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Bulgaria’s summer 2025 one of the hottest, driest in 75 years – official report

September 2, 2025September 2, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff climate change, climate crisis

Bulgaria’s summer 2025 was one of the country’s hottest and driest summers since 1950, the national meteorological bureau said in

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EC confirms Bulgaria suspects Russia behind jamming of signal to GPS of VDL’s aircraft

September 1, 2025September 1, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

A European Commission (EC) spokesperson confirmed on September 1 that Bulgarian authorities suspected that Russia was behind the jamming of

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Bulgaria’s January – August 2025 road death toll is 283

September 1, 2025September 1, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 283 people died in accidents on Bulgaria’s roads in January to August 2025, the Interior Ministry said

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VDL visits Bulgaria on frontline states tour, praises support for Ukraine

August 31, 2025August 31, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen, visiting Bulgaria on August 31 as part of a tour of seven

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Meteorological bureau: Bulgaria’s August 2025 was ‘least warm’ August in past five years

August 31, 2025August 31, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff climate change, climate crisis

Bulgaria’s August 2025 was the country’s least warm month of August for the past five years, the national meteorological bureau

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Bulgarian railways offering steam train excursion on September 6 Unification Day

August 31, 2025August 31, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgarian state railways BDZ, in partnership with the Dolni Rakovets municipality, is organising a special train trip on the occasion

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Kershaw’s ‘The Summer of Love’ triumphs at Golden Femi Film Festival in Bulgaria

August 29, 2025August 29, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Fraser Kershaw’s film “The Summer of Love” has taken the global film community by storm, achieving the top honour of

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Bulgaria 

Sofia-based US historian’s book on First Bulgarian Empire to be published in October

August 27, 2025August 27, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

A sweeping, highly readable new book “State Builders from the Steppe – A history of the First Bulgarian Empire”, authored

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Cabinet to ask Parliament to approve new amendment to Sidewinder missile contract

August 27, 2025August 27, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff F-16

Bulgaria’s Cabinet is to ask Parliament to ratify a second amendment to the contract with the United States on the

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