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Bulgaria and the Holocaust: The struggle for truth

July 16, 2019March 8, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

It is a battle for historical truth, a battle against fake news, a battle against Holocaust distortion, and it is

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government proposes state honour for Bulgarian Jewish ‘Shalom’ President

July 10, 2019July 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s government said after a Cabinet meeting on July 10 that it was proposing to the President to confer on

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Bulgaria 

In Bulgaria’s Nedelino, a plaque unveiled to commemorate forced labour by Jews during the Holocaust

July 3, 2019October 30, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

Amid the rolling lush green hills of Bulgaria’s Rhodope mountains and the soaring majesty of the pines that cluster closely

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Jewish organisation supports Sofia Pride 2019

June 7, 2019June 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Sofia Pride

The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” has issued a statement of support for Sofia Pride 2019 and the

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Bulgaria 

European Rabbis name Chief Rabbi of Bulgaria ‘most promising’

June 4, 2019June 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The Conference of European Rabbis has named Rabbi Yoel Yifrah, Chief Rabbi of Bulgaria, as the most promising Rabbi of

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Bulgaria 

Plan for tourist route of Jewish landmarks in Bulgaria

May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, tourism

Bulgaria’s Tourism Ministry and the Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” have agreed on an idea to create a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government grants EU funds to turn Vidin Synagogue into cultural centre

May 21, 2019May 21, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Vidin

Vidin mayor Ognyan Tsenkov has expressed thanks after Bulgaria’s government agreed to further support for the municipality for the project

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s first Jewish school in decades opens in Sofia in September 2019

May 18, 2019September 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

On the morning of September 15 2019, a bell will peal to signal the opening of the first Jewish school

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government officials take part in March of the Living on YomHaShoah

May 2, 2019May 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s National Co-ordinator against Antisemitism, Deputy Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev, was among government officials to take part in the March

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