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Irish embassy in Bulgaria announces St Patrick’s Festival 2026

March 11, 2026March 11, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

The embassy of Ireland in Bulgaria has announced its plans for the celebration of Saint Patrick’s Festival 2026. This comes

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government commission to prepare package of measures on fuel prices

March 10, 2026March 10, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Iran

An interdepartmental commission set up on the orders of and headed by caretaker Prime Minister Andrei Gyurov will monitor the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria commemorates 1943 prevention of deportation of Bulgarian Jews, handover of Jews from ‘new lands’ to Holocaust

March 10, 2026March 10, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

At a ceremony on March 10, the 1943 prevention of the deportation of the Bulgarian Jews and the handover of

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Bulgaria Europe 

European Council President: Freedom and human rights cannot be achieved through bombs

March 10, 2026March 10, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Iran, Israel, Russia, Ukraine

Freedom and human rights cannot be achieved through bombs, European Council President António Costa said on March 10, addressing the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Air Force F-16s in exercise at Sofia Airport

March 10, 2026March 10, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff F-16, Sofia Airport

Bulgarian multi-role F-16 fighters conducted training flights at Vassil Levski Airport in Sofia today, March 10, the Defence Ministry said.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Gyurov caretaker Cabinet: meet the ministers (updated)

March 10, 2026May 18, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Caretaker Prime Minister Andrei Gyurov’s Cabinet took the oath of office on February 19, becoming Bulgaria’s seventh caretaker government in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Oil and Gas Association head: ‘Nothing can save the situation’

March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Iran

Nothing can save the situation, Bulgarian Oil and Gas Association board chairperson Svetoslav Benchev told Bulgarian National Television on March

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Bulgaria 

Justice Ministry: European Prosecutor from Bulgaria reports pressure, threats from Prosecutor’s Office, Peevski

March 6, 2026March 6, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Teodora Georgieva, a European Prosecutor from Bulgaria, has reported to the Ministry of Justice “pressure, threats and undermining of the

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Ministry: Bulgaria strongly condemns ongoing attacks by Iran on its neighbours

March 6, 2026March 6, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Iran

Bulgaria strongly condemns the ongoing unprovoked and indiscriminate Iranian attacks against Iran’s neighbours in the Gulf and Middle East region

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