South Stream’s status high on Russia-EU summit agenda
In the big picture of Russia’s relationship with the European Union, Bulgaria has never played a big role – certain
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Snowdrifts, strong winds cause chaos in north-eastern Bulgaria as harsh winter weather grips Eastern Europe
Heavy snowfalls and strong winds led to declarations of states of emergency in eight municipalities and a district in north-eastern
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End of the world: Some fear, others plan to earn
For the last three years, 27-year-old Kyivan Iryna Boyko has been searching the Internet to find out exactly what’s going
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Poland’s security chief: ‘No evidence of foreign interference’ in presidential air crash probe
Poland has no evidence of a foreign country interfering in an official probe into the plane crash in Russia two
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Russian parliament passes measure banning US adoptions
Russia’s parliament has approved a measure banning Americans from adopting Russian children. Lawmakers from Russia’s lower house of parliament, the
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Gazprom cuts South Stream investment, bullish on rising exports – reports
Two weeks after the ceremonial welding of the first pipes of the South Stream pipeline, Russia’s state-owned gas company Gazprom
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EC proposes big horror pictures on cigarette packs, ban on flavoured tobacco
Horrific photographs depicting the consequences of smoking, covering most of the outside of cigarette packets, along with a ban on
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Romanian prime minister-designate announces line-up of expanded cabinet
Romania’s prime minister-designate Victor Ponta announced the line-up of an expanded government on December 19, the same day that the
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Bulgaria, Serbia to work on good neighbourliness agreement
Bulgaria and Serbia have agreed that as soon as possible, they should sign a treaty on co-operation and good neighbourliness,
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