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Bulgarian President calls for ‘more Europe’, gradual increase in defence spending

May 6, 2014May 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has called for a gradual increase in coming years to meet the country’s commitments to Nato

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Europe 

NATO boosts presence in Eastern Europe as turmoil continues in Ukraine

April 30, 2014May 4, 2014 Zlatica Hoke of VOANews Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Turmoil in eastern Ukraine continued Tuesday, a day after the United States and Europe announced new sanctions against Russia for

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Europe 

US navy frigate returns to the Black Sea

April 22, 2014April 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine

The US Navy frigate the USS Taylor has passed through the Dardanelles Strait, returning to the Black Sea after repairs

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Bulgaria 

Ukraine crisis: Bulgarian security chiefs meet as concern deepens

April 17, 2014April 22, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Kristian Vigenin, Nato, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

A special meeting of Bulgaria’s national staff of security chiefs and senior government officials has been called to discuss the

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Europe 

Nato announces further air, sea and land deployments in response to Ukraine crisis

April 16, 2014April 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Nato will have “more planes in the air, more ships in the water and more readiness on land,” Secretary General

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Bulgaria 

Fogh Rasmussen: Bulgaria stronger in Nato and Nato stronger with Bulgaria

April 11, 2014April 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

The Nato allies must stop the decline of defence budgets and start reversing the trend, Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh

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Bulgaria 

Nato chief’s visit to Bulgaria: A selfie, a Stara Planina and a hammer and sickle

April 11, 2014April 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in a tweet from Sofia during an April 11 visit that the current

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Bulgaria 

Ukraine to top agenda as Nato’s Rasmussen visits Bulgaria

April 10, 2014April 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Kristian Vigenin, Nato, Russia, Ukraine

The visit to Bulgaria on April 10 and 11 2014 by Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will be about

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Europe 

US naval destroyer expected to reach Black Sea by April 10 ‘to reassure US allies’

April 9, 2014April 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

A US Navy guided missile destroyer, the USS Donald Cook, is expected to reach the Black Sea by April 10

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