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EU – Turkey leaders’ meeting in Varna: No agreements, but ‘readiness to keep up dialogue’

March 26, 2018March 28, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian EU Presidency, Turkey, Varna

As was expected, the March 26 meeting in Bulgarian Black Sea city Varna between the leaders of the European Union

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ECFR: The discreet charm of hypocrisy: An EU-Turkey Power Audit

March 26, 2018March 28, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian EU Presidency, Turkey

A policy brief by the European Council on Foreign Relations: Addressing a press conference in Paris in January 2018, Turkish

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Bulgaria 

Idea of Turkey – EU Varna summit is ‘great’, Tusk tells Bulgarian PM Borissov

March 26, 2018March 27, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian EU Presidency, Roumen Radev, Turkey, Varna

European Council President Donald Tusk has told Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov that his idea of holding the EU -Turkey

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Bulgaria 

EU eyes on Varna

March 26, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian EU Presidency, Turkey, Varna

All eyes are on Varna, the Bulgarian city where the EU-Turkey summit will take place.  Only a few days after

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Bulgaria 

Erdogan sends messages to the EU before the Varna summit

March 25, 2018March 26, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian EU Presidency, Turkey, Varna

Prior to the critical March 26 summit in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Varna, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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Bulgaria 

EU would benefit from maximum number of countries joining euro – Bulgarian Parliament Speaker

February 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian EU Presidency, euro zone

The European Union will benefit from the accession of a maximum number of member states to the euro, Bulgarian National

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Europe 

Mogherini: Steps by Athens and Skopje on ‘name dispute’ extremely encouraging

February 16, 2018February 17, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian EU Presidency, Greece, Macedonia

The recent steps that Athens and Skopje have taken on the dispute over the use of the name “Macedonia” are

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s EU Presidency ministry slams opposition BSP for politicising presidency

October 29, 2017October 31, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian EU Presidency, Kornelia Ninova

Making Bulgaria’s 2018 Presidency of the EU a theme of party congresses shows, unfortunately, a complete lack of responsibility to

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Bulgaria 

Team to work for opening science and medical centre in Sofia that will use CERN technology

October 27, 2017October 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian EU Presidency, Sofia

An inter-institutional group of representatives of the Bulgarian President’s office, the government and scientific circles will work for the establishment

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