December 17, 2024 – The Sofia Globe
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The Sofia Globe – Bulgaria’s independent English-language news …
4 days ago · 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.
Bulgaria’s October 27 2024 elections: The Sofia Globe’s factfile
Sep 27, 2024 · In these early National Assembly elections, the second in 2024, a total of 22 parties and nine coalitions are standing. To be eligible for election, a candidate must be a Bulgarian citizen, over the age of 21, and not serving a prison sentence.
Bulgaria carpets North Korea’s chargé d’affaires over support for ...
Nov 5, 2024 · Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on November 5 that it had summoned the chargé d’affaires of the embassy of North Korea, Choi Yun-chon, in connection with reports about the presence of North Korean military formations in Russia for subsequent participation in the illegal war against Ukraine.
Deal reached on EU 2025 budget – The Sofia Globe
Nov 16, 2024 · A total of 800,5 million euro has been kept available this year under the expenditure ceilings of the current multiannual financial framework for 2021-2027, allowing the EU to react to unforeseeable needs.
Standoff over election of Speaker of Bulgaria’s 51st National …
The November 13 continuation of the first sitting of Bulgaria’s 51 st National Assembly saw the standoff over the election of a Speaker enduring.. Until it elects a Speaker, the Parliament elected on October 27 cannot proceed to transact business.
Bulgaria issues weather warnings over strong winds forecast for ...
Nov 19, 2024 · Bulgaria’s national meteorological office has issued the Code Orange warning of dangerous weather for several districts for November 20 because of forecast strong winds.
First sitting of Bulgaria’s 51st National Assembly deadlocked over ...
Nov 11, 2024 · The first sitting of Bulgaria’s 51 st National Assembly, begun on November 11, was adjourned for the day after parliamentary groups failed to elect a Speaker.. Until a Speaker is elected, the Parliament elected on October 27 in Bulgaria’s latest early parliamentary elections cannot transact business.
Uproar as ‘patriots’ disrupt Malkovich’s staging of Arms and the …
Nov 7, 2024 · Protests against the production by Malkovich, the Hollywood star who has been to Bulgaria several times for film productions and who has taken the country to heart with previous theatre productions in Sofia, were stirred up by – among others – Neshka Robeva, a figure who was close to communist dictator Todor Zhivkov’s daugher Lyudmila, a doyenne of cultural life that Zhivkova sponsored ...
Bulgaria says it has ‘serious support’ for full Schengen membership ...
The agenda of the October 10 meeting included a discussion, but not a vote, regarding full Schengen membership for Bulgaria and Romania. On December 30 2023, the Council of the EU decided to lift air and maritime border controls with Bulgaria and Romania as of March 31 2024.