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Radev says Bulgaria would veto EU sanctions on Russian nuclear fuel

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

Speaking ahead of a European Council meeting in Brussels on February 9, Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev said

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EU foreign policy chief: Russia has built networks, infrastructure to mislead, lie and destabilise

February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Russia has built  networks and an infrastructure to mislead, to lie and destabilise, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on

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EU and G7 partners agree price cap on Russian petroleum products

February 4, 2023February 4, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Union – together with the international G7+ Price Cap Coalition – adopted on February 4 further price caps

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EU increases support to Ukrainian armed forces to 3.6B euro

February 2, 2023February 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Ahead of the summit between the European Union and Ukraine, the Council of the EU adopted on February 2 assistance measures

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Losing in Ukraine, Putin destabilises Karabakh

February 2, 2023February 8, 2023 Nikolay Marchenko Russia, Ukraine

Moscow is rocking the boat in Karabakh and other separatist regions such as Transnistria and Abkhazia to distract the world’s

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Europe 

EC plans 10th package of sanctions against Russia over war in Ukraine

February 2, 2023February 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) plans to have a 10th package of sanctions against Russia in place by February 24 2023,

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Bulgaria 

US sanctions Bulgarian firm over evasion of sanctions on Russia

February 2, 2023February 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed full blocking sanctions against 22 individuals

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Bulgaria’s Parliament: Holodomor was genocide

February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on February 1 to recognise the famine inflicted by the Soviet regime on Ukraine in 1932-1933

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Bulgaria extends temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees to March 4 2024

February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The temporary protection system for refugees from Ukraine, fleeing Russia’s war on their country, is to be extended as of

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