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Bulgaria offers to repair Ukrainian military equipment in its factories

April 28, 2022May 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria is ready to repair Ukrainian military equipment in its factories, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said in Kyiv on April

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Bulgaria 

EC pays 148M euro to Bulgaria to help receive Ukrainian refugees

April 28, 2022April 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) has paid more than 148.3 million euro to Bulgaria, part of a total of 3.5 billion

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM says arms to Ukraine issue will not bring down government

April 28, 2022April 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said during a visit to Ukraine on April 28 that he did not think the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry warns against travel to Moldova

April 28, 2022April 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry called on the country’s citizens on April 28 not to travel to Moldova, given what the ministry

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM leads delegation to Kyiv as arms to Ukraine issue smoulders

April 27, 2022April 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

A Bulgarian delegation led by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov leaves for Ukraine’s capital city Kyiv on April 27 with the

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Bulgaria 

Axed arms firm head claims Bulgaria exports weapons to Ukraine via intermediaries

April 27, 2022April 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Alexander Mihailov, recently dismissed as head of Bulgaria’s state-owned Kintex defence equipment trading firm, said in a television interview on

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Bulgaria 

EC proposes suspending import duties on all Ukrainian exports to EU

April 27, 2022April 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) proposed on April 27 to suspend for one year import duties on all Ukrainian exports to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria prepared for Russian ‘blackmail’ gas stoppage – PM

April 27, 2022April 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said on April 27 that the country’s Energy Ministry had a plan to minimise the

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Bulgaria 

EC President on Russian gas cut-off: Attempt at blackmail

April 27, 2022April 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia, Ukraine

The announcement by Gazprom that it is unilaterally stopping delivery of gas to customers in Europe is yet another attempt

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