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Day: January 27, 2020

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World Jewish Congress president: ‘Speeches are not enough to stop antisemitism’

January 27, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

World Jewish Congress president Ronald Lauder told Deutsche Welle in a January 27 interview marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day: “Speeches

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Bulgaria 

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Bulgarian survivors tell their stories

January 27, 2020March 18, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

It is January 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day. A day on which international leaders gather, and swear, hand on heart:

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Bulgaria 

Pernik water crisis: Bulgarian prosecutors charge two more people

January 27, 2020January 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on January 27 that it pressed charges of mismanagement against two officials in the ongoing investigation

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Bulgaria 

Number of flu epidemics declared in Bulgaria increases again

January 27, 2020January 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of declarations of influenza epidemics in districts and municipalities in Bulgaria rose further on the afternoon of January

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Plovdiv declares flu epidemic, closing schools until February 6

January 27, 2020January 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv has become the latest to declare an influenza epidemic, closing schools from January 28 until February

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Bulgaria 

Organization of Bulgarian Jews marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 27, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

In a message on January 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” spoke of

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