Bulgaria

News coverage about Bulgaria accounts for 0.365% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of October 4, 2026. Output is steady week-over-week (+1.5%). The average tone of this coverage is -0.79 — mildly negative.

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Data updated: · refreshed every 3 hours from GDELT

Coverage share
0.365%
of monitored articles
Week over week
+1.5%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-0.79
mildly negative
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Bulgaria coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.36% on 2026-10-040.000.501.0Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Bulgaria coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -0.79 on 2026-10-04+2.50-2.5Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (1/day latest)

Protest events located in Bulgaria: 20 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-09-230.002.55.0Jul 14Jul 30Aug 15Aug 24Sep 16Sep 23

Diplomacy (48/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Bulgaria: 91 days, latest 48.00 on 2026-10-040.00100200Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Coercion & force (16/day latest)

Coercive events located in Bulgaria: 81 days, latest 16.00 on 2026-10-040.0050.0100Jul 6Jul 23Aug 7Aug 22Sep 6Sep 22Oct 4

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, 45% of the coverage about Bulgaria came from outlets based in Bulgaria — the rest was written from abroad (14,760 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Bulgaria from domestic outlets (%): 91 days, latest 30.56 on 2026-10-040.0050.0100Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

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 (24)
  • Sofiya (17)
  • Plovdiv (5)
  • Prespa (4)
  • Balkan (3)
  • Varna (2)
  • Burgas (2)
  • Botev (1)
  • Samuil (1)
  • Sandanski (1)
  • Kurtovo Konare (1)
  • Balkans (1)

Places named in coverage about Bulgaria on 2026-10-04 (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”).