Foreign Minister: Bulgaria backs stepped-up Black Sea exercises, but only under Nato flag
Bulgaria always has supported the idea of intensified exercises in the Black Sea, but only under the Nato flag, Foreign
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Russia
Russians extremely disappointed over Olympics ban
Russia’s track and field team has been banned from the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The global body that
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EU extends sanctions against Russia over illegal annexation of Crimea, Sevastopol
The European Council has extended by a year its sanctions against Russia in response to Moscow’s illegal annexation of Crimea
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Bulgaria loses Belene nuclear power plant arbitration court action
Bulgaria’s state electric utility NEK lost an arbitration lawsuit against Russia’s Atomstroyexport, the company picked to build two 1000MW nuclear
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PM Borissov opposes Bulgarian participation in Black Sea fleet
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has spoken out against his country taking part in a Black Sea fleet being proposed
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Defence Minister: Bulgaria ready to contribute soldiers to Nato brigade in Romania
Bulgaria could deploy about 400 military personnel to take part in training and joint exercises as part of a Nato
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Russian Orthodox Church pulls out of Pan-Orthodox Council
In what was hardly a surprise move, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church called on June 13 for
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Russian Orthodox Patriarch: USSR preserved Christian morality
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, recently said that the Soviet Union preserved Russia’s Christian morality –
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Russia opposes Nato war games in Poland
Russian president Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Pesko said on Tuesday that the launch of Nato manoeuvres in Poland “do not
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