Bulgaria
Bulgaria's former pro-Putin president Radev wins parliamentary election, official partial results
Progressive Bulgaria, led by pro-Russian former president Rumen Radev, leads the parliamentary election with 44.59% of votes as 32% are counted.
Blue-and-white skates to hockey gold in Bulgaria
El Al to add nine additional destinations, several int'l airlines to resume Ben-Gurion flights
Israel’s ‘ice orphans’: Survival, legacy, and the battle for hockey gold in Sofia
Bulgarian synagogue vandalized with Nazi graffiti
The Central Synagogue in Sofia, Bulgaria, was spray painted with a swastika and the neo-Nazi slogan '1488.'
A dilapidated Bulgarian synagogue will become a cultural center
The synagogue will undergo a massive transformation, gaining a new life as a $6 million cultural center and community hub — for both Jews and non-Jews.
Honorary Israeli Consul in Bulgaria marks 9 years since Burgas bus bombing
On July 18 2012, a suicide bomber claimed the lives of five Israelis, as well as of their Bulgarian bus driver, and injured over 35 people.
Bulgarian far-right candidate denies Holocaust, praises Hitler, Nazis
Mirolsav Ivanov of the Bulgarian National Union – New Democracy Party was condemned by the Bulgarian Jewish umbrella group Shalom for spreading antisemitic propaganda.
Bulgarian official admitted Hezbollah involvement in bus bombing
A Bulgarian prosecutor provided evidence to the court handling Hezbollah’s involvement in the Burgas bus bombing.
North Macedonia’s first Jewish lawmaker broke taboos, hit by antisemitism
What began as a token stint resulted in multiple diplomatic spats and the country’s worst-ever wave of public antisemitic rhetoric.
Bulgarian game show host quotes Bobby Fischer in antisemitic rant
Goranov apologized on air Wednesday.
Europe must unite against Hezbollah - opinion
For Hezbollah, mainland Europe has proven to be a serene staging ground for future bloodshed.
European tribunal: Bulgarian courts failed to punish Holocaust denier
Among the remarks by Siderov was his assertion in a book from 2002 about “the great hoax called the Holocaust — the account that 6,000,000 Jews were gassed and burned.”
Bulgarian officials find heroin in ship from Iran
The police said that the heroin was likely for the domestic market rather than destinations in Western Europe.
