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Day: January 22, 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government, prosecutors in show of support for Jewish community after Synagogue attack

January 22, 2019January 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s Interior Minister, other top officials and the Prosecutor-General have expressed strong support for the country’s Jewish community after a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Justice Ministry proposes scrapping granting citizenship in return for investment

January 22, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s Justice Ministry is proposing amendments to the Bulgarian Citizenship Act which would scrap the possibility of obtaining citizenship through

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Bulgaria 

Health ministries of Sofia, Skopje sign co-operation plan

January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev and his counterpart from Skopje, Venko Filipce, signed a co-operation plan on January 22, setting

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Bulgaria 

Sliven, Haskovo districts become latest in Bulgaria to declare flu epidemics

January 22, 2019January 23, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The districts of Sliven and Haskovo have become the latest in Bulgaria to declare an influenza epidemic since the beginning

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Bulgaria 

Only one in 10 people in Bulgaria sees antisemitism as a problem in the country – Eurobarometer poll

January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

Ten per cent of Bulgarians polled in a Eurobarometer survey said that antisemitism was a problem in the country, while

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Europe 

EU fines Mastercard 570 million euro over cross-border obstruction

January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on January 22 that it has fined Mastercard a total of 570.6 million euro for limiting

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Europe 

Tensions sky high as Greek parliament discusses Prespa Agreement

January 22, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

As Greece’s parliament prepares to vote on January 24 on the Prespa Agreement which provides for the name of the

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Bulgaria 

Police hold man in connection with stone-throwing attack on Sofia Central Synagogue

January 22, 2019January 23, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Police in Bulgarian capital city Sofia have taken into custody a 35-year-old man in connection with an incident in which

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