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Bulgaria Air starting new direct flights to St Petersburg in April

January 20, 2020January 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, tourism

Flag carrier Bulgaria Air is starting new direct flights from Sofia to St Petersburg in Russia on April 18 2020,

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EU prolongs economic sanctions on Russia by six months

December 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

The Council of the EU, in a decision on December 19, prolonged the economic sanctions targeting specific sectors of the Russian economy

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Bulgarian PM Borissov holds talks with Russian ambassador

December 6, 2019December 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Russia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov held talks on December 6 with the Russian ambassador in Sofia, Anatoly Makarov, the government

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Russia expels Bulgarian diplomat in tit-for-tat over espionage row

December 5, 2019December 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgaria’s ambassador in Moscow was summoned on December 5 to the Russian Foreign Ministry to be handed a note declaring

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutor-General requests probe after Russophile leader accused of spying allowed to leave Bulgaria

November 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

The Prosecutor-General has alerted the Inspectorate of the Supreme Judicial Council and the head of the Special Criminal Court after

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM praises Russia for not reciprocating over expulsion of ‘spy’ diplomat

November 1, 2019November 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

It is an honour that, to this day, Russia has not reciprocated to Bulgaria’s expulsion of a diplomat alleged to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry: Russian ‘spy’ given 24 hours to quit the country has left

October 30, 2019November 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

The Russian diplomat given 24 hours to leave Bulgaria following allegations of espionage has flown to Moscow along with his

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Bulgaria 

US, UK embassies respond to Bulgaria expelling Russian ‘spy’

October 30, 2019November 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

The embassies of the United States and of the United Kingdom in Sofia have responded to Bulgaria ordering the expulsion

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria hands Russian ambassador note giving ‘spy’ 24 hours to leave the country

October 29, 2019October 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on October 29 that it had handed Russian ambassador Anatoly Makarov a note setting a 24-hour

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