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Month: February 2020

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WJC urges Bulgarian Academy of Science to correct gross historical manipulation about labour camps for Jewish men during WW2

February 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The World Jewish Congress (WJC) has urged Bulgarian Academy of Science head Julian Revalski to publicly correct the gross historical

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Bulgaria 

World Jewish Congress welcomes court action against organisers of Lukov March

February 14, 2020February 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The World Jewish Congress has written to Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev expressing sincere gratitude for the prosecutor’s application in the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Jewish organisations welcome prosecutor’s move against Lukov March organisers

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The Central Israelite Religious Council has written to Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev commending the steps taken against antisemitism and hate speech

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s marriage rate just below EU average – Eurostat

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria had a marriage rate of 4.1 per 1000 inhabitants in 2018, just below the European Union average of 4.4

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Bulgaria 

Reporters Without Borders: Bulgarian journalists threatened, mocked by top officials

February 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is calling on the Bulgarian authorities to stop trying to intimidate the country’s journalists, who have

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Bulgaria 

Details of Bulgaria’s planned new toll system for heavy vehicles

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

As from March 1 2020, road vehicles with a total technically permissible maximum weight exceeding 3.5 tons travelling on paid

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Bulgaria 

EU winter economic forecast for Bulgaria cuts 2020 growth estimate to 2.9%

February 13, 2020February 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s real GDP growth is expected to “slow significantly” in 2020, reaching 2.9 per cent, according to the European Commission’s

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Europe 

EU health ministers urge member states to step up co-operation against new coronavirus

February 13, 2020February 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

European Union health ministers held a special meeting on February 13 for an exchange of views on the novel coronavirus

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutors: Charges against Vassil Bozhkov now number 11

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of criminal charges against controversial Bulgarian businessman Vassil Bozhkov now adds up to 11, it emerged from a

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