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Bulgaria’s new Foreign Minister defends sanctions on Russia, says losses ‘far from what is said’

May 5, 2017May 7, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Ekaterina Zaharieva, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s new Foreign Minister, Ekaterina Zaharieva, has defended European Union sanctions against Russia, adding that while Bulgaria suffered economic losses

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Mogherini goes to Moscow but is missing in action in Ukraine

April 28, 2017 Fredrik Wesslau of the European Council on Foreign Relations Russia, Ukraine

Midway into her term, Federica Mogherini found herself in Moscow. The high representative had wanted to go to Moscow for

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Bulgaria 

Plevneliev: Russia, Turkey, Macedonia and Serbia try to influence political process in Bulgaria

April 24, 2017April 25, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Macedonia, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev, Russia, Serbia, Turkey

Bulgaria’s former president Rossen Plevneliev says that four countries are trying “in one way or another” to influence the political

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Russia pulls out of Eurovision 2017 song contest in Kyiv after entrant barred by Ukraine over Crimea wrangle

April 13, 2017January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Eurovision, Russia, Ukraine

Russia has pulled out of 2017 Eurovision in Kyiv after Ukraine refused to allow Russian contestant Julia Samoylova to travel

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Bulgaria 

Handing MiG-29 engine overhaul contract to Poland was better deal for Bulgaria than with Russia, Nenchev trial told

April 12, 2017January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Poland, Russia

The conditions offered by Poland to overhaul the engines of the Bulgarian Air Force’s MiG-29 fighter jets were better than

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Bulgaria 

Russian ambassador to Bulgaria congratulates GERB leader Borissov on election victory

March 30, 2017March 31, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, energy, Russia, South Stream

The Russian ambassador in Sofia, Anatoliy Makarov, has written to centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov congratulating him on his

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria elections 2017: Daily roundup, March 24

March 24, 2017March 26, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Kornelia Ninova, Russia, Turkey

Campaigning in Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 elections closes – or is by law, is required to, lest anyone carry on

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Europe 

Ukraine bars Russia entry from Eurovision Song Contest 2017

March 22, 2017March 22, 2017 Deutsche Welle Eurovision, Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine has barred Russia’s Eurovision contestant from entering the country because she previously performed in Crimea. Relations between the neighbors

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria elections 2017: Daily roundup, March 20

March 20, 2017March 21, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Turkey

Monday March 20, the beginning of the final week of the election campaign ahead of Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections, was

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