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Coordination centre urges public to get euro banknotes, coins, before dual circulation ends

January 13, 2026January 13, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

The head of the Bulgarian government’s coordination centre on euro adoption, Vladimir Ivanov, issued an appeal on January 13 to

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Market Links poll: GERB-UDF 18.1%, WCC-Democratic Bulgaria 14.2%

January 12, 2026January 12, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

Were Bulgaria to hold parliamentary elections now, Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF would get 18.1 per cent of the votes from those

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Regional Health Inspectorate in Bulgaria’s Varna proposes declaring flu epidemic

January 12, 2026January 12, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

The Regional Health Inspectorate in the district of Varna proposes declaring a flu epidemic in Varna District from January 14

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s largest parliamentary group refuses mandate to seek to form government

January 12, 2026January 12, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026, Roumen Radev

As it had repeatedly announced in advance that it would, the Bulgarian Parliament’s largest group – Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF –

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Bulgaria condemns vandalism of glass door of its embassy in Skopje

January 11, 2026January 11, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issued on January 12 a strongly-worded condemnation of vandalism of a glass door of the country’s embassy

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Coordination centre chief: Predictions that introduction of euro in Bulgaria would be disaster have not come true

January 11, 2026January 12, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

Predictions that the introduction of the euro in Bulgaria would be a disaster did not come true, we are off

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Bulgaria: Weather warnings issued for most of the country for January 11 over forecast snowfall

January 10, 2026January 10, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s national meteorological bureau has issued the Code Orange warning of dangerous weather for a number of districts for January

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Meteorological bureau: Bulgaria’s 2025 was country’s latest warm year since 21st century began

January 10, 2026January 10, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

The year 2025 was the country’s latest warm year since the 21st century began, with an average temperature for the

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Bulgaria 

Eurostat: House prices in Bulgaria rose 156% between 2015 and Q3 2025

January 9, 2026January 9, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

House prices in Bulgaria increased by 156 per cent between 2015 and the third quarters of 2025, according to data

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