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Bulgaria’s Parliament amends Defence Act

October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on October 30 to approve the second and final reading of amendments to the Defence and Armed

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Bulgaria’s Parliament overturns President Radev’s vetoes of bills on security agencies chiefs

October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on October 30 to overthrow vetoes by President Roumen Radev of bills amending the procedures for appointing

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‘Rotation’: GERB-UDF’s Nazaryan elected new Speaker of Bulgaria’s 51st National Assembly

October 29, 2025October 29, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

On the basis of an agreement among Bulgaria’s ruling majority to “rotate” the post of Parliament’s principal presiding officer, Raya

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Kiselova resigns as Speaker of Bulgaria’s Parliament

October 29, 2025October 29, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Socialist Party – United Left MP Natalia Kiselova resigned on October 29 as Speaker of the National Assembly, a

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Bulgaria’s joint governance council agrees to rotate post of Speaker of Parliament

October 28, 2025October 28, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

At a meeting of the ruling coalition’s joint governance council on October 28, it was agreed that the post of

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Bulgaria’s Energy Minister: Fuel supplies are guaranteed in spite of sanctions on Lukoil

October 28, 2025October 28, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia

Bulgaria has enough quantities of fuel to cover consumption for many months to come, Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov said on

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Bulgaria’s Sofia Synagogue vandalised with ‘Free Palestine’ scrawling

October 27, 2025October 27, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Israel, Sofia

Sofia Synagogue in Bulgaria’s capital city has expressed its indignation after the words “Free Palestine” were scrawled on the outer

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Ruling coalition minority partner Bulgarian Socialist Party agrees to rotation of post of Parliament Speaker

October 26, 2025October 26, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Meeting on October 26, the national council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) – a minority partner in the country’s

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Bulgaria issues weather warnings for October 27 because of forecast heavy rain

October 26, 2025October 26, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s national meteorological bureau has issued the Code Orange warning of dangerous weather for four districts for October 27 because

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