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Israel officially recognizes Armenian Genocide after decades of diplomatic friction - analysis
Israel’s recognition of the genocide has been decades in the making. It's been a strange aspect of Israel’s history that, for many years, the Armenian genocide was downplayed in official circles.
Blue Bird opens three new routes to Europe this summer
Asteroid to fly within 176 Bulgarias of Earth on Monday, May 18 - NASA
Bulgaria's former pro-Putin president Radev wins parliamentary election, official partial results
Anti-vaccine protesters try to storm Bulgaria's parliament
Bulgaria reported record high daily infections on Wednesday, largely fueled by the highly contagious Omicron variant.
Nides to present credentials Sunday, EU ambassador on Monday
After three months, Dimiter Tzantchev, the head of the European Union delegation in Israel, will present his credentials to the president, followed one day later by US ambassador designate Tom Nides.
Bulgaria opts out of Durban IV Conference citing antisemitism
Countries other than Bulgaria opting out of Durban IV are Israel, the US, Canada, Australia, Germany, the UK, Hungary, Austria, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and France.
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.
