The Latest Breaking News from Sofia

The EU has given the green light for Bulgaria to join the euro from January 1

The EU has given the green light for Bulgaria to join the euro from January 1 2026. This huge step towards European integration comes just six months after Bulgaria became a full member of Schengen area, within which people can move freely across borders.

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Talking Europe sat down with the prime minister of Bulgaria, Nikolai Denkov, during a crucial EU summit that approved the start of EU accession talks for Ukraine and Moldova – but failed to find an agreement on budget support for Ukraine. We take the political temperature in the summit room…

Following years of heated debates, authorities in Bulgaria began to dismantle a monument of the Soviet army that has dominated the skyline of the capital city of Sofia, and has been considered widely a symbol of Russia’s lasting influence in the Balkan country

Regional authorities in Sofia on Tuesday began dismantling a towering Soviet-era monument prominently featuring a soldier following years of controversy between Bulgaria's opposing camps of pro-Europeans and Russophiles.

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Fans took to the streets of Sofia expressing their frustration with the Bulgarian Football Union

Thousands of Bulgarian football supporters have taken to the streets of the capital, Sofia, in protest over the management of the national football union, a demonstration that eventually turned violent