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Day: January 27, 2019

Bulgaria 

Opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party to begin deciding candidates for European Parliament elections

January 27, 2019January 29, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Kornelia Ninova

The opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will open nominations on January 28 for its candidates for the country’s May 2019

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Tourism Ministry: No tourists in distress in mountain resorts after heavy snowfalls

January 27, 2019January 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Tourism said on January 27 that it was in constant touch with mayors and district governors and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church denies deciding on independence of Ukrainian church

January 27, 2019January 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Ukraine

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church has rejected reports in Ukrainian media that its governing body has decided to support the autocephaly

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian co-ordinator against antisemitism: ‘Wave of populism and rhetoric threatens democratic values’

January 27, 2019January 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

In Europe and beyond the Atlantic, there is again a wave of populism and rhetoric that is threatening and questioning

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Bulgaria 

Flu epidemic declarations now cover most districts in Bulgaria

January 27, 2019January 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Declarations of flu epidemics now cover 22 out of 28 districts in Bulgaria, with schools closed into the coming week.

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Europe 

Mogherini on Holocaust Remembrance Day: Antisemitism, and all racism, is attack against foundations of EU

January 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

On Holocaust Remembrance Day we remember the systematic attempt by the Nazi regime and its allies to exterminate the Jewish

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Bulgaria 

Emergency in Bulgaria’s Smolyan district enters second day after heavy snowfall

January 27, 2019January 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Twenty military personnel from Bulgaria’s 101st Alpine Regiment were continuing to provide assistance to the population of the Smolyan district

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