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Bulgarian supreme court confirms life sentences for Bourgas Airport terrorist attack

March 7, 2023March 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack, Israel

Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation has confirmed at final instance the life sentences without parole for Meliad Farah and Hassan

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Bulgaria 

Tenth anniversary of terrorist attack on Israelis at Bulgaria’s Bourgas Airport

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack

A solemn commemoration was held at Bourgas Airport on July 18 to mark the 10th anniversary of a terrorist attack

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria court sentences Bourgas Airport terrorist attackers to life imprisonment without parole

September 21, 2020September 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack, Israel

At the conclusion of a trial in absentia, a five-member panel of Bulgaria’s Special Criminal Court has found Meliad Farah

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria court to deliver verdict in Bourgas Airport terrorist attack trial on September 21

September 17, 2020September 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack, Israel

A five-member panel of Bulgaria’s Special Criminal Court will deliver its verdict on September 21 in the trial in absentia

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Bulgaria 

As Bulgaria marks anniversary of airport attack, call for EU to designate Hezbollah terrorist organisation

July 18, 2020July 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack

The embassy of Israel held a wreath-laying ceremony on July 17 at Bourgas Airport, on the eve of the eighth

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Bourgas Airport terrorist attack: Seven years on, mourning, and justice pending

July 18, 2019July 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack, Israel

Hours before the summer dusk gathered, once again, a ceremony of commemoration was held for the victims of the 2012

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria marks sixth anniversary of 2012 terrorist attack at Bourgas Airport

July 18, 2018July 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack, Israel

Senior government officials, the ambassador of Israel and leaders of the Bulgarian Jewish community were among those who took part

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Bulgaria 

Bourgas Airport attack trial: 40 witnesses being heard over two days

May 16, 2018May 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack

Bulgaria’s Special Criminal Court is holding hearings over two days in Bourgas of 40 witnesses in connection with the terrorist

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Bulgaria 

Bourgas Airport terrorism trial: Witnesses describe ‘chaos and panic’

January 17, 2018January 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack

Witnesses in the trial in absentia of two Hezbollah members facing terrorism charges over the July 2012 attack on Israeli

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