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Russian foreign ministry spokesperson: ‘Soviet Army prevented deportation of Jews from Bulgaria’ to Holocaust

November 3, 2017November 5, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews, Russia, Sofia

The defacing of the Soviet Army monument in Sofia with an anti-Semitic slur has taken a new twist with the

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Bulgarian National Co-ordinator against Anti-Semitism condemns defacing of Soviet Army monument

November 2, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s recently-appointed National Co-ordinator for Combating Anti-Semitism, Georg Georgiev, has condemned the defacing of the Soviet Army monument in Sofia

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Bulgarian Jewish organisation Shalom condemns anti-Semitic daubing of Soviet Army monument in Sofia

October 31, 2017November 2, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The Shalom Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria has condemned the daubing of an anti-Semitic slogan on the Soviet Army

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Jewish organisations abroad praise Bulgarian government’s adoption of IHRA definition of anti-Semitism

October 28, 2017October 31, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

Several Jewish organisations in foreign countries have welcomed the Bulgarian government’s decision on October 18 to adopt the International Holocaust

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European Jewish Congress applauds Bulgarian Government for officially adopting the working definition of Anti-Semitism

October 20, 2017October 20, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

The European Jewish Congress (EJC) welcomes the October 18 decision by the Bulgarian Government to adopt the Working Definition of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government appoints national co-ordinator for the fight against anti-Semitism

October 18, 2017October 20, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian EU Presidency, Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism and has appointed Deputy Foreign Minister Georg

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Bulgaria 

Shalom Bulgarian Jewish organisation campaigns for ban on 2018 Lukov March

October 9, 2017February 17, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

The Shalom Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria is campaigning against the holding of the annual “Lukov March” in Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Shalom Bulgarian Jewish organisation holds talks with Movement for Rights and Freedoms

October 3, 2017October 5, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews, Mustafa Karadaya

Leaders of the Shalom Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria held talks on October 3 with representatives of the Movement

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Bulgaria’s GERB party remembers Holocaust victims in Rosh Hashanah message

September 22, 2017September 24, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

After Bulgaria’s nationalist United Patriots parliamentary group provoked controversy with a message on Rosh Hashanah that attacked the “enemies of

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