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Bulgarian deputy PM Simeonov: Russian Patriarch Kirill is ‘second-rate Soviet cop’

March 7, 2018March 8, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Valeri Simeonov

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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Bulgaria 

Two Bulgarian former presidents enter controversy over Russian Patriarch Kirill’s dispute over history

March 6, 2018March 7, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev, Russia

Two Bulgarian former heads of state have entered the controversy sparked by Russian Patriarch Kirill taking offence at other countries

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Bulgaria 

Borissov and Putin discuss meeting during Bulgaria’s EU Presidency

March 5, 2018March 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency, energy, Russia

In a telephone conversation on March 5, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and Russian president Vladimir Putin discussed meeting during

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Bulgaria 

Russian Patriarch Kirill’s visit to Bulgaria for Liberation Day hit by controversies

March 4, 2018March 6, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Roumen Radev, Russia

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

March 2, 2018March 5, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Russia, South Stream

The underlying conflicts and conflicting interests in Europe on the occasion of the operation of the second part of the

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Bulgaria 

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill to visit Bulgaria for celebrations of 140th annniversary of Liberation

March 1, 2018March 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Russia

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

February 24, 2018 Deutsche Welle energy, Israel, Russia

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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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Patriarch Neofit does not attend Moscow Patriarchate’s restoration centenary celebrations

December 3, 2017December 4, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Macedonia, Russia

A delegation of senior clergy from the Bulgarian Orthodox Church left for the celebrations of the centenary of the restoration

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Bulgaria 

President Radev on Soviet monuments: It’s up to the Bulgarian foreign ministry to respond to the Russian foreign ministry

November 11, 2017November 12, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Plovdiv, Roumen Radev, Russia

There is a clear protocol, that the Bulgarian foreign ministry should respond to the Russian foreign ministry, Bulgarian President Roumen

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