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Bulgarian Foreign Minister calls for Russia to immediately release Ukrainian pilot Savchenko

March 11, 2016March 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov, in his capacity as head of the committee of ministers of the Council of Europe,

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Europe 

Savchenko flips off Russian court as it delays her verdict

March 10, 2016 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Nadiya Savchenko showed that she will be defiant to the end when during a March 9 court hearing she gave

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian parliamentary committee on Russian, Turkish interference in politics set for stillbirth

March 2, 2016March 4, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Russia, Turkey

The first meeting of Bulgaria’s parliamentary special committee to examine allegations of interference by Turkey and Russia in the country’s

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Europe 

Turks see Russia as greatest threat, poll finds

March 2, 2016March 2, 2016 Dorian Jones of VOANews Russia, Turkey

With Russian-Turkish tensions mounting, a recent poll finds that the Turkish people see Russia as their greatest threat. The annual

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM joins controversy over parliamentary committee on interference by Russia and Turkey in politics

February 28, 2016March 1, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan, Russia, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has joined the controversy over Parliament’s decision to set up an ad hoc committee to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Russia’s comments on parliamentary probe into domestic political interference are ‘impertinent’

February 26, 2016February 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Turkey

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has described as impertinent comments by Russia describing as “neo-McCarthyism” the Bulgarian National Assembly’s setting up of

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Europe 

Latvian FM: Substantial Nato presence needed in Baltics

February 26, 2016 VOANews Nato, Russia

Latvia’s foreign minister says NATO needs to increase its presence in the Baltic region, given Russia’s annexation of Crimea in

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Europe 

Poland, Russia reach consensus on road transport permits

February 22, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia

Polish deputy Infrastructure Minister Jerzy Szmit and his Russian counterpart Nikolai Asaul Friday reached agreement on restoring international road transports

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament sets up committee to probe Russian, Turkish interference in domestic politics

February 19, 2016February 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Turkey

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted by a large majority on February 19 2016 to accept a proposal to set up a

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