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Bulgaria’s CEC announces adjusted seat distribution in 51st National Assembly

March 13, 2025September 30, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024

Several hours after Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled to partially invalidate the results of the October 27 2024 parliamentary results, naming

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Bulgaria’s winter 2024/2025 was relatively warm, but still the coldest in six years

March 13, 2025March 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

The winter of 2024/2025 in Bulgaria was again relatively warm, but was the country’s coldest in the past six years,

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Bulgaria Constitutional Court overrules election of 16 MPs, new party set to enter Parliament

March 13, 2025March 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled on March 13 to partially invalidate the results of the October 27 2024 parliamentary results, naming

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Penumbral lunar eclipse over Bulgaria on March 14

March 13, 2025March 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur over Bulgaria in the early hours of March 14. A lunar eclipse happens when

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Bulgaria issues weather warnings for March 13 for forecast strong winds

March 12, 2025March 12, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s national meteorological bureau has issued the Code Orange warning of dangerous weather for several districts for March 13 because

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PM Zhelyazkov: Bulgaria welcomes the US-Ukraine ceasefire agreement

March 12, 2025March 12, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria welcomes the US-Ukraine ceasefire agreement from Jeddah, Prime Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov said on X on March 12. The BBC

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Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court clashes with prosecutors over election recalculation

March 11, 2025March 11, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024

The adjustment of Bulgaria’s October 27 2024 early parliamentary election results, ordered by the Constitutional Court last month, has prompted

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Anglican Church in Sofia celebrating 25 years of worship and community

March 11, 2025March 11, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The Anglican Church in Sofia is celebrating 25 years of serving the English-speaking Christian community in Bulgaria, the church said

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Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry warns of new wave of strikes in Germany

March 10, 2025March 10, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

German trade union ver.di has announced a new wave of strikes this week, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on March 10.

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