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Meteorological bureau: Bulgaria’s August 2025 was ‘least warm’ August in past five years

August 31, 2025August 31, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff climate change, climate crisis

Bulgaria’s August 2025 was the country’s least warm month of August for the past five years, the national meteorological bureau

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Bulgarian railways offering steam train excursion on September 6 Unification Day

August 31, 2025August 31, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgarian state railways BDZ, in partnership with the Dolni Rakovets municipality, is organising a special train trip on the occasion

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Bulgaria 

Kershaw’s ‘The Summer of Love’ triumphs at Golden Femi Film Festival in Bulgaria

August 29, 2025August 29, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Fraser Kershaw’s film “The Summer of Love” has taken the global film community by storm, achieving the top honour of

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Bulgaria 

Sofia-based US historian’s book on First Bulgarian Empire to be published in October

August 27, 2025August 27, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

A sweeping, highly readable new book “State Builders from the Steppe – A history of the First Bulgarian Empire”, authored

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Cabinet to ask Parliament to approve new amendment to Sidewinder missile contract

August 27, 2025August 27, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff F-16

Bulgaria’s Cabinet is to ask Parliament to ratify a second amendment to the contract with the United States on the

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Bulgaria 

NSI: More than a million visits to Bulgaria for holidays in July 2025

August 27, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

There were more than a million visits by non-residents to Bulgaria for holidays in July 2025, the National Statistical Institute

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Bulgaria 

360° projections at Bulgaria’s newest immersive art space MINA Sofia open on August 29

August 26, 2025August 26, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Performances with three internationally acclaimed immersive experiences in one place — Van Gogh, Dinosaurs and Ancient Egypt — presented with

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Bulgaria 

Third Station Street Festival in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv in September 2025

August 26, 2025August 26, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

For a third year, the Station Street Festival – featuring live music, other events and food and drink stalls –

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Bulgaria 

Entire Europe Motorway linking Sofia to Serbian border ‘to be put into operation mid-September’

August 21, 2025August 21, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Serbia

By mid-September, the entire Europe Highway will be put into operation, Bulgaria’s Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Ivan

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