Skip to content
The Sofia Globe

The Sofia Globe

Bulgaria’s independent English-language news and features website.

  • Bulgaria
  • Europe
  • World
  • Business
  • Perspectives
  • People
  • Leisure
  • Sport
  • Videos

Bulgaria

Domestic politics, stories of relevance to expatriates, organised crime and corruption, judiciary, foreign policy and popular topics such as archaeology and weather

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM on Notre Dame fire: ‘My thoughts are with the French people and whole Catholic world’

April 15, 2019April 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has reacted to the fire devastating Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, writing in a Twitter

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Transport Minister meets Turkish ambassador over lorry delays at border

April 15, 2019April 15, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Bulgaria’s Transport Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov held talks on April 15 with Turkish ambassador Hasan Ulusoy to discuss the delays of

Read more
Bulgaria 

Former Sofia district mayor handed 20-year sentence in corruption trial

April 15, 2019November 10, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s specialised court found the former mayor of Sofia’s Mladost district Dessislava Ivancheva guilty on April 15 on charges of

Read more
Bulgaria 

Leader of Bulgaria’s DOST party out on 10 000 leva bail after collision in which child died

April 15, 2019April 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Lyutvi Mestan

Lyutvi Mestan, leader of Bulgaria’s extra-parliamentary DOST political party, has been released on bail of 10 000 leva (about 5000

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 3.6% inflation in March

April 15, 2019April 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 3.6 per cent inflation in March, up from 3.2 per cent a month

Read more
Bulgaria 

Man faces charges over faking Bulgarian passports, ID documents for migrants in Greece

April 15, 2019April 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The District Court in the Bulgarian town of Shoumen has remanded in custody a 33-year-old fine arts graduate who faces

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Ninova fails in bid to exclude Stanishev from European Parliament candidate list

April 15, 2019April 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Kornelia Ninova, Sergei Stanishev

The leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, Kornelia Ninova, has failed in her attempt to exclude Party of European Socialists

Read more
Bulgaria 

Bulgarian DOST party leader named as driver in collision in which baby died

April 14, 2019April 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Lyutvi Mestan

The leader of Bulgarian minority extra-parliamentary party DOST, Lyutvi Mestan, has been named as the driver of one of the

Read more
Bulgaria 

Ninova proposes Bulgarian Socialist Party omits PES leader Stanishev from European Parliament candidate list

April 14, 2019April 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Kornelia Ninova, Sergei Stanishev

Kornelia Ninova has proposed that her Bulgarian Socialist Party omits Party of European Socialists president Sergei Stanishev and two other

Read more
  • ← Previous
  • Next →
Become a patron

  • Editor's pick

  • Popular

  • Recent

Editor's pick
  • November 2, 2026November 3, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Pro-Kremlin candidate Yotova wins Bulgarian presidential elections – final results
  • November 1, 2026November 2, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s 2026 presidential elections: Radev, Yotova in triumphalist messages as finale shows win for pro-Kremlin ticket
  • October 30, 2026November 1, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Remembrance Day 2026 services to be held in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv and Sofia
Popular
  • Bulgaria's 2026 presidential elections: Yotova 52.5%, Gyurov 43.4% in second round – exit poll
    November 1, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgaria's 2026 presidential elections: Radev, Yotova in triumphalist messages as finale shows win for pro-Kremlin ticket
    November 1, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgaria's 2026 presidential elections: Second round is attracting higher voter turnout than the record-low first
    November 1, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Drone attack on container ship off Bulgaria's Cape Kaliakra
    October 28, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgaria's 2026 presidential elections: Notes from the Gyurov – Yotova debate
    October 30, 2026, by clive
Recent
  • November 4, 2026November 4, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s government proposes increases in municipal real estate taxes
  • November 4, 2026November 4, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s Cabinet approves draft amendments to Value Added Tax Act
  • November 4, 2026November 4, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Environment Ministry: First tests of Bulgaria’s Black Sea waters do not show any pollution from ships hit in drone attacks
  • November 4, 2026November 4, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s electoral commission fines three major TV stations for breaking law on exit polls
  • November 3, 2026November 3, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria records 3.67 billion euro Budget deficit in January-September 2026

Help support the Globe

The Sofia Globe team can testify that upholding the globe is reminiscent of the work of Atlas.
Please support us in continuing to offer - as we set out to do when we launched in June 2012 - journalism that is truly independent and informed. All donations are gratefully received as we put in place our plans to grow in the years ahead.

Sign up for The Sofia Globe bulletin

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.


About Us: The Sofia Globe

The Sofia Globe provides news, features, insight and analysis about Bulgaria, Central and Eastern Europe and the wider world according to the high professional standards of independence and objectivity that we have set ourselves in our Editorial Charter. Read more about us.

Contacts

For editorial, advertising and general inquiries, please e-mail [email protected].

Legal Notice Действителен собственик на настоящото издание е Клайв Левиев-Сойър.

November 2026
M T W T F S S
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30  
« Oct    
  • About Us
  • Editorial staff
  • Contact us
  • Privacy Policy
Copyright © 2026 The Sofia Globe. All rights reserved.
Developed by SymbiOpen.
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.