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The Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline project’s spokesperson Asli Esen said on Wednesday that its second line is over 45 percent completed. Esen told reporters that the giant construction vessel, […]
As Ilya Bervashvili walks out onto to his corn fields, the blue circle on the map moves beyond the dotted line with him. But an app clearly shouldn ...
The 2017 annual report on national security, adopted by the government and yet to be approved by Parliament, does not see Russia as a threat to the se ...
Greece has reportedly expelled two Russian diplomats over allegations that Moscow has interfered in its negotiations with neighboring Macedonia. Greek ...
Atanas Krastin will replace Boiko Kotsev as Bulgaria’s ambassador to Russia, with the presidential decree appointing Krastin published in the State Gazette on July 10. Krastin’s appointment was first reported […]
Russian flag carrier Aeroflot began regular direct flights between Moscow and the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Bourgas on July 2, the airline said. The daily flight schedule sees departures […]
The Council of the European Union said on June 18 that it was extending restrictive measures in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol by Russia until June […]
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov was expected to lobby for direct Russian natural gas deliveries to the planned Balkan gas hub near Varna during talks with Russian president Vladimir Putin […]
The European Commission said on May 24 2018 that it had adopted a decision imposing on Gazprom a set of obligations that address the Commission’s competition concerns and enable the […]
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev described his meeting with Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev on May 21 as a “break-through” in relations between the two countries, “because it resumes dialogue between […]
