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Bulgarian Orthodox Church honoured for 1940s role in rescue of Bulgarian Jews from Holocaust

March 8, 2018March 10, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews, Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The organisations of Bulgarian Jews in this country and in Israel conferred honours on March 8 on the Bulgarian Orthodox

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Bulgaria 

Two Bulgarian former presidents enter controversy over Russian Patriarch Kirill’s dispute over history

March 6, 2018March 7, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev, Russia

Two Bulgarian former heads of state have entered the controversy sparked by Russian Patriarch Kirill taking offence at other countries

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Bulgaria 

Russian Patriarch Kirill’s visit to Bulgaria for Liberation Day hit by controversies

March 4, 2018March 6, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Roumen Radev, Russia

The visit by Russian Patriarch Kirill to Bulgaria for celebrations of the country’s 140th anniversary of liberation from Ottoman rule

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party’s Zhablyanov latest presiding officer to fall in history of National Assembly

February 21, 2018February 22, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The February 21 2018 vote to oust Bulgarian Socialist Party MP Valeri Zhablyanov as Deputy Speaker is the latest of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament ousts socialist MP as Deputy Speaker over ‘People’s Court’ statement

February 21, 2018February 22, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on February 21 to oust socialist party MP Valeri Zhablyanov as Deputy Speaker because of his

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Perspectives 

Playing Peevski in the middle: Borissov vs Radev

February 16, 2018February 19, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria has been treated to the spectacle of a reverse custody battle, as the country’s Prime Minister and its President

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Perspectives 

Lukov and his Legionnaires: The record speaks

February 15, 2018March 23, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The organisers of the 2018 Lukov March, at a news conference this week, denied that the general in whose honour

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Bulgaria 

Borissov’s GERB demands resignation of socialist Deputy Speaker over ‘People’s Court’ declaration

February 15, 2018February 16, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party has demanded the resignation of opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party MP Valeri Zhablyanov as

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s co-ordinator against anti-Semitism, GERB party strongly condemn ‘Lukov March’

February 14, 2018February 15, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s National Co-ordinator against Anti-Semitism Georg Georgiev has issued a strong statement condemning the “Lukov March” planned for February 17

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