Bulgaria
On this day: Communist Bulgaria downs El Al flight 402, killing all 58 people onboard
On this day in 1955, Bulgarian MiG fighters brought down El Al Flight 402, killing all 58 people aboard and setting off a Cold War dispute over responsibility and justice.
Bulgaria denies US tanker aircraft will be used in operations against Iran
Iran's Baghaei warns Bulgaria against aiding US during operations, hosting American aircraft
The Jewish reputation is built one human encounter at a time - opinion
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.
