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Troublesome BSP MP Angelov – unfriended, or friends with the whole world?

January 29, 2014February 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sergei Stanishev, Syria, Ukraine

Strahil Angelov, the Bulgarian Socialist Party MP who caused uproar by visiting Syria and allegedly endorsing the Assad regime –

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian socialist MP Angelov defiant over Syria visit

January 22, 2014February 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Kristian Vigenin, Nikolai Mladenov, Sergei Stanishev, Syria, Syrian refugees

Bulgarian Socialist Party member of Parliament Strahil Angelov, in television interviews on January 22 after his controversial visit to Syria,

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Bulgaria 

At UN, Bulgarian President Plevneliev calls for lasting political solution to Syria crisis

September 24, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Syria

A lasting political solution to the crisis in Syria should be found through the resumption of the Geneva negotiations process,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President, government release joint position on Syria

September 18, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plamen Oresharski, Rossen Plevneliev, Syria

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev and Plamen Oresharski, prime minister in the Bulgarian Socialist Party government, released a joint position on

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Perspectives 

Russia Watch: With Syria, can Russia’s president move from Vlad the Impaler to Putin the Peacemaker?

September 18, 2013May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Syria

Vladimir Putin seems to enjoy being demonized by the West. In recent months, he has earned his share: bullying gay

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World 

Kerry and Lavrov announce US-Russian agreement on steps Syria must take on chemical weapons

September 14, 2013February 11, 2014 VOANews Syria

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S. and Russia have agreed on steps Syria must take to verify

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World 

Russia hands US its plan for Syrian diplomacy

September 12, 2013February 11, 2014 VOANews Russia, Syria

Russian news agencies report that Moscow has given the United States its plan for securing Syria’s chemical weapons ahead of

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Perspectives 

Russia Watch: Kremlin forgets – a century ago Russian soldiers were top victims of poison gas

September 1, 2013May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Syria

Russian politicians and analysts worked overtime this week trying to create a cloud of doubt around the Aug. 21 chemical

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria ‘awaiting clear resolution from UN Security Council on Syria’

August 28, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syria

In contrast to the strong positions taken by the United States, United Kingdom and France – as well as the

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