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Bulgarian president, prosecutor-general challenge private security law

March 12, 2018March 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s President Roumen Radev and Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov both lodged separate challenges at the Constitutional Court on March 12, asking

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Bulgaria participates in EU seatbelt check-up campaign

March 12, 2018March 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria is among European Union countries taking part in a campaign from March 12 to 18 2018 in which traffic

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75th anniversary of rescue of Bulgarian Jews commemorated in Plovdiv

March 11, 2018March 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Plovdiv

The 75th anniversary of the rescue of the Bulgarian Jews from deportation to Nazi death camps was commemorated with events

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Bulgarian government nationalist minority partner says country should not apologise for deportation of Jews from ‘new lands’

March 11, 2018March 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Jews, Macedonia, Valeri Simeonov

The National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria, part of the United Patriots grouping of far-right and nationalist parties that

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Bulgarian PM Borissov to visit Macedonia for commemorations of Jews deported to Holocaust

March 11, 2018March 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Jews, Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov will join his Macedonian counterpart Zoran Zaev on March 12 2018 at a ceremony in

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Road repairs in areas of Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast planned for summer 2018

March 11, 2018March 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism, Varna

Road repairs are to get underway ahead of and during summer 2018 in parts of Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast. As

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Book ‘Bulgarian Jews: Living History’ launched on March 10 at Sofia Synagogue

March 10, 2018May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

A book published by the Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom”, entitled “Bulgarian Jews: Living History” was launched on

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Interview: Ronald S Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress

March 10, 2018March 11, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Ronald S Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress, is visiting Bulgaria for the commemorations in 2018 of the 75th

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Bulgaria’s Veliko Turnovo faces weekend without water because of supply system failure

March 10, 2018March 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Veliko Turnovo

The city of Veliko Turnovo in north-central Bulgaria and 14 villages in the region faced a weekend without water on

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