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Bulgaria’s Energy Minister: Fuel supplies are guaranteed in spite of sanctions on Lukoil

October 28, 2025October 28, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia

Bulgaria has enough quantities of fuel to cover consumption for many months to come, Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov said on

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Bulgaria’s Sofia Synagogue vandalised with ‘Free Palestine’ scrawling

October 27, 2025October 27, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Israel, Sofia

Sofia Synagogue in Bulgaria’s capital city has expressed its indignation after the words “Free Palestine” were scrawled on the outer

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Ruling coalition minority partner Bulgarian Socialist Party agrees to rotation of post of Parliament Speaker

October 26, 2025October 26, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Meeting on October 26, the national council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) – a minority partner in the country’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria issues weather warnings for October 27 because of forecast heavy rain

October 26, 2025October 26, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s national meteorological bureau has issued the Code Orange warning of dangerous weather for four districts for October 27 because

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Bulgaria issues weather warnings for parts of country over forecast heavy rain

October 25, 2025October 25, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s national meteorological bureau has issued the Code Orange warning of dangerous weather for several districts in the western part

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Bulgaria’s Parliament legislates rules on sale of Lukoil refinery, subsidiaries

October 24, 2025October 24, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia

Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved on October 24 the second and final reading of amendments to the Investment Promotion Act that

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways to halt some trains for an hour as clocks change to winter time

October 24, 2025October 24, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

The upcoming time change, on October 26, will require changes in the timetable of 11 passenger trains, Bulgarian state railways

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Remembrance Day 2025 services to be held in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv and Sofia

October 23, 2025October 25, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia

This year’s annual Remembrance Day Services will be held in Plovdiv Central Cemetery on November 9 and in Sofia Central

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Bulgaria’s PM: US sanctions on Lukoil affect company’s refinery in Bourgas

October 23, 2025October 23, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, energy, Russia

Bulgaria has one month – until November 21 – to decide what to do with the Lukoil Neftochim refinery in

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