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Photo from an earlier stage of the construction of Arena Sofia, September 2010. BGNES
Bulgaria's new biggest sports arena, Arena Sofia, will be opened with a friendly game between the volleyball teams of Bulgaria and Serbia on July 30.
The president of the Serbian Volleyball Federation Alexander Boricic has accepted the invitation by his Bulgarian counterpart Dancho Lazarov, it was revealed Tuesday.
The new Arena Sofia, located in the area near the Pliska Hotel east of the city center, is in its final stages of completion.
The construction of the 12,000+ capacity facility has been won by major Bulgarian construction company Blavbolgarstroy.
It will be the largest and most up-to-day indoor sports facility in the country, and will feature several smaller venues and training locations.
Arena Sofia will also be designed to host music concerts.
The United States has granted a temporary extension to the operating license of the Serbian oil company NIS, which is currently under sanctions, according to Serbia’s Energy Minister Dubravka Džedović-Handanović.
For weeks, the first confirmed deployment of hypersonic missiles in Europe outside Russia and Belarus has sparked intense debate among politicians and military analysts
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic claimed that Croatia was the foreign state most actively involved in what he described as an attempted “color revolution” in Serbia
Serbia has implemented measures to limit fuel prices and temporarily halt exports of petroleum products, a move affecting neighboring countries, including Bulgaria
Serbia is advancing its plans to build its first nuclear power plant, with a potential connection to the electricity grid by 2040, the country’s Minister of Mining and Energy, Dubravka Džedović Handanović, announced.
Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko delivered sharp criticism of Bulgaria, highlighting its EU membership as a complicating factor in the delivery of Russian gas to Serbia
The Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) has confirmed that it has entered into an exciting strategic partnership agreement with eSports Bulgaria.
Grigor Dimitrov recorded another early exit, losing in the opening round of the Monte Carlo Masters and continuing a difficult start to the season
Bulgarian snowboarder Malena Zamfirova has returned to Bulgaria and is now undergoing active rehabilitation following a serious accident at the beginning of March
Bulgaria claimed the title at the FIFA Series 2026 tournament in Jakarta after edging hosts Indonesia 1-0 in the final match.
Grigor Dimitrov has dropped out of the world’s top 90 in the latest ATP rankings, marking the first time in nearly 14 years that the Bulgarian tennis star has fallen outside this group
Bulgaria produced a commanding 10:2 victory over Solomon Islands in their opening FIFA Series 2026 match in Indonesia, recording their most emphatic win in the 21st century and the second-highest scoring result in the country’s football history
Aniventure Comic Con Returns to Bulgaria with Star Guest Christopher Judge!
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