Bulgaria's outgoing Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov spent his mandate trying to boot out the Russians, and has no doubt that Moscow will redouble efforts to recover its influence now his administration has collapsed. Denkov, who stepped down on Tuesday, tol...
6 months agoBehind an imposing wooden desk in Sofia, in a complex once housing a statue of Lenin, the man who presides over the 20-strong group of eurozone finance ministers chose his words carefully.“I am strongly convinced that Bulgaria will join the euro area in 2...
5 months agoThis story was originally published in German by WELT, a sister publication of POLITICO in the Axel Springer Group.Almost two years ago, several explosions in the Baltic Sea caused a worldwide uproar. A short time later, it was clear that three of the fou...
1 month agoGermany’s Foreign Ministry doubled down Thursday on its jeering of Donald Trump, deepening a spat between the former U.S. president and German officials.The fight began when Trump claimed during the U.S. presidential debate Tuesday night that Germany’s sh...
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