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Russia threatened Tuesday to cut off natural gas and to halt coal deliveries to Ukraine, worsening a dispute over a power blackout in Crimea. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak accused […]
NATO says it stands with Turkey following an emergency meeting in Brussels of its 28 ambassadors requested by Ankara to discuss the downing a Russian ...
Following the reprehensible terror attacks in Paris, politicians and the media have understandably concentrated on the security situation, the hunt fo ...
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on November 24 that the downing of a Russian military plane by Turkish fighter jets was likely to ...
Russian president Vladimir Putin accused Turkey of “stabbing” Russia “in the back” and supporting terrorism after Turkish F-16s shot down a Russian Su-24 fighter jet on border with Syria. Ankara […]
The Sofia Appellate Court on November 24 upheld a City Court ruling releasing Ataka leader Volen Siderov and MP Dessislav Chukolov on 6000 leva (about 3068 euro) bail each pending […]
There is consensus among Plovdiv municipality, the regional administration and the Ministry of Transport that Plovdiv Airport needs a serious concession-holder with a plan to develop the airport and its […]
There was a drastic decrease in the number of migrants and refugees crossing into Greece over the past weekend, the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) staff in the country said […]
Employees of Bulgaria’s museums, galleries, community cultural centres and libraries were holding a “day of discontent” on November 24 in protest against their low salaries and the budget allocation for […]
Turkey has all but closed its borders to Syrian asylum seekers and is summarily pushing back Syrians detected as they try to cross, Human Rights Watch said on November 23. Syrians described Turkish […]
