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The long, long history of Bulgaria and the Jews

April 28, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

While Bulgaria’s premier place in Jewish history is in the prevention of the deportation of about 48 000 Bulgarian Jews

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Record turnout in Budapest for March of the Living reflects anti-Semitism fears

April 28, 2013May 27, 2013 Benedicte Williams of The Budapest Times 0 Comments Hungary

Between 10 000 and 12 000 people gathered for the March of the Living (Élet menete) on Sunday in commemoration

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Poland’s new Jewish history museum commemorates 1943 Warsaw Uprising

April 28, 2013May 27, 2013 Kasia Pilat for The Prague Post Poland

On the site where, in 1943, Jewish partisans of the Warsaw Ghetto first clashed with and revolted against German troops,

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Shrinking EU economies deepen austerity divisions

April 28, 2013May 27, 2013 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews euro zone

Alongside Germany, France has been in the driving seat of European integration, but figures released Thursday show over 3.2 million

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Bulgaria News 

141 communist-era State Security agents among Bulgaria’s candidate MPs

April 26, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission

Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission has identified 141 agents and employees of the communist-era State Security secret service among the candidate members

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Sofia picks Greek consortium to build refuse-derived fuel plant

April 26, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia city hall said on April 26 that it picked the consortium between Greek companies Aktor and Helektor to build

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Bulgaria News 

Sofia City Prosecutor Kokinov resigns after eavesdropping recordings leaked to media

April 26, 2013April 26, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia City Prosecutor Nikolai Kokinov submitted his resignation to Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov on April 26, a few hours after several

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s eavesdropping controversy: New recordings sent to media

April 26, 2013April 26, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

With just more than two weeks to go to Bulgaria’s May 12 parliamentary elections, the eavesdropping controversy that is dominating

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian investigators reconstruct Bourgas bombing

April 26, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack

Bulgarian investigators detonated an explosive device on April 26 in an attempt to reconstruct the crime scene of the terrorist

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