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Author: Clive Leviev-Sawyer

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: The ‘battle’ for Bourgas

October 1, 2019October 3, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bourgas, Bulgaria local elections 2019

In the 2019 mayoral elections in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Bourgas on October 27, the “battle” may be less

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: The battle for Varna

September 30, 2019October 3, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019, Varna

There are 11 candidates seeking election as mayor of Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea city Varna in the autumn 2019 local

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: The battle for Sofia has begun

September 25, 2019September 30, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

The official campaign period in Bulgaria’s 2019 municipal elections begins on September 27, but in capital city Sofia, the race

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Who will be the next mayor of Plovdiv?

September 25, 2019September 30, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019, Plovdiv

Perhaps it may be an annoyance to 12 of the 14 candidates to be the next mayor of Bulgaria’s city

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s first new Jewish school in decades, named for Ronald S Lauder, opens in Sofia

September 16, 2019September 20, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

September 15 was a happy and historic day for the children of the Bulgarian Jewish community as the country’s first

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Bulgaria 

Celebrations as Sofia Central Synagogue marks 110th anniversary

September 15, 2019September 18, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

Sofia Central Synagogue was the scene of celebrations on the evening of September 14 as the landmark building in Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria 

75 years on, Bulgaria deeply divided over Soviet army invasion

September 9, 2019September 11, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Some laid flowers in honour of the Soviet soldiers and others laid flowers in memory of the victims of communism.

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Bulgaria 

Central Synagogue in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia celebrating 110 years since inauguration

September 8, 2019September 15, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews, Sofia

September 9 marks the 110th anniversary of Sofia Central Synagogue, the building that is the spiritual home of the Bulgarian

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Perspectives 

Infighting mars battle in Bulgaria against antisemitism

August 18, 2019August 23, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

From the annual Lukov March to online abuse to vile graffiti and the sale of Nazi memorabilia in tourist resorts,

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