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The Sofia Globe is an English-language news outlet focused on Bulgaria, with particular attention to national politics, governance, and developments in Sofia.
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Bulgaria records 3.08 billion euro Budget deficit in January-August 2026 (opens the original)
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Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has recorded a consolidated Budget deficit of 3.08 billion euro in the first eight months of the year, or 2.4 per cent of this year’s estimated gross domestic product, the ministry said on September 30. The Budget deficit was wider than the figure recorded in same period of 2025, when Bulgaria recorded a Budget deficit of 5.13 billion leva, or 2.67 billion euro. Consolidated budget revenue in first eight months of the year was 30.11 billion euro, up 11.9 per cent comp
Bulgaria’s Parliament approves amendments directed against SLAPP cases (opens the original)
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Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on September 30 to approve the second and final reading of amendments to the Civil Procedure Code directed against SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) cases. SLAPP cases are those directed against journalists and human rights defenders intended to silence them. A European Union directive against SLAPP cases has been in effect since May 2024 and the Bulgaria’s Parliament vote transposes the directive, however belatedly, into Bulgarian law. The amendm
Copernicus report: Med, Black Sea had record-breaking marine heatwaves in 2024 (opens the original)
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Mediterranean and Black Sea experienced record-breaking marine heatwaves with temperatures more than 4.6 degrees above normal in 2024, according to the tenth report on the state of the ocean, published on September 30 by the Marine Environment Monitoring Service of Copernicus, the EU Earth observation programme The report shows that the ocean is changing at an alarming pace with direct consequences for marine life, coastlines and communities all across the world. The report goes back to data fro
NSI: 8.5% of students at Bulgarian universities are foreigners (opens the original)
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There are 16 787 foreign students studying for bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Bulgarian universities in the 2025/26 academic year, 8.5 per cent of the total, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said on September 30. The largest share of foreign students are from Greece (17 per cent), followed by the United Kingdom (13.6 per cent), Ukraine (12.4 per cent), Germany (8.9 per cent) and Italy (5.7 per cent). The NSI said that foreign students mainly chose health-related studies, with 59.8 pe
Poll finds downturn in business sentiment in Bulgaria (opens the original)
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A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found a downturn in business sentiment in Bulgaria in September, with the indicator dropping by 1.3 percentage points compared with August. The indicators dropped in three of the four sectors polled – construction, retail and services, according to the poll, the results of which were released on September 30. The largest drop was in the construction sector, by 4.7 percentage points, with managers holding worsened views and ex
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