Bulgaria
El Al to add nine additional destinations, several int'l airlines to resume Ben-Gurion flights
El Al will resume flights to Boston, London Luton, Tivat (Montenegro), Krakow (Poland), Marseille (France), Sofia (Bulgaria), Paphos (Cyprus), Rhodes, and Thessaloniki (both in Greece).
Israel’s ‘ice orphans’: Survival, legacy, and the battle for hockey gold in Sofia
Canine remains discovered in Bulgaria show dog meat may have been Iron Age delicacy - study
Israeli manufacturing company expands to Europe amid rising geopolitical tensions
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.
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.
