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Tel Aviv chosen to host 2018 Eurovision song contest

September 13, 2018September 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Eurovision, Israel

Tel Aviv has been selected as the Host City for the 64th Eurovision Song Contest in 2019, the European Broadcasting

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Bulgaria World 

US Navy destroyer USS Carney enters Black Sea

August 13, 2018August 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) entered the Black Sea on August 12 in order to conduct

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Europe World 

Vague promises help EU’s Jean-Claude Juncker ease US trade tension

July 27, 2018July 27, 2018 Deutsche Welle

The tweet from Donald Trump that followed his meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker was benevolent in tone, unlike

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Longest total lunar eclipse of century on Friday

July 27, 2018July 27, 2018 VOANews final frontier

Scientists say the longest total lunar eclipse of this century will grace the night sky on Friday, turning the moon

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Europe World 

US, EU avert wider trade war

July 26, 2018 VOANews

Amid an Oval Office showdown over trade Wednesday, the United States and European Union reached a truce and agreed to

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Bulgaria World 

US Sixth Fleet’s USS Mount Whitney enters Black Sea

July 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The United States’ Sixth Fleet’s command and control ship USS Mount Whitney has entered the Black Sea at the weekend,

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Bulgaria World 

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry: Trump – Kim meeting ‘new stage’ in relations between US and N Korea

June 14, 2018June 15, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry says that it welcomes the agreements reached in Singapore between US President Donald Trump and North Korean

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Bulgaria World 

Mladenov: First task at the moment is to prevent a new war in the Middle East

May 19, 2018May 24, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Israel, Nikolai Mladenov

The priority for the international community now is to prevent a new war in the Middle East, UN Special Envoy

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Bulgaria World 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister: EU remains united over Iran nuclear deal

May 17, 2018May 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria EU presidency, Bulgarian EU Presidency

As long as Iran implements the nuclear deal, the European Union and all its 28 member states remain part of

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