Russian culture

The Russian Embassy in Bulgaria has a property deed of the Russian Church - this confirmed the verification of the Registration Agency. The notary confessed to he transaction in 1997, according to Lovech Metropolitan Gavriil. Metropolitan Gavriil added that neither the Sofia Metropolitanate nor the Holy Synod owns such property.

A bill banning the Russian Orthodox Church has been submitted to Ukraine's parliament, the country's media reported.

"All the prosecution has are mere accusations, without a single fact. I have never in my life had access to classified information so that I could get it from somewhere and pass it on to someone. My positions have always been public. After I was released from the detention centre, I told all the media that I would continue to do what I do.

Yesterday, Russian authorities gave permission to the local tour operator Pegas Touristik to resume charter flights to Bulgaria, told TravelNews Rumyana Yuksel, Manager of Aqua Tour BG, who is representative of the Russian tour operator in Bulgaria.

A special squad of Military Formation 28 610 - Gorna Banya of the Land Forces was activated at 12:30 noon to dispose of ammunition found in the grassland opposite the South Bus Station in Sofia, said the Ministry of Defence. 

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A gala night was organized on Nov. 21 for one of the masterpieces of the great Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, "The Seagull," staged by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality City Theaters at the Harbiye Muhsin Ertuğrul Theater. 

Speaking to state-run Anadolu Agency, director Yıldırım Urağ said Chekhov was very important to him and he was delighted to stage him in Istanbul.

A scandal without precedent in post-Soviet history has occurred in relations between Moscow and Belgrade.

The Beta agency reported this on Friday, quoting an article published by the Moscow-based newspaper Kommersant.

A memorandum signed in Moscow on Tuesday enables Russia to "significantly activate" the delivery of weapons to Serbia, writes a Moscow-based daily.

The Kommersant reported this citing sources in the Russian government.

A court fined the Turkish Foreign Ministry 5,000 Turkish Liras for losing the awards of world-renowned Turkish historian Professor ?lber Ortayl?.

Ortayl? has received several badges from the several countries, which were given to the Foreign Ministry for their registration. However, the awards went missing when they were under the Foreign Ministry's roof.