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Bulgarian Orthodox Church head meets initiator of Nobel Prize nomination of church for saving Bulgarian Jews from Holocaust

March 31, 2017April 2, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Neofit, held talks on March 31 with Moshe Aloni, one of the

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Bulgarian Jewish community to donate Vidin Synagogue to municipality

March 28, 2017March 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Vidin

The Shalom Organisation of the Jews in Bulgaria has decided to donate the synagogue in Vidin, a port town in

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Bulgaria 

Little progress in six months since EU deal with online majors on combating anti-Semitism

March 10, 2017March 12, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

In the half a year since a code of conduct against anti-Semitic posts online was agreed with major internet and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to join the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

March 8, 2017November 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet, at a meeting on March 8, approved the country’s accession to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. The

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Bulgaria 

World Jewish Congress distressed that Lukov March in Sofia went ahead in spite of ban

February 22, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Jews

The World Jewish Congress says that it is distressed that the Lukov March in Sofia went ahead in spite of

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Bulgaria 

Nomination of Bulgarian Orthodox Church for Nobel Prize focus of talks between Patriarch and Jewish leaders

February 16, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The nomination of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church for the Nobel Peace Prize for its role in preventing the deportation of

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Bulgaria 

Shalom Organisation of the Jews in Bulgaria calls for banning of ‘Lukov March’ 2017

February 14, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

As in several previous years, the Shalom Organisation of the Jews has issued a call to Sofia municipality to ban

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Bulgaria 

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2017, Bulgaria honours diplomats who saved Jews

January 27, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said that on International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2017, it was honouring the memory of diplomats who intervened

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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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