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Day: January 8, 2020

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Food Safety Agency confirms four new outbreaks of African Swine Fever

January 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency said that it had on January 8 confirmed four new outbreaks of African Swine Fever,

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Europe 

Prominent Europeans call for increased European de-escalation efforts in the Middle East

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Foreign policy think-tank, the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), published a statement on January 8 calling on European governments

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Bulgartransgaz to take 20% stake in Alexandroupolis LNG terminal

January 8, 2020January 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Cabinet gave its approval on January 8 for state-owned gas grid operator Bulgartransgaz to take a 20 per cent

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President calls security council meeting on situation in the Middle East

January 8, 2020January 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has called a meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security for January 9 to discuss

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister calls for de-escalation of tensions in Iraq

January 8, 2020January 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

By launching missiles at US sites, Iran has made Iraq a battlefield, Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said in a January

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Perspectives 

Joint Summary of Conclusions of the Strategic Dialogue between the United States and Bulgaria

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

This is the joint summary of the conclusions of the joint US-Bulgaria strategic dialogue: On January 8 2020, the Governments

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian leaders send condolences after Ukrainian 737 fatal crash in Tehran

January 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Ukraine

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva have expressed condolences to their Ukrainian counterparts after a Ukraine

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