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Month: January 2020

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria prosecutors seek clarity on presidential immunity, release wire-taps

January 28, 2020January 31, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on January 28 that Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev’s request for a Constitutional Court ruling on presidential immunity

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Bulgaria 

Automatic weapons found at home of man who shot himself in Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security building

January 28, 2020January 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

A large quantity of firearms and ammunition has been found at the home of a man who fatally shot himself

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Bulgaria 

Foreign tourist visits to Bulgaria in 2019 were slightly up on 2018 – statistics institute

January 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

There were 9.3 million foreign tourist visits to Bulgaria in 2019, about 0.4 per cent higher than in 2018, the

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Bulgaria 

Pernik water crisis: Sofia city council approves government’s rescue plan

January 28, 2020January 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

A meeting of Sofia city council on January 28 overwhelmingly approved a rescue plan proposed by the Bulgarian government intended

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Bulgaria 

Exhibition ‘New Bulgarian Painting 3’ opens in Sofia on January 28

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

An exhibition entitled “New Bulgarian Painting 3” opens at the Oborishte 5 Hall and Gallery on January 28 at 6.30pm

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Bulgaria 

Dominic Miller Group on Tour 2020 coming to Bulgaria’s Plovdiv and Varna in March

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

The Dominic Miller Group on Tour 2020 will be coming to Bulgaria’s cities of Plovdiv and Varna in 2020, according

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Bulgaria 

Sofia court overturns ban on Australian murder convict Palfreeman leaving Bulgaria

January 28, 2020January 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The Sofia Administrative Court overturned the Bulgarian Migration Directorate’s 2011 ban on Australian murder convict Jock Palfreeman leaving Bulgaria, public

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World 

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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