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Market Links poll: Support for Radev’s Progressive Bulgaria has dropped 4.5 points in a month

March 18, 2026March 18, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2026, Roumen Radev

Were Bulgaria to hold parliamentary elections now, 21.1 per cent of those who would vote would back ex-president Roumen Radev’s

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Bulgaria’s caretaker Defence Minister: Readiness of air, missile defence on Nato’s Eastern Flank increased

March 17, 2026March 17, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Iran, Nato

Nato’s missile defence alert has been increased to the highest level and the readiness of the air defence and missile

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Bulgaria’s April 2026 elections: Radev to stand as candidate MP in two electoral districts

March 16, 2026March 16, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026, Roumen Radev

Ex-president Roumen Radev will head the candidate MP lists of his Progressive Bulgaria coalition in two electoral districts for the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker PM: About 20 euro a month for lowest-income people to compensate for high fuel prices

March 15, 2026March 15, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Iran

Up to 20 euro per person a month will be given to people with the lowest incomes due to the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s National Assembly instructs government to ‘take measures against price shock from oil and gas prices’

March 13, 2026March 13, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Iran

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on March 13 a resolution instructing the caretaker the caretaker government to take “measures against the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament elects new deputy head of central bank

March 13, 2026March 13, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on March 13 to elect Karina Karaivanova as the next deputy governor of central Bulgarian National

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Bulgaria 

Parliament obliges government to table ratification of Bulgaria’s membership of Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’

March 13, 2026March 13, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on March 13 to oblige the government to table the ratification of the agreement on the

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Bulgaria 

Eurostat: Life expectancy in Bulgaria rose by close to five years over three decades

March 13, 2026March 13, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

In 2024, life expectancy at birth in Bulgaria was 75.8 years, an increase of 4.9 years compared with the figure

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Bulgaria 

Rising fuel prices: Bulgaria’s interim government proposes aid for vulnerable groups, food and delivery businesses

March 12, 2026March 12, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Iran

The caretaker cabinet is proposing measures for the most vulnerable groups in society and part of the business community due

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