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Israeli ambassador: Bilateral relations with Bulgaria based on gratitude

March 14, 2018March 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Israel

The bilateral relations between Israel and Bulgaria are unique in the world because they are based on gratitude, ambassador Irit

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Bulgaria 

75th anniversary of the rescue of Bulgarian Jews: ‘Bulgaria set an example for the world to follow’

March 13, 2018March 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The year 2018 sees major anniversaries: 75 years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, seventy years since the founding of the

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Bulgaria 

MEPs call on EU countries, including Bulgaria, to ratify Istanbul Convention

March 13, 2018March 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament

Members of the European Parliament have called on the 11 EU countries, including Bulgaria, that have not yet ratified the

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Airport reports 3.7% passenger traffic increase in February 2018

March 13, 2018March 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Sofia Airport saw a 3.7 per cent year-on-year increase in passenger numbers in February 2018, 473 242 versus 456 212 in the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev: Russian Patriarch Kirill behaved like a politician

March 13, 2018March 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Russia

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on March 13 that he had received Russian Patriarch Kirill as a spiritual leader “but

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church defends President Radev over meeting with Russian Patriarch Kirill

March 12, 2018March 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Roumen Radev, Russia

The leadership of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has come to the defence of President Roumen Radev amid the controversy over

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Bulgaria 

In historic first, Bulgarian PM joins Macedonian counterpart in Skopje for Holocaust commemoration

March 12, 2018March 13, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Jews, Macedonia

Boiko Borissov became, on March 12 2018, the first Bulgarian Prime Minister to travel to Skopje to join his Macedonian

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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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