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Middle East conflict: Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issues advisories, PM, President hold emergency meetings

June 13, 2025June 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Iran, Israel

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issued an advisory on June 13 as conflicts in the Middle East escalated. The advisory came as

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Middle East conflict: Flights between Bulgaria and Israel cancelled

June 13, 2025June 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Iran, Israel

The vast majority of June 13 flights between Bulgaria and Israel were cancelled as the conflict in the Middle East

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Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issues warning about unrest in some places in Northern Ireland

June 12, 2025June 12, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

In connection with the mass unrest in certain cities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways begins additional train service to the coast for the 2025 summer season

June 10, 2025June 10, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, tourism

During the 2025 summer season, Bulgarian state railways BDZ will ensure the daily movement of additional fast trains with mandatory

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Bulgarian Constitutional Court rejects President’s bid to annul Speaker’s decision on euro referendum

June 10, 2025June 10, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court has declined to grant President Roumen Radev’s request to annul a decision by the Speaker of the

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Bulgarian railways organising steam train trip on June 22

June 9, 2025June 9, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, tourism

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is organising an special steam engine-drawn train trip from Sofia to Vakarel and back on June

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Bulgaria’s spring 2025: Colder than spring 2024, but warmer than season in three previous years

June 9, 2025June 9, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff climate change, climate crisis

Spring 2025 in Bulgaria was colder than spring 2024, but warmer than spring 2023, 2022, and 2021, the national meteorological

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Air Force’s second F-16 arrives at Graf Ignatievo air base

June 8, 2025June 8, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff F-16

The Bulgarian Air Force’s second F-16 Block 70 aircraft arrived in Bulgaria at the Graf Ignatievo air base near Plovdiv

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Bulgarian PM Zhelyazkov, EU’s Dombrovskis discuss euro zone entry preparations

June 5, 2025June 5, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov and European Commissioner for economy Valdis Dombrovskis have sought to give re-assurances that the country’s

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