Bulgaria has secured the removal of a third Russian national from the European Union's proposed 21st sanctions package against Moscow, Prime Minister Rumen Radev confirmed to bTV on Tuesday, saying Sofia had been prepared to block the entire package if its demands were not met. Radev did not name the individual, saying only that the person is "related to the safe functioning of the Sofia metro.

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova has said that the names of Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill and Lukoil founder Vagit Alekperov have been removed from the…

Bulgaria has given its support for the European Union’s new sanctions package against Russia after several of Sofia’s objections were addressed during negotiations. Foreign…