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Bulgaria’s Parliament legislates rules on sale of Lukoil refinery, subsidiaries

October 24, 2025October 24, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia

Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved on October 24 the second and final reading of amendments to the Investment Promotion Act that

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Bulgarian railways to halt some trains for an hour as clocks change to winter time

October 24, 2025October 24, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

The upcoming time change, on October 26, will require changes in the timetable of 11 passenger trains, Bulgarian state railways

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Remembrance Day 2025 services to be held in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv and Sofia

October 23, 2025October 25, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia

This year’s annual Remembrance Day Services will be held in Plovdiv Central Cemetery on November 9 and in Sofia Central

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Bulgaria’s PM: US sanctions on Lukoil affect company’s refinery in Bourgas

October 23, 2025October 23, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, energy, Russia

Bulgaria has one month – until November 21 – to decide what to do with the Lukoil Neftochim refinery in

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Bulgaria’s Parliament widens powers of competition body, opposition says it will be ‘powerful cudgel’

October 23, 2025October 23, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

With the votes of the ruling majority, Bulgaria’s Parliament approved on October 23 the second and final reading of amendments

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Bulgarian MPs override presidential veto of State Agency for National Security Act amendments

October 23, 2025October 23, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on October 23 to overturn President Roumen Radev’s veto on amendments to the country’s State Agency

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Clash in European Parliament over rule of law in Bulgaria

October 22, 2025October 22, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Delyan Peevski, European Parliament

A debate in the European Parliament on October 22 requested by the Renew Europe group on what it termed the

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Bulgarian President Radev vetoes two bills on security agencies chiefs

October 22, 2025October 22, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on October 22 that he vetoed two bills that amended the procedures for appointing the

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Opposition scathing about Peevski statement: ‘Borissov is finished, he is retired’

October 22, 2025October 22, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Delyan Peevski

Bulgaria’s opposition coalition We Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria has reacted scathingly to the joint statement by Delyan Peevski’s

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