Bulgarian deputy PM’s verbal assault on Russian Patriarch sparks row in ‘United Patriots’
After Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister and nationalist United Patriots co-leader Valeri Simeonov hit out in a television interview against Russian
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Bulgarian deputy PM Simeonov: Russian Patriarch Kirill is ‘second-rate Soviet cop’
Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov sharply criticised Russian Patriarch Kirill for seeking to impose the Kremlin’s view of the
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Two Bulgarian former presidents enter controversy over Russian Patriarch Kirill’s dispute over history
Two Bulgarian former heads of state have entered the controversy sparked by Russian Patriarch Kirill taking offence at other countries
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Borissov and Putin discuss meeting during Bulgaria’s EU Presidency
In a telephone conversation on March 5, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and Russian president Vladimir Putin discussed meeting during
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Russian Patriarch Kirill’s visit to Bulgaria for Liberation Day hit by controversies
The visit by Russian Patriarch Kirill to Bulgaria for celebrations of the country’s 140th anniversary of liberation from Ottoman rule
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European diplomatic ‘war’ over the Nord Stream pipeline
The underlying conflicts and conflicting interests in Europe on the occasion of the operation of the second part of the
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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill to visit Bulgaria for celebrations of 140th annniversary of Liberation
Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill is to head a delegation on a visit to Bulgaria from March 2 to 4
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Bulgaria tries to loosen Russian grip with new gas pipeline deals
As EU energy policy and its wider strategy vis-a-vis Russia come under the spotlight, some smaller EU members are taking
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Bulgarian Patriarch Neofit does not attend Moscow Patriarchate’s restoration centenary celebrations
A delegation of senior clergy from the Bulgarian Orthodox Church left for the celebrations of the centenary of the restoration
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