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Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry repeats call to leave Middle East crisis zones

April 3, 2026April 3, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Given the ongoing regional escalation in the Middle East, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reaffirms its recommendation to immediately leave

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Transport Ministry: Passenger trains between Bulgaria and Ukraine via Romania start in June

April 3, 2026April 3, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, Romania, Ukraine

Direct passenger trains between Bulgaria and Ukraine via Romania will start operating in June, it was agreed at a meeting

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Bid by pro-Russian party to scrap Bulgaria’s defence cooperation agreement with Ukraine ends without a vote

April 1, 2026April 1, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Ukraine

A bid by minority pro-Russian party for Bulgaria’s Parliament to vote to compel the caretaker government to cancel the 10-year

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Bulgaria issues weather warnings for April 2 over forecast heavy rain

April 1, 2026April 1, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s national meteorological bureau has issued the Code Orange warning of dangerous weather for April 2 for a number of

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Bulgaria’s caretaker government sets up crisis HQ on commodity, food prices resulting from Middle East war

April 1, 2026April 1, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker government said on April 1 that it is establishing a crisis headquarters to coordinate the monitoring and control

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Bulgaria’s road death toll in first three months of 2026 is 86

April 1, 2026April 1, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 86 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria in the first three months of 2026, according to

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Meteorological bureau: Bulgaria’s March 2026 temperatures deviated from monthly norm

March 31, 2026March 31, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Average temperatures in Bulgaria in March 2026 ranged from four to 10 degrees Celsius, deviating about minus 1 to plus

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EC allocates 21.5M euro emergency support to farmers in Bulgaria, Estonia and Hungary

March 31, 2026March 31, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

EU member states have endorsed the European Commission’s (EC) proposal to mobilise 21.5 million euro from the agricultural reserve to support farmers

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Bulgaria, Ukraine sign 10-year defence cooperation agreement

March 30, 2026March 30, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Andrei Gyurov and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed on March 30 a 10-year defence cooperation agreement

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