Bulgarian government signs co-operation memorandum with World Jewish Congress, ‘Shalom’
Bulgaria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev, who is the country’s National Co-ordinator for Combating Antisemitism, has signed on behalf of
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Bulgaria confers high state honour on World Jewish Congress CEO Robert Singer
At a ceremony in Sofia on November 22, Bulgaria’s high state honour the Order of the Madara Horseman was conferred
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Bulgaria revises draft law on religions after objections from faith groups
Responding to objections from various faiths, parties in Bulgaria’s Parliament are revising amendments to the Religious Denomination Act before the
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Children from different communities plant ‘Garden of Tolerance’ in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv
Children from different communities in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv planted a “Garden of Tolerance” on November 16 to mark the
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80th anniversary of Kristallnacht commemorated in Sofia with open lesson on tolerance
The 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the pogrom unleashed on Jews by Nazi Germany ahead of the Holocaust, was commemorated in
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Second World War bomb damage exposed during renovations of Bulgaria’s Sofia Synagogue
Damage from a Second World War bomb has been found during renovations of Sofia Central Synagogue. During an extensive bombing
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PM Borissov praises unity of community of Bulgarian Jews
I have been in politics for 17 years and I have never seen the Bulgarian Jewish community as united as
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Bulgarian Jewish community to hold mourning for Pittsburgh attack victims at Sofia Synagogue
The Bulgarian Jewish community is to hold a service of mourning for the victims of the Pittsburgh Tree of Life
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Bulgarian Foreign Ministry strongly condemns mass shooting at Pittsburgh synagogue
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on October 28 2018 that it strongly condemns the attack on the Tree of Life synagogue
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