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The rescue of Bulgarian Jews from the Holocaust had been possible only because of the “categorical position” of the Bulgarian government and Tsar Boris III, “regardless of the fact that […]
Controversy has erupted over an exhibition to be opened by Bulgarian Culture Minister Boil Banov on May 8 that “highlights the role of Tsar Boris III” and “presents the role […]
In Bulgaria, anti-Semitic rhetoric continued to appear regularly on social networking sites and as comments under online media articles, the US State Department said in its report for 2017 on […]
The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” has expressed deep concern about a statement at a news conference by the head of Bulgaria’s specialised anti-corruption prosecutor’s office Ivan Geshev […]
A commemorative plaque has been unveiled at Dupnitsa railway station in Bulgaria, paying tribute to the people of the town for their role in the rescue of Bulgarian Jews from […]
Bulgaria’s government has approved the extension by three years of a co-operation agreement between the Archives State Agency and the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Centre in Israel. The decision […]
A monument of gratitude for the rescue of the Bulgarian Jews from the Holocaust has been unveiled in the Black Sea city of Bourgas, with the ambassador of Israel, Irit […]
The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has announced that it has appointed Viktor Melamed the director of its new office in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is the global Jewish advocacy organisation’s sixth […]
Bulgarian Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva hosted on April 5 a Passover Seder attended by leaders of Jewish communities from Bulgaria and the Balkans, as well as […]
Retired Bulgarian politician Dyanko Markov, 95, is continuing to pursue editor Yuliana Metodieva through the courts for calling him an anti-Semite. This is the third court case after he lost […]
