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Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry sets up coordination centre on Middle East situation

June 14, 2025June 14, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Iran, Israel

By order of Bulgarian Prime Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov, and under the personal leadership of Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev, a Coordination

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Bulgaria 

World-famous cellist HAUSER to perform in Bulgaria’s capital in December 2025

June 14, 2025June 14, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia

After more than three years on stage, with hundreds of concerts and millions of fans in different corners of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry says it is following with deep concern recent developments in Middle East

June 13, 2025June 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Iran, Israel

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on June 13 that it is following with deep concern the recent developments in the Middle

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Bulgaria 

Middle East conflict: Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issues advisories, PM, President hold emergency meetings

June 13, 2025June 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Iran, Israel

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issued an advisory on June 13 as conflicts in the Middle East escalated. The advisory came as

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Bulgaria 

Middle East conflict: Flights between Bulgaria and Israel cancelled

June 13, 2025June 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Iran, Israel

The vast majority of June 13 flights between Bulgaria and Israel were cancelled as the conflict in the Middle East

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Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issues warning about unrest in some places in Northern Ireland

June 12, 2025June 12, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

In connection with the mass unrest in certain cities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways begins additional train service to the coast for the 2025 summer season

June 10, 2025June 10, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, tourism

During the 2025 summer season, Bulgarian state railways BDZ will ensure the daily movement of additional fast trains with mandatory

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Constitutional Court rejects President’s bid to annul Speaker’s decision on euro referendum

June 10, 2025June 10, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court has declined to grant President Roumen Radev’s request to annul a decision by the Speaker of the

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Bulgarian railways organising steam train trip on June 22

June 9, 2025June 9, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, tourism

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is organising an special steam engine-drawn train trip from Sofia to Vakarel and back on June

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