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Bulgaria To Expel Russian Diplomat Over Arms Depot Blasts April 29, 2021 13:20 GMT Share share Print SOFIA -- Bulgaria says it will expel another Russian diplomat after the countrys authorities said they suspected six Russian citizens of involvement in a series of blasts that hit four weapons and armament facilities over the past 10 years. Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry “declared one more Russian diplomat persona non grata and requested the law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation to...

No Agreement Reached On Easter Truce In Ukraine April 29, 2021 11:33 GMT Updated April 29, 2021 12:41 GMT Share share Print Negotiators in the conflict in eastern Ukraine have failed to agree a truce ahead of Orthodox Easter later this week amid a surge in fighting since the start of the year. A cease-fire that took hold in July has been unraveling, with deadly clashes sharply increasing between Ukrainian forces and Moscow-backed separatists in a war that has killed more than 13,000 people sinc...

share Print Earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued an order making the entire period from May 1 through May 10 a paid nonworking holiday. The extended vacation will encompass the May 3 Labor Day holiday and Victory Day, which is marked on May 10 this year. The April 23 decree was justified as a measure aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19 and improving the health of Russian citizens. It adds four additional days off to Russia’s calendar of holidays for this year on...

Iranians Plead Not Guilty To Danish Terrorism Charge April 29, 2021 14:07 GMT Share share Print Three members of an Iranian Arab opposition group have pleaded not guilty to Danish charges of financing and promoting terrorism in Iran with Saudi Arabias backing. The three, who are members of the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz (ASMLA) and were arrested in February last year, risk 12 years in prison if found guilty in the trial that started in Copenhagen on April 29. ASMLA is ba...

The second meeting of the Qatari-Saudi Follow-up Committee kicked off at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar.

The Phantom Papers That No One In The Western Balkans Will Own Up To Writing April 29, 2021 10:17 GMT Share share Print In recent weeks, there have been two so-called "non-papers" on sensitive political issues that have whipped up part of the Western Balkans into a state of frenzy. What’s different about these discussion papers, compared to the ones that usually swirl around the corridors of Brussels, is that very few, if any, European politicians and diplomats seem to actually possess this p...

Could the Pats pull off a blockbuster draft day trade?

By Jason Hall Apr 27, 2021 The New England Patriots are reported to be considering a blockbuster trade into the Top 10 of the NFL Draft on Thursday (April 29) night. Albert Breer reports that the Patriots "have sniffed around on a trade up into the top 10, presumably for a quarterback" in his latest mock draft published on Tuesday (April 27.) While Breers mock draft has the Pats staying at No. 15 and selecting former Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons, he acknowledges that New England has co...

Amnesty International says Belarusian workers are facing reprisals in their attempts to set up independent trade unions amid pro-democracy protests that followed a presidential election last year that opposition leaders and the West say was rigged.

Sofia Looks At Links Between Czech Blast And Bulgarian Incidents, Summons Russian Envoy April 28, 2021 12:31 GMT Updated April 28, 2021 15:33 GMT Share share Print SOFIA -- The Russian envoy has been summoned to the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry after the authorities launched an investigation into six citizens of Russia suspected of involvement in a series of blasts at four weapons and armament facilities in Bulgaria between 2011 and 2020. "From the evidence gathered so far, it can be concluded wi...