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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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Zahoor sells Kyiv Post for at least $3.5 million to Adnan Kivan, Syrian millionaire in Odesa

March 22, 2018 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Mohammad Zahoor, only the second owner in the Kyiv Post’s nearly 23-year history, has decided to sell the newspaper to

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Partners for Life: Europe’s unanswered ‘Eastern Question’

October 27, 2017 Andrew Wilson of the European Council on Foreign Relations Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Ukraine

Next month the Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit convenes for the fifth time. This could be a crucial moment for the

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Europe 

Critics: Ukraine’s parliament passes law that would make many graft investigations impossible

October 3, 2017 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, on Oct. 3 passed a judicial reform bill that would make it almost impossible to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s new Foreign Minister defends sanctions on Russia, says losses ‘far from what is said’

May 5, 2017May 7, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Ekaterina Zaharieva, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s new Foreign Minister, Ekaterina Zaharieva, has defended European Union sanctions against Russia, adding that while Bulgaria suffered economic losses

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