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Russian ambassador will not be invited to opening of Bulgaria’s new Parliament

October 13, 2022October 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Russia’s ambassador to Bulgaria Eleonora Mitrofanova and the chargé d’affaires of the embassy of Belarus Nikita Leshukov will not be

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Europe 

Bulgaria among majority of UN countries rejecting Putin’s ‘annexation’ of four regions of Ukraine

October 13, 2022October 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria was among 143 member states of the United Nations supporting a resolution in the United Nations General Assembly rejecting

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Bulgaria 

Row over invitation to Russian ambassador to attend opening of Bulgaria’s new Parliament

October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Controversy has erupted over whether the Russian ambassador in Sofia, Elonora Mitrofanova, should be invited to attend the first sitting

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Europe 

Further 550M euro from the EIB Group backed by EU guarantee reaches Ukraine

October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Union’s bank, has this week disbursed the second tranche of the immediate assistance

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Europe 

Nato chief: Putin is failing in Ukraine, while Ukraine has the momentum

October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Nato will step up and sustain its support for Ukraine, which has the momentum and continues to make significant gains,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s President among 11 CEE heads of state condemning Russia’s bombardments of Ukrainian cities

October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s President Roumen Radev is among nine heads of state from the Bucharest Nine, supported by the presidents of North

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Bulgaria 

New official figures: 53 062 Ukrainians remain in Bulgaria

October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

A total of 53 062 Ukrainians remain in Bulgaria, according to an update on the government’s dedicated Bulgaria for Ukraine

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Perspectives 

Divisions over Ukraine dominate Bulgarian politics in aftermath of elections

October 10, 2022October 10, 2022 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has decreed that the newly-elected 48th National Assembly will hold its first sitting

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Europe 

EU agrees eighth sanctions package against Russia

October 6, 2022October 6, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The Council of the EU said on October 6 that it decided to impose a new package of economic and

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