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Bulgarian Navy corvette takes part in US-Ukrainian Exercise Sea Breeze 2019

July 2, 2019July 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Ukraine

The Bulgarian Navy corvette Bodri is taking part in Sea Breeze 2019, the exercise in the Black Sea co-hosted by

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Europe 

Exit polls: Standup comic wins Ukraine runoff presidential election

April 21, 2019 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Exit polls in Ukraine indicate standup comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy has won a landslide victory in the April 21 2019 runoff

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Occupational hazards: The Russian military in Crimea

April 17, 2019April 17, 2019 Gustav Gressel of the ECFR Russia, Ukraine

While its current disposition in Crimea is mainly defensive in nature, Russia’s military build-up on the peninsula could soon turn

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church denies deciding on independence of Ukrainian church

January 27, 2019January 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Ukraine

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church has rejected reports in Ukrainian media that its governing body has decided to support the autocephaly

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch: ‘Macedonia’ church issue to await settlement on name

January 21, 2019January 23, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Macedonia, Ukraine

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church will address the question of the autocephaly of the “Macedonian Orthodox Church” after the process of

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Europe 

Ecumenical Patriarch signs proclamation of autocephaly of Orthodox Church of Ukraine

January 6, 2019January 8, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Ukraine

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartolomeos I has signed the “tomos” document officially proclaiming the Orthodox Church of Ukraine as autocephalous. Bartolomeos I

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Europe 

Russia and Ukraine in 2019: More conflict ahead?

December 25, 2018December 25, 2018 Deutsche Welle Russia, Ukraine

With two elections next year, Ukraine is facing upheaval on the domestic front. Russia, meanwhile, is shaking up its foreign

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Bulgaria 

Russians top list of 20 largest groups of foreigners in Bulgaria – statistics institute

December 18, 2018December 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Israel, Macedonia, Russia, Syria, Ukraine

Russians are the largest group of foreigners in Bulgaria, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in a special report, citing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian nationalist party congratulates Poroshenko on founding of independent Ukranian Orthodox church

December 16, 2018December 16, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Russia, Ukraine, Valeri Simeonov

The National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria (NFSB), an ultra-nationalist party that is part of the country’s governing coalition,

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