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French ambassador: Bulgaria’s position on Ukraine is clear

March 6, 2014March 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Ukraine, Volen Siderov

France’s ambassador in Sofia, Xavier Lapeyre de Cabanes, said on March 6 that Bulgaria had clearly expressed its position on

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Bulgaria 

Man in Spiderman mask releases boxes of butterflies in Bulgaria’s Parliament

March 6, 2014March 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

A man wearing a Spiderman mask released five boxes of butterflies in a corridor of Bulgaria’s Parliament on March 6

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Bulgaria 

Ukraine: No direct threat of refugee flow to Bulgaria, interior minister says

March 5, 2014March 7, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Ukraine

There is currently no direct threat of a flow to refugees to Bulgaria because of the crisis in Ukraine, interior

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria sees energy, migration risks from Ukraine crisis

March 5, 2014March 6, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Russia, Ukraine

The Bulgarian government said on March 4 that it was setting up a national staff to monitor the situation in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament overturns presidential veto of election code

March 4, 2014March 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

The National Assembly voted on March 4 to overturn President Rossen Plevneliev’s veto of a number of provisions of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government security council to meet on Ukraine

March 4, 2014March 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The Bulgarian government’s security council is to meet on March 4 to decide on the country’s formal position regarding the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s foreign minister to visit Ukraine on March 4

March 4, 2014March 4, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s foreign minister Kristian Vigenin was set to visit Kyiv and Odessa on March 4, saying ahead of his departure

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarians join global protests against Russian invasion of Crimea

March 4, 2014March 5, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian capital city Sofia saw a succession of three days of protests outside the Russian embassy against Moscow’s military invasion

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to review procedures for citizenship for Bulgarian communities abroad

March 3, 2014March 5, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

The Bulgarian government is to review the procedures for giving citizenship to members of Bulgarian communities abroad after investigations found

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