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Nato chief: Vilnius Summit has made history on Sweden, will take key decisions on Ukraine

July 11, 2023July 11, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Lithuania, Nato, Russia, Turkey, Türkiye, Ukraine

Speaking at the start of a two-day Nato Summit in Vilnius on July 11, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed President

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UK journalists held in Türkiye with would-be refugee group allege torture, physical abuse by Turkish authorities

June 7, 2023June 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Turkey

Two UK journalists who were detained in Türkiye with 104 members of a persecuted US-based minority religion have been released

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Europe 

Religious minority asylum-seekers detained at Turkish-Bulgarian border say they were beaten, tortured

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Turkey, Türkiye

Thirty of 104 members of religious minority group Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light who had presented themselves at the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian, EU leaders congratulate Türkiye’s Erdoğan on election victory

May 29, 2023May 29, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey, Türkiye

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has congratulated Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on his re-election as President of Türkiye. Deutsche

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Bulgaria 

Members of religious minority held at Turkish-Bulgarian border face prison, execution if deported

May 27, 2023May 27, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey, Türkiye

More than 100 members of The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light, a persecuted religious minority, who have presented themselves

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Bulgaria 

Members of religious minority seeking asylum pushed back at Turkish-Bulgarian border

May 24, 2023May 24, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

More than 100 members of a religious minority, the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light, who tried to cross into

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways adds additional couchette car to trains between Sofia and Istanbul

March 29, 2023March 29, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, tourism, Turkey

Bulgarian state railways BDZ will provide an additional couchette car to the composition of the Sofia – Istanbul – Sofia

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Pledges of 7B euro for people of Türkiye and Syria at International Donors Conference

March 20, 2023March 20, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Syria, Turkey

Pledges worth seven billion euro to help the people of Türkiye and Syria hit by the February earthquakes were made

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Red Cross has sent aid worth close to 310 000 euro to earthquake-hit Türkiye and Syria

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey, Türkiye

So far, the Bulgarian Red Cross (BRC) has provided material aid Türkiye and Syria from its disaster reserve to a

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