Bulgaria
Bulgaria Will Open Honorary Consulate In Jerusalem
Bulgaria will open an honorary consulate in Jerusalem.
Why Is No One Talking About The Neo Nazi March In Bulgaria?
For the sixteenth year in a row, the far-right Bulgarian National Union is organizing the Lukov March through the streets of central Sofia.
Russian Official Falsely Claims They Saved Bulgarian Jews From Deportation
When Bulgarians defied the Nazis to save Jews, “the Red Army was thousands of kilometers away,” Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
Bulgaria Adopts International Definition Of Anti-Semitism
The Bulgarian government has adopted the international working definition of anti-Semitism and has appointed a national coordinator on combatting
Bulgaria Condemns Vandalism At Sofia Jewish Cemetery
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry condemned the vandalism of gravestones in a Jewish cemetery in the capital city of Sofia.
Bulgarian Holocaust Monument Defaced With ‘Allah’ Graffiti
— A monument put up by Jews in Bulgaria to thank the town of Vidin for preventing the deportation of its Jews during the Holocaust was vand…
Bulgarian Official Admits ‘Horsing Around’ On Buchenwald Trip
— A leader of Bulgarian Jews condemned his country’s deputy prime minister, who said jokingly that he may have behaved inappropriately wh…
Bulgarian Neo-Nazis Rally In Capital Despite Municipal Ban
(JTA) — An annual neo-Nazi rally was held in the capital of Bulgaria despite a municipal ban. The Lukov March, which celebrates the Bulgarian alliance with Nazi Germany, went off as scheduled on Saturday night in Sofia despite the ban issued by Mayor Yordanka Fandakova. The rally honoring the then-Bulgarian war minister Hristo Lukov, who…
Bulgaria Jews Raise Money for Muslim Victims of Train Explosion
(JTA) — Bulgarian Jews donated some $6,000 to victims of an explosion inside a heavily populated Muslim village, in one of the most successful fundraisers in the history of their impoverished community. The fundraiser organized by the Shalom Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria was for victims of the Dec. 10 accident in Hitrino, in…
Palestinian Fugitive Murdered in Bulgaria Diplomatic Mystery
A Palestinian who escaped from Israeli custody after being convicted of a 1986 murder has died at the Palestinian embassy in Sofia, Bulgarian prosecutors said on Friday.