Bulgaria

News coverage about Bulgaria accounts for 0.164% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 20, 2026. Output is down 23.0% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is -2.57 — negative.

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Data updated: · refreshed every 2 hours from GDELT

Coverage share
0.164%
of monitored articles
Week over week
-23.0%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-2.57
negative
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Bulgaria coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.16% on 2026-08-200.000.501.0May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Bulgaria coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -2.57 on 2026-08-20+50-5May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (1/day latest)

Protest events located in Bulgaria: 25 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-08-150.002.55.0May 26Jun 10Jun 16Jul 3Jul 30Aug 15

Diplomacy (41/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Bulgaria: 86 days, latest 41.00 on 2026-08-190.00100200May 26Jun 10Jun 25Jul 10Jul 25Aug 9Aug 19

Coercion & force (4/day latest)

Coercive events located in Bulgaria: 76 days, latest 4.00 on 2026-08-190.0050.0100May 26Jun 10Jun 24Jul 11Jul 25Aug 8Aug 19

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Bulgaria, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 41% of the coverage about Bulgaria came from outlets based in Bulgaria — the rest was written from abroad (16,253 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Bulgaria from domestic outlets (%): 49 days, latest 22.73 on 2026-08-200.0050.0100Jul 3Jul 12Jul 21Jul 30Aug 8Aug 17Aug 20

Share of articles about Bulgaria produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Sofia (6)
  • Plovdiv (3)
  • Balkan (2)
  • Balkans (2)
  • Bezmer (1)
  • Nayden Gerovo (1)
  • Saedinenie (1)
  • Balkan Mountains (1)
  • Karlovo (1)
  • Kalofer (1)
  • Svetoslav (1)
  • Vratsa (1)

Places named in coverage about Bulgaria on 2026-08-20 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Bulgaria

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$130.8B
World Bank, 2025
Population
6.4M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
102.5%
World Bank, 2025
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
2.1%
World Bank, 2024

Displacement, end of 2025

Internally displaced
0
within the country
Refugees abroad
533
originating from Bulgaria
Refugees hosted
105,596
from other countries
Asylum seekers
1,317
pending claims, hosted

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, year-end 2025 stocks, plus 517 stateless persons. IDP figures cover conflict-displaced populations reported to UNHCR.

Coverage share measures articles published by Bulgaria-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).