Is the EU kowtowing to the Kremlin on Magnitsky sanctions?
Bill Browder has spent nine years campaigning to punish Russian officials responsible for killing his friend Sergei Magnitsky. He hopes
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Bulgaria court holds Russian alleged online fraudster at US request
The District Court in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Varna has remanded in custody a 38-year-old Russian sought for
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Patriarch Neofit: Bulgarian Orthodox Church still has no official position on independence of Ukrainian church
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church still has no official position on the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s decision that Ukraine could have its own
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Opinion: Orthodox Church rift is a defeat for Vladimir Putin
In Saint Sophia’s Cathedral in Kyiv, currently a museum, there is scaffolding and noise. I visited the church, which boasts
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EU extends Russia sanctions to March 2019
The Council of the European Union has prolonged the restrictive measures over actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty
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Bulgarian Defence Ministry budgets 82M leva to overhaul Russian-made Su-25 fighter-bombers
Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry is again set to spend millions of leva on overhauling ageing Soviet-made military aircraft, offering a tender
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Second line of Turkish Stream pipeline project over 45 per cent completed
The Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline project’s spokesperson Asli Esen said on Wednesday that its second line is over 45
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Georgia’s frozen conflict takes psychological toll
As Ilya Bervashvili walks out onto to his corn fields, the blue circle on the map moves beyond the dotted
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Change of stance as Cabinet adopts report that does not see Russia as threat to EU, Bulgaria
The 2017 annual report on national security, adopted by the government and yet to be approved by Parliament, does not
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