Bulgaria

Israeli chess team penalized after Yom Kippur scheduling agreement falls apart

According to the Israel Chess Federation, the International Chess Federation agreed in writing that matches scheduled for Yom Kippur would be moved to accommodate the Israeli team.

The Dutch chess team is seen on Monday, September 21, 2026, at the Chess Olympiad  in Samarkand Uzbekistan sat across from empty seats and the Isreali team refused to play on Yom Kippur.
Aftrmath of a Russian drone and missile attack in Ivano-Frankivsk region Wednesday, 3rd September 2025, 09:23

Explosion hits another weapons site in Bulgaria

Satoranský Makes His Unofficial Debut in Red.

Led by Blakeney, Hapoel Tel Aviv blows out Balkan 101–76

Hapoel Tel Aviv players.

Hapoel Tel Aviv begins preseason in Sofia: When will the Reds arrive in Israel?


10 years since 5 Israelis, 1 Bulgarian killed in Burgas bus bombing

It was a targeted Hezbollah suicide bombing attack on a bus carrying 42 Israelis, mostly young people, after they arrived at the airport.

A truck carries the bus that was damaged in a bomb blast outside Burgas Airport, July 19, 2012.

Israeli Chef Kobi Mizrahi visits Bulgaria

 Chef Kobi Mizrahi in Bulgaria

Why I'm glad I left my kippah on in Bulgaria - opinion

It’s sad that we still live in a world where any of us has to worry about being marked in this way but the reality will only change if we stop hiding who we are.

 THE WRITER performs the circumcision at the ceremony in Sofia.

Bulgaria's tsar a Nazi-collaborator, not hero, new book reveals

Bulgaria's narrative is that Boris III was a savior to the Jews. But in reality, he allied with Hitler to regain territory in Thrace and Macedonia, lost during the Second Balkan War of 1913.

 BULGARIAN TSAR Boris III, who ruled during the Holocaust, 1995. The book deconstructs what it says was his negative impact on the Jews as opposed to more positive narratives Bulgaria tried to present.

Russia's Gazprom halts gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria

Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded that countries he terms "unfriendly" agree to a scheme under which they would open accounts at Gazprombank and pay in roubles.

  General view of the gas station near the border between Ukraine and Poland in the settlement of Drozdovychi, 120 km (75 miles) west of Lviv, January 12, 2009

Bulgarian club event causes diplomatic rift with North Macedonia

Located in the North Macedonian city of Bitola, the club is named after a Nazi-sympathizer hated by North Macedonia but seen as a hero in Bulgaria.

A view of Skopje, capital of North Macedonia.

Vladimir Putin: Economic sanctions hurt West more than Russia

Russian inflation, economy "stabilizing" • Bulgarian embassy staff expelled from Moscow

 Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the country's oil and gas industry with representatives of Russian energy companies and officials via a video link at a residence outside Moscow, Russia April 14, 2022

Russia expels 2 Bulgarian diplomats in retaliatory move

Two Bulgarian politicians were arrested for throwing red paint on the Russian Embassy and live streaming it over Facebook.

Flag of Bulgaria.

Bulgaria blames Russian spies for tensions with North Macedonia

Bulgaria’s Specialized Prosecutor’s Office is already investigating alleged Russian espionage activity in the country’s National Security Agency and searching the offices.

 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Bulgaria's Prime Minister Kiril Petkov meet at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, December 17, 2021

Ukraine-Russia war: NATO will 'defend allies' against Russian attack - Blinken

US Secretary of State Bliken warns Russia • Ukraine issues humanitarian aid request from Red Cross

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, before a NATO foreign ministers meeting amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium March 4, 2022.