Skip to content
The Sofia Globe

The Sofia Globe

Bulgaria’s independent English-language news and features website.

  • Bulgaria
  • Europe
  • World
  • Business
  • Perspectives
  • People
  • Leisure
  • Sport
  • Videos

News

Bulgaria News 

Tsvetanov ‘ready to give up immunity from prosecution after elections are over’

May 1, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetan Tsvetanov

A day after prosecutors said that they had enough evidence to charge former interior minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov with crimes in

Read more
Europe News 

Cyprus approves international bailout

May 1, 2013May 27, 2013 Selah Hennessy of VOANews Cyprus

The Cypriot parliament approved an international bailout Tuesday in a very close vote, with just over half of lawmakers voting

Read more
Europe News 

European rights court rules Tymoshenko unlawfully detained

April 30, 2013May 27, 2013 Lisa Bryant of VOANews Ukraine

Europe’s top rights court has ruled that Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko was unlawfully held in detention before being sentenced

Read more
Bulgaria News 

Eavesdropping controversy: Immunity protects Tsvetanov from criminal charges – for now

April 30, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Prosecutors allege that Bulgaria’s former interior minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov, currently the campaign chief for Boiko Borissov’s GERB party, committed crimes

Read more
Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgarian Cabinet proposes new rules on state companies’ deposits

April 30, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Marin Raykov

Bulgaria’s caretaker Government has drafted a bill amending the regulations on deposits held by state-owned companies, meant to prevent the

Read more
Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgarian renewable energy producers demand minister’s firing

April 30, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian Photovoltaic Association, the solar power industry lobby group, asked in an open letter to caretaker Prime Minister Marin Raykov

Read more
Bulgaria Leisure News 

First set of Bulgarian railways new sleeping cars go into service on April 30

April 30, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The first 11 of Bulgarian state railways, BDZ, new sleeping cars went into service on April 30, ahead of the

Read more
Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Parties opposed to GERB pay for parallel count on election night

April 30, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

For many months, long before the nationwide protests that prompted the resignation of the Borissov GERB government, Bulgarian Socialist Party

Read more
Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Parties told to clean up their acts

April 30, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

Thirteen days before Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections, caretaker Prime Minister Marin Raykov – flanked by the Interior Minister and Prosecutor-General –

Read more
  • ← Previous
  • Next →
Become a patron

  • Editor's pick

  • Popular

  • Recent

Editor's pick
  • July 5, 2026July 5, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Opera on the Square returns to Bulgaria’s capital from July 9
  • June 22, 2026June 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Simone Gramaglia: Allegra Festival is a small miracle of culture and beauty
  • May 12, 2026May 18, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s Radev Cabinet: meet the ministers
Popular
  • Bulgarian PM Radev's Cabinet confirms his position on EC's proposed 21st package of sanctions on Russia and Belarus
    July 10, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • EU formally opens excessive deficit procedure against Bulgaria
    July 10, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • Bulgaria's Parliament approves increased price asked by US for Stryker armoured combat vehicles
    July 9, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • EC opens three new infringement cases against Bulgaria
    July 8, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
  • European Parliament votes to open negotiations on the digital euro
    July 9, 2026, by The Sofia Globe staff
Recent
  • July 14, 2026July 14, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    PM Radev takes Bulgaria out of the Coalition of the Willing
  • July 14, 2026July 14, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgarian link in European prosecutors probe into millions of euro VAT fraud
  • July 14, 2026July 14, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Energy Union Task Force: Supply of jet fuel in EU remains overall stable so far
  • July 13, 2026July 13, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    EU foreign policy chief: No agreement yet on 21st package of sanctions on Russia but ‘quite close’
  • July 13, 2026July 13, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff
    Bulgaria’s Sofia and Bourgas shortlisted to host 2027 Eurovision Song Contest

Help support the Globe

The Sofia Globe team can testify that upholding the globe is reminiscent of the work of Atlas.
Please support us in continuing to offer - as we set out to do when we launched in June 2012 - journalism that is truly independent and informed. All donations are gratefully received as we put in place our plans to grow in the years ahead.

Sign up for The Sofia Globe bulletin

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.


About Us: The Sofia Globe

The Sofia Globe provides news, features, insight and analysis about Bulgaria, Central and Eastern Europe and the wider world according to the high professional standards of independence and objectivity that we have set ourselves in our Editorial Charter. Read more about us.

Contacts

For editorial, advertising and general inquiries, please e-mail [email protected].

Legal Notice Действителен собственик на настоящото издание е Клайв Левиев-Сойър.

July 2026
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
« Jun    
  • About Us
  • Editorial staff
  • Contact us
  • Privacy Policy
Copyright © 2026 The Sofia Globe. All rights reserved.
Developed by SymbiOpen.
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.