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Bulgaria’s co-ordinator against anti-Semitism, GERB party strongly condemn ‘Lukov March’

February 14, 2018February 15, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s National Co-ordinator against Anti-Semitism Georg Georgiev has issued a strong statement condemning the “Lukov March” planned for February 17

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Bulgaria 

Online petition calls on Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit to condemn ‘Lukov March’

February 8, 2018February 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Sofia

A new online petition is calling on Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit to speak out against the “Lukov March” planned

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day: ‘The best antidote to anti-Semitism and hate speech is knowledge’

January 27, 2018January 28, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

Calling on the world to “stand together against the normalisation of hate,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres emphasised in his

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Bulgaria 

US metal band Wehrmacht distances itself from Bulgarian official’s fake T-shirt

December 5, 2017December 5, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Wehrmacht, the crossover/thrash metal band from Oregon, has distanced itself from a T-shirt controversially worn by the head of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Scandal as Palestinian stand politicises International Women’s Club charity bazaar in Sofia

December 3, 2017December 5, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

There was outrage as the charity bazaar of the International Women’s Club in Sofia saw politicisation of the event by

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria issues commemorative stamp honouring Julio Palencia, the ‘Spanish Schindler’

November 28, 2017November 30, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria validated on November 28 a commemorative postage stamp depicting Julio Palencia y Tubau, Spain’s ambassador in Sofia from 1940

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Bulgaria 

Shalom Jewish organisation demands government take action over photo of Bulgarians Abroad Agency head wearing Wehrmacht T-shirt

November 28, 2017November 29, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

The Bulgarian Organization of the Jews Shalom has called on the government to take action after a photograph emerged of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Shalom Jewish organisation donates Vidin Synagogue to municipality

November 25, 2017November 27, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Vidin

The mayor of Vidin, Ognyan Tsenkov, and the head of the local branch of the Shalom Organization of the Jews

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Interior Ministry: ‘Lukov March’ planned for February 2018 should be banned

November 24, 2017November 26, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria EU presidency, Bulgarian Jews

The Sofia regional directorate of the Interior Ministry and Bulgaria’s National Protection Service have told the city municipality that they

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