Bulgaria

Bulgaria boosts border security after drone explodes near gas pipeline

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said the drone was not detected in either Bulgarian or Romanian airspace before the incident.

An illustrative map of the Balkans, including Bulgaria.
Sofia, Bulgaria.

Jewish Italian teens targeted by alleged neo-Nazis at Bulgaria hotel

 El Al Flight 402 - The Lockheed Constellation registered as 4X-AKC, pictured here in 1950.

On this day: Communist Bulgaria downs El Al flight 402, killing all 58 people onboard

FILE PHOTO: US Air Force planes on the tarmac of Sofia airport, Bulgaria, February 19, 2026.

Bulgaria denies US tanker aircraft will be used in operations against Iran


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.

Members of Bulgarian Jewish community stand in silence during a service in the Sofia synagogue

Grapevine November 18, 2020: Not quite as bad as we thought

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR Paul Griffiths presents his credentials to President Reuven Rivlin.

Israel: Bulgaria must recognize Hezbollah in entirety as terror group

The European Union has Hezbollah’s military wing, but not its political wing on its terror list.

Israel's Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi speaks during a joint news conference with his British counterpart Dominic Raab in Jerusalem August 25, 2020

Ashkenazi calls on Bulgarian FM to sway PA to hold peace talks with Israel

"These are historic times and it’s important that the international community helps strengthen the new peace agreement."

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi meets with his Bulgarian counterpart Ekaterina Zakharieva

Israelis design Bulgarian remote educational system amid coronavirus

The system was developed to integrate studies through the Education Ministry for over 800,000 students using a Google-based unified system.

Josh Shoham and Rami Nahum, founders of AppGreat.

Germany expands pension access for Romanian, Bulgarian holocaust survivors

Widows/widowers and children of survivors from the expanded list of 'open ghetto' cities are also eligible to receive a German Pension.

Jewish cemetery in Timișoara, Romania

Bulgarian court hands down life imprisonment for Hezbollah terrorists

The conviction leaves the families of the victims and Israel partially unsatisfied because Hezbollah itself was not formally indicted or convicted.

A truck carries a bus, that was damaged in a bomb blast on Wednesday, outside Burgas Airport, about 400km (248miles) east of Sofia July 19, 2012

No convictions for antisemitic crimes in Bulgaria last year, says report

FRA released a report on September 10, which documents antisemitic incidents that have occurred in the European Union from 2009 to 2019.

Members and supporters of several nationalist organizations take part in a march in commemoration of Bulgarian General Hristo Lukov in Sofia, Bulgaria, February 17, 2018

Bulgaria: Thousands protests against government, clash with police

The rally took place on the first sitting of parliament after summer recess. Protesters called it the "Grand National Uprising" in response the government's plan for a new constitution.

People take part in an anti-government demonstration in Sofia, Bulgaria, September 2, 2020.

Bulgarian court's verdict on Hezbollah terror attack due in September

Chief prosecutor says “I hope that to some extent there will be justice” for the Israeli and Bulgarian victims.

A BUS IS seen at the airport in Burgas, Bulgaria, on July 18, 2012, after terrorists blew it up as it transported Israeli tourists to their hotels.