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Poroshenko urges parliament to approve martial law today after Russia attacks in Azov Sea

November 26, 2018 The Kyiv Post Nato, Russia, Ukraine

At an emergency meeting late on the night of November 25, the Military Cabinet passed a resolution to impose a

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Europe 

Russia attacks, seizes three Ukrainian Navy vessels

November 26, 2018November 26, 2018 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Russia fired on two Ukrainian naval ships and rammed a third vessel in the Black Sea on November 25, accusing

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Bulgaria 

Patriarch Neofit: Bulgarian Orthodox Church still has no official position on independence of Ukrainian church

October 19, 2018October 21, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Russia, Ukraine

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church still has no official position on the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s decision that Ukraine could have its own

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Opinion: Orthodox Church rift is a defeat for Vladimir Putin

October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 Deutsche Welle Russia, Ukraine

In Saint Sophia’s Cathedral in Kyiv, currently a museum, there is scaffolding and noise. I visited the church, which boasts

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Bulgaria 

Poroshenko tells Bulgarian PM he dreams of a new road linking Odessa to Varna

October 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Ukraine

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has told visiting Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov: “I dream that we will sit together in

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Europe 

EU extends Russia sanctions to March 2019

September 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The Council of the European Union has prolonged the restrictive measures over actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty

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Europe 

EU extends sanctions over illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol to June 2019

June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The Council of the European Union said on June 18 that it was extending restrictive measures in response to the

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Bulgaria 

Prime Ministers of Bulgaria and Ukraine unveil memorial to Dimitar Peshev in Kyiv

May 27, 2018May 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Jews, Ukraine

At a ceremony on May 27, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Groysman opened a square

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Bulgaria 

Borissov meets Poroshenko: ‘Ukraine has an important place in the foreign policy priorities of Bulgaria’

May 26, 2018May 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Ukraine

Ukraine has an important place among the foreign policy priorities of Bulgaria, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov told President Petro Poroshenko

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