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EC greenlights Bulgaria’s second payment request under NextGenerationEU

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission (EC) has positively assessed Bulgaria’s second payment request  under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU. This

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Defence Ministry: Two new F-16 fighter jets delivered to Bulgaria

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff F-16

Two new F-16 fighter jets arrived in Bulgaria on October 3 in fulfillment of the 2019 contract, the country’s Defence

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Bulgaria reels after three die in flooding, with devastating damage

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Three people died in flooding in Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea resort town of Elenite on October 3, states of emergency

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Bulgarian Parliament bars presidential administration from using National Protection Service vehicles

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

In its latest move against head of state President Roumen Radev, the ruling majority in Bulgaria’s Parliament voted legislative amendments

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Bulgarian government funds free transport for Ukrainian pupils who have temporary protection

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on October 3 a sum of 385 750 leva to provide free transportation to school for children

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Bulgaria 

PM: Two more F-16s to be delivered to Bulgaria ‘at any moment’

October 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff F-16

Two F-16 Block 70 aircraft are in Portugal and should arrive in Bulgaria any moment, Prime Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov told

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Bulgaria 

British Empire Medal for Beautiful Science Foundation head Lyubov Kostova

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Science Festival

At a ceremony at the British Residence on October 2, a British Empire Medal was conferred on Lyubov Kostova, head

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament removes President’s role in appointing security agency head

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s Parliament has voted to remove the President’s role in the appointment of the head of the State Agency for

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Bulgaria’s Parliament bans drones from airport security zones

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian security services will be able to stop and forced to land unmanned aerial vehicles – drones – if they

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