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Bulgarians rally to donate to earthquake-hit Türkiye, Syria

February 10, 2023May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Syria, Turkey

Bulgarians are responding to donation campaigns initiated to aid Türkiye and Syria, where the powerful earthquakes on February 6 have

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World Bank: $1.7B aid for Türkiye for relief efforts after February earthquakes

February 10, 2023February 10, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

The World Bank announced on February 9 that it was providing $1.78 billion in assistance to help relief and recovery

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria prepares to send another volunteer team of medics to Türkiye

February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

A team of 30 volunteers – emergency physicians, traumatologists and nurses – is ready for departure to earthquake-hit Türkiye, Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria sends more rescuers to earthquake-hit Türkiye

February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

A Bulgarian Air Force Spartan transport aircraft took off from Sofia on the morning of February 8, bearing 20 fire

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian publisher raises 220 000 leva in a day to help Türkiye earthquake victims

February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

In less than 24 hours, a fundraiser launched by Plovdiv publisher Manol Peykov for Türkiye earthquake victims has raised 220

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Red Cross launches fundraiser to help those hit by earthquakes in Türkiye

February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

The Bulgarian Red Cross (BRC) has launched a fundraising campaign to help those hit by the February 6 devastating earthquakes

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Europe 

Ten search and rescue teams from EU countries head to Türkiye after powerful earthquakes

February 6, 2023February 6, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Syria, Turkey

Ten Urban Search and Rescue teams have been quickly mobilised from Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria sending emergency team to Türkiye to help after devastating earthquakes

February 6, 2023February 6, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Syria, Turkey

Bulgaria’s caretaker Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said on February 6 that a logistical operation was underway to transport a Sofia

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Bulgaria arrests 5 alleged accomplices of Istanbul attackers

November 19, 2022November 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey, Türkiye

Bulgaria has taken into custody five foreign nationals who allegedly were accomplices of the perpetrators of the November 13 bomb

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