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Bulgarian President Radev: Military effect of air strike on Syria ‘negligible’

April 16, 2018April 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Syria

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has expressed a critical view of the US-led air strike on Syria on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria calls for de-escalation of tensions after US-led air strike on Syria

April 14, 2018April 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Syria

Bulgaria’s government has effectively backed the air strike by US, British and French forces in Syria, describing it as a

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Bulgaria 

Defence Minister: No request to Bulgaria to assist in possible strike on Syria

April 13, 2018April 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Syria

No one has asked Bulgaria for political support, or air corridors or logistical support in connection with the escalating tension

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s main foreign policy national security risks in 2016 were Syria war, migrant pressure on EU – official report

August 23, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit, Syria

The main foreign policy risks to Bulgaria’s national security in 2016 came from the continuing military operations in Syria, instability

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Bulgarian caretaker government approves humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria

April 19, 2017April 19, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Syria, Syrian refugees

At what is likely to be one of its last few meetings, Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet has approved the provision of

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Bulgaria ‘accepts’ US air strike on Syrian airport as part of efforts to stop use of chemical weapons – Foreign Ministry

April 8, 2017April 11, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Syria

Bulgaria accepts the air strike by US forces on a Syrian Air Force airport as part of efforts to address

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Bulgarian PM says will back sanctions on Russia if hostilities in Aleppo continue

October 20, 2016October 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Russia, Syria

Bulgaria would favour EU sanctions against Russia if hostilities in Aleppo continue, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on October 20

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Lavrov: Turkey downing jet ‘planned provocation’ but not going to war

November 25, 2015November 25, 2015 VOANews Nato, Russia, Syria, Turkey

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that Turkey’s downing of a Russian warplane “looks like a planned provocation,” but

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Bulgarian PM: Tension between Nato, Russia ‘not good’

November 24, 2015November 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Nato, Russia, Syria, Turkey

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on November 24 that the downing of a Russian military plane by Turkish fighter

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