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Day: May 5, 2019

Europe 

North Macedonia’s presidential elections: Pendarovski leads after second round – provisional

May 5, 2019May 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Stevo Pendarovski, the candidate of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia and the ethnic Albanian Democratic Union for Integration, was

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Jewish community speaks out after more than 600 missiles launched against Israel from Gaza

May 5, 2019May 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

Shalom, the Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria, has expressed deep concern about the escalating tensions in the West Bank,

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Bulgaria 

Pope Francis conducts Mass in Bulgarian capital: ‘God calls, God surprises, God loves’

May 5, 2019May 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Knyaz Alexander I Battenberg Square in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia became the focus of the Roman Catholic world on the

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Bulgaria 

Thousands turn out to see Pope Francis as he begins visit to Bulgaria

May 5, 2019May 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Thousands of people turned out for the first events on the programme of the visit by Pope Francis to Bulgaria,

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Bulgaria 

Pope Francis in talks with Bulgarian Orthodox Church leaders: ‘This meeting which I so much wanted’

May 5, 2019May 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Pope Francis held talks with Patriarch Neofit and other leaders of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church at the Holy Synod headquarters

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Bulgaria 

Pope Francis in Bulgaria: Photo gallery

May 5, 2019May 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

On the first day of his visit to Bulgaria, Pope Francis was received at Sofia Airport by Prime Minister Boiko

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Bulgaria 

Pope Francis in Sofia: ‘Reject every attempt to use religion for purposes other than religious’

May 5, 2019May 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

Beginning his visit to Bulgaria on May 5, Pope Francis held talks with Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and President Roumen

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Bulgaria 

Pope Francis arrives in Sofia for May 5-7 visit to Bulgaria

May 5, 2019May 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Pope Francis arrived in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on the morning of May 5 and was welcomed by Prime Minister

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