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Police hold man in connection with stone-throwing attack on Sofia Central Synagogue

January 22, 2019January 23, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Police in Bulgarian capital city Sofia have taken into custody a 35-year-old man in connection with an incident in which

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Bulgaria 

Chief Mufti, leader of Bulgaria’s Muslims, joins condemnation of stone-throwing attack on Sofia Synagogue

January 21, 2019January 24, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The office of the Chief Mufti, spiritual leader of Bulgaria’s Muslims, has expressed sincere hope that the perpetrator of a

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Bulgaria 

World Jewish Congress condemns stone-throwing attack on Sofia Central Synagogue

January 21, 2019January 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The World Jewish Congress says that it is deeply concerned and disgusted by the vandalism of the Great Prayer Hall of

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Bulgaria 

Windows broken in vandal attack on Bulgaria’s Sofia Central Synagogue

January 20, 2019January 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

A man who threw stones from Washington Street broke windows of the Great Prayer Hall of Sofia Central Synagogue in

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Bulgaria 

A warm welcome for Sofia Central Synagogue’s renovated heating system

December 22, 2018December 25, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

For several decades, the great hall of Sofia Central Synagogue – however inspiringly magnificent the interior – was somewhat bleakly

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Bulgaria 

Praise for Bulgaria’s accession as full member of International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

December 22, 2018December 22, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Congratulations from several quarters have been extended to Bulgaria on its accession as a full member of the International Holocaust

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Jewish organisation ‘Shalom’ lodges complaint over ‘analysis’ article on website

December 11, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Media

The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” has lodged a written complaint with the country’s National Coordinator against Antisemitism

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev joins country’s Jewish community in celebration of Hannukah

December 9, 2018December 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Roumen Radev

Continuing the tradition set by Bulgaria’s democratically-elected heads of state, President Roumen Radev joined the country’s Jewish community on December

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Council of EU adopts declaration against antisemitism, aims for better protection of Jewish communities

December 6, 2018December 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The Council of the European Union approved on December 6 a declaration on the fight against antisemitism and the development

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