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Month: July 2019

Bulgaria 

Mosque in Bulgaria’s Karlovo defaced with Nazi symbols, vulgar language

July 4, 2019July 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Office of the Chief Mufti, spiritual leader of Bulgaria’s Muslim minority, has reacted with indignation to the defacing of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament gives final approval to cutting state subsidies for political parties

July 4, 2019July 7, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved on July 4 the second reading of amendments to the 2019 Budget Act that cut the

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Europe 

Young Jewish Europeans face increasing antisemitism, new EU study finds

July 4, 2019July 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Many young Jewish Europeans face antisemitic harassment in Europe, but are also very resilient as they clearly express their Jewish

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Bulgaria 

More than 84% of recent graduates in Bulgaria have jobs – Eurostat

July 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The employment rate for recent tertiary graduates in Bulgaria in 2018 was 84.5 per cent, European Union statistics agency Eurostat

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Bulgaria 

In Bulgaria’s Nedelino, a plaque unveiled to commemorate forced labour by Jews during the Holocaust

July 3, 2019October 30, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

Amid the rolling lush green hills of Bulgaria’s Rhodope mountains and the soaring majesty of the pines that cluster closely

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Europe 

Italy’s Sassoli elected European Parliament president as Bulgaria’s Stanishev withdraws

July 3, 2019July 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament, Sergei Stanishev

MEPs have elected Italy’s David-Maria Sassoli, 63, as president of the European Parliament for a two-and-a-half-year term on July 3,

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Perspectives 

Opinion: In the end, it was a backroom deal

July 3, 2019July 3, 2019 Deutsche Welle European Commission, European Parliament

It was an unexpected victory for Angela Merkel. It has been 50 years since we last had a German leading

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Bulgaria 

EU leaders suggest Bulgaria’s Stanishev, Germany’s Weber as successive EP presidents – reports

July 2, 2019July 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian European elections 2019, European Parliament, Sergei Stanishev

European Union leaders are informally suggesting that Party of European Socialists leader and Bulgarian MEP Sergei Stanishev be elected for

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Europe 

EU leaders pick Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen to lead European Commission

July 2, 2019July 5, 2019 Deutsche Welle

The European Council proposed German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen to become European Commission President, European Council President Donald

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