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Russia cuts off natural gas supplies to Bulgaria – reports

April 26, 2022April 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s state-owned energy company Bulgargaz has received a notification that as of April 27, deliveries to it from Russia’s Gazprom

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Bulgaria 

Socialist party refuses to join Bulgarian PM’s delegation in Kyiv

April 26, 2022April 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), the ruling coalition member vehemently opposed to proposals for Bulgaria to supply arms to Ukraine,

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Europe 

World Bank: Food, energy price shocks from war in Ukraine could last years

April 26, 2022April 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine, World Bank

Russia’s war on Ukraine has dealt a major shock to commodity markets, altering global patterns of trade, production, and consumption

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Bulgaria 

Borissov sparks row with claim Bulgaria is secretly arming Ukraine

April 25, 2022April 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Russia, Ukraine

Opposition GERB-UDF leader and former prime minister Boiko Borissov sparked a row on April 25 by alleging, without offering evidence,

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Europe 

Eurojust’s powers to be boosted to gather evidence of war crimes in Ukraine

April 25, 2022April 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) is proposing to amend the regulation on EU criminal justice cooperation agency Eurojust to give the

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Bulgaria 

PM to lead Bulgarian coalition government delegation to Kyiv on April 27

April 24, 2022April 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Russia, Ukraine

A delegation from Bulgaria’s ruling coalition, headed by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, will travel to Ukraine’s capital city Kyiv on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM personally backs sending military aid to Ukraine

April 23, 2022April 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said in a television interview on April 23 that as an individual, not as Prime

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Bulgaria 

Head of Bulgaria’s HQ on Ukrainian refugees quits

April 23, 2022April 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The head of Bulgaria’s national operational co-ordination group on those fleeing the war in Ukraine, Valeri Rachev, has withdrawn from

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Europe 

EC proposes to amend 2022 EU budget to ensure support for people fleeing Ukraine

April 22, 2022April 22, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) said on April 22 that it was proposing to reinforce the EU’s 2022 budget with 99.8

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