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Iran, Gaza, Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs on the menu at EU leaders’ dinner in Sofia

May 16, 2018May 17, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria EU presidency, Bulgarian EU Presidency

At a dinner in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia on May 16, European Union leaders will discuss recent global developments including US

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Bulgaria assists in takedown of ‘Islamic State’ propaganda machine – Europol

April 27, 2018April 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Law enforcement authorities from European Union member states including Bulgaria, as well as from Canada and the United States launched

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Bulgaria welcomes announcement by North Korea of suspension of nuclear and long-range missile tests

April 21, 2018April 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian EU Presidency

Bulgaria welcomes as a positive signal the announcement by North Korea that it will discontinue nuclear tests and intercontinenal ballistic

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Second US Navy Sixth Fleet destroyer enters Black Sea

February 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney joined USS Ross in the Black Sea to conduct maritime security operations on February

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day: ‘The best antidote to anti-Semitism and hate speech is knowledge’

January 27, 2018January 28, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

Calling on the world to “stand together against the normalisation of hate,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres emphasised in his

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Geminid meteor shower will brighten skies on December 13 and 14

December 13, 2017December 13, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

The Geminid meteor shower, one of the most intense annual showers that can be observed in the northern hemisphere, will

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Unesco general assembly elects France’s Audrey Azoulay director-general, to succeed Bokova

November 10, 2017November 10, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Irina Bokova

The general assembly of Unesco, in a vote in Paris on November 10, elected France’s Audrey Azoulay as director-general. She

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Trump praises Greece as ‘most stable country in the region’

October 17, 2017 VOANews Greece

US president Donald Trump said he had “very productive” discussions at the White House Tuesday with Greek Prime Minister Alexis

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Europe mulls policy response as Trump repeats threat to end Iran deal

October 17, 2017 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews

The European Union’s foreign policy chief describes US  president Donald Trump’s decision not to re-certify Iran’s compliance with the 2015

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