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Members of religious minority held at Turkish-Bulgarian border face prison, execution if deported

May 27, 2023May 27, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey, Türkiye

More than 100 members of The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light, a persecuted religious minority, who have presented themselves

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Red Cross has sent aid worth close to 310 000 euro to earthquake-hit Türkiye and Syria

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey, Türkiye

So far, the Bulgarian Red Cross (BRC) has provided material aid Türkiye and Syria from its disaster reserve to a

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Bulgaria 

Flight carrying humanitarian aid for earthquake-hit Syria departs Bulgaria

February 16, 2023February 16, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Syria, Turkey, Türkiye

A Bulgarian Air Force Spartan aircraft departed Bulgaria’s capital Sofia on February 16, carrying 4.5 tons of humanitarian aid bound

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker government decides on humanitarian aid for Syria, Türkiye

February 15, 2023February 15, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Syria, Turkey, Türkiye

Bulgaria’s caretaker government decided on February 15 to send humanitarian aid to Türkiye worth 1.59 million leva and, along with

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria among 10 European countries offering help to Syria after earthquake

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Syria, Turkey, Türkiye

Bulgaria is among 10 European countries offering help to the Syrian people via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism in the

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Bulgaria 

Syrian envoy asks for Bulgarian government help following earthquake

February 12, 2023February 12, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Syria, Turkey, Türkiye

In a television interview on February 12, Syrian chargé d’affaires in Sofia, Oras Mahmoud, called on the Bulgarian caretaker government

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s capital Sofia opens collection points for donations for Türkiye earthquake survivors

February 11, 2023February 11, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey, Türkiye

Sofia municipality opened seven collection points on February 11 for donations to help survivors of the devastating earthquake in Türkiye,

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Bulgaria 

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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