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At Hanukah celebration, Bulgarian President calls for Bulgarians to preserve traditions of tolerance and respect

December 27, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Rossen Plevneliev

Participating in a Hanukah celebration at Sofia Central Synagogue, Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev called on Bulgarians to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Muslims and Jews launch fund-raising campaigns to aid Hitrino village

December 13, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s Muslim and Jewish communities are launching fund-raising campaigns to assist people in the village of Hitrino, scene of a

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Yom HaShoah marked, as Bulgaria remembers Jews murdered and Jews saved

May 5, 2016May 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s Jewish community joined in marking Yom HaShoah 2016, commemorating the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, while also

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Ted Kotcheff’s Bulgarian journey

March 24, 2016March 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Plovdiv

Tears have fallen from the face of Ted Kotcheff on to the Bulgarian ground from which his roots sprang, in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria marks anniversary of prevention of deportation of Bulgarian Jews to Holocaust death camps

March 10, 2016March 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Senior politicians, members of the Bulgarian Jewish community and diplomats took part in ceremonies on March 10 2016 commemorating the

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Bulgaria 

Historic building burns down in Plovdiv’s former Jewish quarter

February 19, 2016February 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Plovdiv

A building that formerly housed a public baths in what used to be Plovdiv’s Jewish quarter, Orta Mezar, was destroyed

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria joins in marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 27, 2016March 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria joined in marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27 2016, the day that commemorates the Nazi mass murder

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Bulgaria 

Swastikas, hate speech cleaned off walls of schools in Sofia

September 18, 2015September 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Sofia

Swastikas and ethnic hate speech graffiti were cleaned off the walls of schools in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on September

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Bulgaria 

Anniversary of prevention of deportation of Bulgarian Jews to Nazi death camps marked in Sofia

March 10, 2015March 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria marked on March 10 2015 the 72nd anniversary of the prevention of the deportation of Bulgarian Jews to Holocaust

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