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 and Halle memorial targeted by antisemitic vandals
In Bulgaria, the words “Free Palestine Israel=Nazis Antifa Bulgaria” were spray-painted Wednesday on the gate to the synagogue of Plovdiv.
Grapevine November 18, 2020: Not quite as bad as we thought
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Israel: Bulgaria must recognize Hezbollah in entirety as terror group
The European Union has Hezbollah’s military wing, but not its political wing on its terror list.
Ashkenazi calls on Bulgarian FM to sway PA to hold peace talks with Israel
"These are historic times and it’s important that the international community helps strengthen the new peace agreement."
Israelis design Bulgarian remote educational system amid coronavirus
The system was developed to integrate studies through the Education Ministry for over 800,000 students using a Google-based unified system.
Germany expands pension access for Romanian, Bulgarian holocaust survivors
Widows/widowers and children of survivors from the expanded list of 'open ghetto' cities are also eligible to receive a German Pension.
Bulgarian court hands down life imprisonment for Hezbollah terrorists
The conviction leaves the families of the victims and Israel partially unsatisfied because Hezbollah itself was not formally indicted or convicted.
No convictions for antisemitic crimes in Bulgaria last year, says report
FRA released a report on September 10, which documents antisemitic incidents that have occurred in the European Union from 2009 to 2019.
Bulgaria: Thousands protests against government, clash with police
The rally took place on the first sitting of parliament after summer recess. Protesters called it the "Grand National Uprising" in response the government's plan for a new constitution.
Bulgarian court's verdict on Hezbollah terror attack due in September
Chief prosecutor says “I hope that to some extent there will be justice” for the Israeli and Bulgarian victims.
