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Month: April 2019

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Bulgarian military to move equipment into Sofia for 2019 Armed Forces Day parade

April 29, 2019May 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The movement of military equipment from various bases in Bulgaria into Sofia for the May 6 2019 Armed Forces Day

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Bulgaria 

Orthodox Easter 2019: PMs of Bulgaria, North Macedonia exchange greetings

April 29, 2019April 29, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Republic of North Macedonia counterpart Zoran Zaev have exchanged warm greetings on the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Personal Data in key stance on media reporting

April 28, 2019April 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Personal Data has issued its opinion on personal information that the media can lawfully publish,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Jewish organisation joins in condemnation of shooting attack on San Diego synagogue

April 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” has joined in responses to the shooting attack on the Chabad of

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Bulgaria 

Orthodox Easter 2019: Bishop from N Macedonia thanks Bulgaria for ‘brotherly love’

April 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Macedonia

In a historic first, a bishop from the “Macedonian Orthodox Church” flew on a Bulgarian government aircraft to Jerusalem to

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Bulgaria 

Stormy weather: Drenching rain, hailstorms in Bulgaria at Orthodox Easter 2019

April 27, 2019April 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Macedonia

Three flights were redirected from Sofia Airport to Bulgaria’s Black Sea cities of Varna and Bourgas on April 27 as

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Bulgaria 

‘Holy fire’ appears at Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem as Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter

April 27, 2019April 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Macedonia

In an annual Easter ritual sacred to Orthodox Christians, the “holy fire” was distributed at the Church of the Holy

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Bulgaria 

Close to two-thirds of under-18 asylum seekers in Bulgaria in 2018 were unaccompanied minors

April 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees

Fifty-seven per cent of the asylum seekers in Bulgaria in 2018 aged younger than 18 were unaccompanied minors, European Union

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Europe 

North Macedonia: Election campaign continues as rhetoric heats up

April 27, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The election campaign for the second round of presidential elections continues in North Macedonia, as rhetoric between the two candidates

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