EU prolongs economic sanctions on Russia by six months
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
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
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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Prosecutor-General requests probe after Russophile leader accused of spying allowed to leave Bulgaria
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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Bulgarian PM praises Russia for not reciprocating over expulsion of ‘spy’ diplomat
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’s Foreign Ministry: Russian ‘spy’ given 24 hours to quit the country has left
The Russian diplomat given 24 hours to leave Bulgaria following allegations of espionage has flown to Moscow along with his
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US, UK embassies respond to Bulgaria expelling Russian ‘spy’
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 hands Russian ambassador note giving ‘spy’ 24 hours to leave the country
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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Bulgarian prosecutors: First secretary of Russian embassy in Sofia committed espionage
Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office said on October 28 that it had confirmed that the first secretary of the Russian embassy in
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