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Month: September 2018

Bulgaria 

Monument of Gratitude for rescue of Bulgarian Jews from Holocaust unveiled in Tel Aviv

September 6, 2018September 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Jews, Israel

A Monument of Gratitude for the rescue of Bulgarian Jews from mass murder in the Holocaust has been unveiled in

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Europe 

Nazi insults targeting Romanian president enrage German officials

September 6, 2018September 6, 2018 Deutsche Welle Romania

Tensions flared in Romania this week after a politician from the ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD) posted a video on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov praises security co-operation during visit to Israel

September 5, 2018September 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Israel

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov praised the high level of co-operation between the security services of Bulgaria and Israel during

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria abstaining from joining European Intervention Initiative – Defence Minister

September 5, 2018September 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Krassimir Karakachanov

Bulgaria would abstain for the time being from joining the European Intervention Initiative, the country’s Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov told

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors raid spirits company in tax evasion probe

September 5, 2018September 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on September 5 that the offices of spirits maker Vinprom Karnobat, its parent company SIS Industries

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Europe 

Eurovision clashes with Israel as host country

September 5, 2018September 5, 2018 Deutsche Welle Eurovision, Israel

After organizers of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) toured Israel last week to scout for possible venues for the 2019

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Bulgaria 

Farmers in Bulgaria’s Silistra kill pigs to forestall euthanasia over African Swine Fever – reports

September 4, 2018July 24, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

Farmers in villages in Bulgaria’s Silistra district have started large-scale killing of their pigs, to avoid the pigs being euthanised

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party quits Parliament, sort of

September 4, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Kornelia Ninova

Kornelia Ninova, leader of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), used the September 4 opening of the new session of

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Bulgaria 

Man in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv diagnosed with West Nile fever

September 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

A man in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv has been diagnosed with West Nile fever, health authorities confirmed on September 3.

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