, less than three weeks after his

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Professor David Nutt: ‘The biggest revolution in the treatment of mental disorders’

May 12, 2026May 26, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Science Festival

For Professor David Nutt, legalising research into and use of psychedelics for treatment of addiction, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder

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Bulgarian PM Radev: No price ceiling but ‘all tools of market economy’ to lighten prices

May 8, 2026May 8, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Newly-elected Bulgarian Prime Minister Roumen Radev said on May 8 that his government will not introduce price ceilings but will

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Bulgaria’s Parliament votes Radev government into office

May 8, 2026May 8, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on May 8 to elect a government headed by Prime Minister Roumen Radev into office. There were,

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Eurobarometer: Bulgarians see Middle East conflict, international situation, as most important issues facing EU

May 8, 2026May 8, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarians see the Middle East conflict and the international situation as the two most important issues facing the European Union,

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