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Month: January 2019

Bulgaria 

‘Europe in Drops of Poetry’ graffiti project in Plovdiv as part of European Capital of Culture 2019

January 20, 2019January 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

For the first time in Europe, graffiti will be placed using revolutionary technology in Plovdiv, as part of the programme

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Bulgaria 

YouTube blocks video of Bulgaria’s Plovdiv European Capital of Culture 2019 opening

January 20, 2019January 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The video of the January 12 opening ceremony of Plovdiv – European Capital of Culture 2019 on YouTube has been

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Bulgaria 

Borissov urges maximum mobilisation of his GERB party ahead of 2019 elections in Bulgaria

January 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has called for maximum mobilisation of his centre-right GERB party ahead of the country’s European

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Bulgaria 

Dossier Commission: Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Intelligence Agency, Military Intelligence refusing to co-operate

January 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Dossier Commission

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Military Intelligence and the State Intelligence Agency have been refusing to provide lists of people that

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Bulgaria 

Windows broken in vandal attack on Bulgaria’s Sofia Central Synagogue

January 20, 2019January 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

A man who threw stones from Washington Street broke windows of the Great Prayer Hall of Sofia Central Synagogue in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors: Crime group sent 25M euro to terrorist organisations over four years

January 19, 2019January 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Special Prosecutor’s Office has so far laid criminal charges against six people following a bust of an organised crime

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria extradites Russian to US to face cybercrime charges in ‘Methbot’ case

January 19, 2019January 21, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgaria has extradited to the United States a Russian national, Alexander Zhukov, alleged to have been the ringleader in a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria supreme court acquits Valeri Simeonov on anti-Roma hate speech charge

January 18, 2019January 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov

A three-member panel of Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court has acquitted nationalist politician Valeri Simeonov of charges related to his comments

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry warns on January 20 anti-Prespa meeting in Athens

January 18, 2019January 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Macedonia

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has issued a warning to the country’s citizens about a protest meeting to be held in Syntagma

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