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Ukraine is caught in the middle of political turmoil in the wake of the departure of President Viktor Yanukovych. It is also beset with the aggression shown by Russian President […]
Romania’s bicameral parliament approved on March 4 the government reshuffle triggered by the break-up of the country’s ruling coalition, with soci ...
The National Assembly voted on March 4 to overturn President Rossen Plevneliev’s veto of a number of provisions of the Election Code. The vote w ...
One week after the Sochi Winter Olympics, Vladimir Putin has won a gold in the Occupation Olympics. They are being held in Crimea, just across the Bla ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a press conference in Moscow today, didn’t rule out further military intervention in Ukraine to carry out what he described as a humanitarian mission to […]
The Bulgarian government’s security council is to meet on March 4 to decide on the country’s formal position regarding the mounting tension in Ukraine and the Crimean Peninsula, the government […]
Bulgaria’s foreign minister Kristian Vigenin was set to visit Kyiv and Odessa on March 4, saying ahead of his departure that he wanted his visit to signal that Bulgaria’s bilateral […]
Bulgarian capital city Sofia saw a succession of three days of protests outside the Russian embassy against Moscow’s military invasion of Crimea in Ukraine. The protest was similar to those […]
After blocking Ukrainian military bases in Crimea on March 2, Russia issued ultimatums to the Ukrainian army on March 3 to surrender by 5am on March 4 or face a […]
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has strongly condemned Russia, saying there is nothing to justify its military presence in neighboring Ukraine. At an emergency session of the U.N. […]
