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Bulgaria’s Health Minister changes arrivals rules for citizens of Israel, North Macedonia, Turkey, Serbia

January 17, 2022January 20, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Israel, Macedonia, new coronavirus

After an outcry from Bulgaria’s winter resorts and hospitality industry over the Health Minister’s change of rules for arrivals in

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Israel thanks Bulgaria for boycotting Durban IV racism conference

August 27, 2021August 30, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

The government of Israel has thanked the government of Bulgaria for its decision not to participate in the UN high-level

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Bulgaria 

From August 11, arrivals in Israel from Bulgaria must go into 14-day quarantine

August 5, 2021August 5, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Israel, new coronavirus

As of August 11, all passengers arriving in Israel from Bulgaria will be subject to a mandatory 14-day quarantine, regardless

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker Foreign Minister joins EU condemnation of Hamas, other terrorist groups’ attacks on Israel

May 18, 2021May 18, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

Bulgaria’s caretaker Foreign Minister Svetlan Stoev has expressed serious concern over the high level of tension between Israel and Palestine,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria condemns rocket attacks on Israel

May 12, 2021May 14, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

Bulgaria is watching with great concern the continuing serious escalation of violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories, which has

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Israel to re-impose quarantine on arrivals from Bulgaria

October 19, 2020October 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Israel, new coronavirus

Israeli authorities will require arrivals from Bulgaria to quarantine for 14 days, starting from October 23, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said

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Bulgaria 

‘Colours of Bulgaria and Israel’ photo exhibition opens

October 5, 2020October 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

An exhibition entitled “The Colours of Bulgaria and Israel” opened in the Crystal Garden in central Sofia on October 5

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria court sentences Bourgas Airport terrorist attackers to life imprisonment without parole

September 21, 2020September 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack, Israel

At the conclusion of a trial in absentia, a five-member panel of Bulgaria’s Special Criminal Court has found Meliad Farah

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Bulgaria court to deliver verdict in Bourgas Airport terrorist attack trial on September 21

September 17, 2020September 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack, Israel

A five-member panel of Bulgaria’s Special Criminal Court will deliver its verdict on September 21 in the trial in absentia

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