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Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry: Necessary measures will be taken to secure Sofia Pride

June 15, 2023June 15, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia Pride

The necessary measures will be taken to secure Sofia Pride, according to Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry. The assurance was given at

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry probes homophobic demo at film festival, incident at bar

June 14, 2023June 14, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Pride

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry has started an investigation into the disruption of a screening at the Sofia Pride Festival at the

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Bulgaria 

LGBTI activists send open letter to mayor after extremists disrupt Sofia Pride Film Fest

June 11, 2023June 11, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Pride

Rights organisation LGBTI Deystvie has sent an open letter to Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova following a June 10 incident in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Far-right demonstrators block screening at Sofia Pride Film Fest

June 11, 2023June 11, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Pride

Demonstrators, several wearing t-shirts with the logo of the pro-Kremlin party Vuzrazhdane, prevented the screening of a film that is

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Pride billboards vandalised

May 31, 2023May 31, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Pride

Just two days after being put up, the Sofia Pride 2023 billboards were vandalised, but they will be restored as

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People 

IDAHOBIT event at British Residence: ‘LGBT+ rights are human rights’

May 17, 2023May 17, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Pride

LGBT+ rights are human rights, UK ambassador to Bulgaria Rob Dixon told a joint event at the British Residence on

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Bulgaria 

Many thousands turn out for Bulgaria’s 2022 Sofia Pride

June 18, 2022June 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Pride

Many thousands turned out on June 18 for the 15th annual Sofia Pride, the protest for equal rights for LGBTI

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Bulgaria 

Foreign embassies in messages of support for Bulgaria’s Sofia Pride

June 17, 2022June 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Pride

As has become traditional, a number of foreign ambassadors accredited to Bulgaria are to attend the 15th Sofia Pride on

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Bulgaria 

Inadequate legal response to homophobic murder: Bulgarian law must change, European court says

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Pride

The European Court of Human Rights, in a judgment on June 14, found against Bulgaria in the case of an

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