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German President Joachim Gauck talks security in Romania

June 22, 2016 Deutsche Welle Nato, Romania

German President Joachim Gauck has discussed tensions in Eastern Europe and Berlin’s policies toward Moscow with his Romanian counterpart, Klaus

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Minister: Bulgaria backs stepped-up Black Sea exercises, but only under Nato flag

June 18, 2016June 20, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Romania, Russia, Turkey

Bulgaria always has supported the idea of intensified exercises in the Black Sea, but only under the Nato flag, Foreign

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian leaders speak on ‘Black Sea fleet’ plan, tensions with Turkey

June 16, 2016June 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Nato, Romania, Rossen Plevneliev, Turkey

Bulgaria’s President, Prime Minister and Defence Minister, in a joint briefing on June 16, dismissed talk of taking part in

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Bulgaria 

PM Borissov opposes Bulgarian participation in Black Sea fleet

June 16, 2016June 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Nato, Romania, Russia, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has spoken out against his country taking part in a Black Sea fleet being proposed

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Plevneliev: Bulgaria, Romania prove European integration works to bring positive change

June 16, 2016June 16, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria and Romania are proof that the engine of European integration and regional co-operation works to ensure a positive change

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian, Romanian presidents urge energy independence for SEE

June 15, 2016June 15, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania

Energy dependency is the biggest weakness of South Eastern Europe and building a modern energy infrastructure and interconnection of the

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Bulgaria 

Defence Minister: Bulgaria ready to contribute soldiers to Nato brigade in Romania

June 14, 2016June 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Poland, Romania, Russia

Bulgaria could deploy about 400 military personnel to take part in training and joint exercises as part of a Nato

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Bulgaria 

In EU capitals, residents of Sofia and Bucharest least happy about noise, air quality

June 3, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Romania, Sofia

Residents of Romania’s capital city Bucharest and Bulgaria’s capital Sofia are least satisfied with the quality of the air and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian, Romanian PMs to ‘watch closely’ gas inter-connector project

June 1, 2016June 1, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov met with Romanian counterpart Dacian Ciolos on June 1 to discuss a number of subjects,

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