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Foreign Ministry: Bulgaria supports the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Plan in Gaza

January 17, 2026January 17, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Mladenov

Bulgaria welcomes the announcement of the start of the second phase of President Trump’s Comprehensive Plan to End the Conflict

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Confirmed: Bulgaria is again heading to early parliamentary elections

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

Bulgaria is heading to its latest early parliamentary elections after, on January 16, a third parliamentary group refused a mandate

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Flu epidemic in Bulgaria’s Dobrich: Schools go over to distance learning

January 16, 2026January 16, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

An influenza epidemic declaration takes effect in Bulgaria’s district of Dobrich from January 19 to 25, with measures including school

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Bulgarian Parliament’s second-largest group declines mandate to seek to form government

January 14, 2026January 14, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

At a ceremony lasting just a few minutes on January 14, the Bulgarian Parliament’s second-largest group, We Continue the Change

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Coordination centre urges public to get euro banknotes, coins, before dual circulation ends

January 13, 2026January 13, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

The head of the Bulgarian government’s coordination centre on euro adoption, Vladimir Ivanov, issued an appeal on January 13 to

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Market Links poll: GERB-UDF 18.1%, WCC-Democratic Bulgaria 14.2%

January 12, 2026January 12, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026

Were Bulgaria to hold parliamentary elections now, Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF would get 18.1 per cent of the votes from those

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Regional Health Inspectorate in Bulgaria’s Varna proposes declaring flu epidemic

January 12, 2026January 12, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

The Regional Health Inspectorate in the district of Varna proposes declaring a flu epidemic in Varna District from January 14

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Bulgaria’s largest parliamentary group refuses mandate to seek to form government

January 12, 2026January 12, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2026, Roumen Radev

As it had repeatedly announced in advance that it would, the Bulgarian Parliament’s largest group – Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF –

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Bulgaria condemns vandalism of glass door of its embassy in Skopje

January 11, 2026January 11, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issued on January 12 a strongly-worded condemnation of vandalism of a glass door of the country’s embassy

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