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Bulgaria 

McCain among three US senators to visit Bulgaria

June 6, 2014June 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Ukraine

United States senators John McCain, Chris Murphy and Ron Johnson are to visit Bulgaria over the weekend, the US embassy

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Europe 

Obama announces $1 billion security plan for Eastern Europe

June 3, 2014 VOANews Nato, Russia, Ukraine

President Barack Obama assured Poland and its eastern European neighbors on Tuesday that the U.S. commitment to their security was

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Europe 

Russia, Nato spar over military forces in Central Europe

June 3, 2014June 4, 2014 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Nato, Russia, Ukraine

With Russia pulling most of its roughly 40,000 troops away from its border with Ukraine, NATO and Russia have started

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Europe 

Rasmussen in Bucharest: Nato ready to defend every inch of its territory

May 16, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Nato, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, on a two-day visit to Bucharest,  confirmed on May 15 that Nato was fully committed

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Bulgaria 

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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