Balkans

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

Prime Minister Rumen Radev said it was "categorically out of the question for military operations in the Middle East to be conducted from Bulgarian territory."

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

'Turning a new page': Israel to open first ever embassy in Slovenia

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) meets with former Republic of Srpska president Milorad Dodik and current President AnaTrisic-Babic in Jerusalem, as Israel balances diplomatic outreach with growing global scrutiny over the participants and messaging of its antisemitism conference.

‘Israel of the Balkans’: Srpska fights like Israel for survival, Milorad Dodik tells 'Post'

MP RASHELA Mizrahi (third from left) stands alongside Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana during the visit to the Knesset of the North Macedonian parliamentary delegation.

North Macedonia MP Rashela Mizrahi brings solidarity message to Israel during parliamentary visit


Freezing weather across Europe causes flight cancellations, rail network disuption

All domestic rail services in the Netherlands were suspended early on Tuesday after an IT outage compounded disruption across the country's rail network.

PEOPLE WALK in the snow-covered Trocadero square near the Eiffel Tower, as winter weather with snow and cold temperatures hits a large part of the country, in Paris, France, January 5, 2026.

Bulgaria celebrates entry into euro zone, lev currency banished into history

Bulgaria is changing its currency from the lev to the euro, raising concerns over higher prices and political unrest.

A man shows euro banknotes after withdrawing them from an ATM at a bank branch of UBB bank in Sofia, Bulgaria, January 1, 2026, as Bulgaria joins the Eurozone.

Kosovo to hold election in bid to end year-long political impasse

The vote is the second this year in Europe's youngest nation after Kurti's Vetevendosje party fell short of a majority in February.

ACTING PRIME Minister of Kosovo and Levizja Vetevendosje (Movement for Self-Determination) party leader Albin Kurti speaks to his supporters during the last election campaign rally in Pristina, Kosovo December 27, 2025.

Ohana, Johnson launch bid to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

Meeting at the US Capitol for the first time since the ceasefire took effect, Ohana and Johnson signed a joint letter to the Nobel Committee urging Trump’s selection.

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and US House Speaker Mike Johnson sign joint letter to the Nobel Committee urging the nomination of US President Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, December 9, 2025.

Montenegro's Crown and Coast: A Journey through Cetinje and Budva

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 111.

Budva Old Town, Montenegro

His father used diplomacy, he conquered the world: How Alexander became the first great general

The opening of the royal palace of Aigai to the public in 2024 reignited global interest in the life and legacy of Alexander the Great.

 Fragment of ancient Roman Alexander mosaic (c. 100 BC).

Remembering the golden age of Jewish Salonica via stamps

Salonica was once known as “The Mother of Israel.” However, the Jewish community’s former glories are now mostly found in archives of aging photographs and the fading memories of elderly survivors. 

 Stamps issued by the Israel Post depicting a woman from Salonica.

Hate and historical revisionism: Looking back on Dodik's interview with the 'Post' - opinion

It’s one thing for the newspaper to have conducted such an interview, ill-advised though it may have been. It is entirely another to have gone ahead with its publication knowing his views.

 RUSSIA’S PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik during a meeting on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum earlier this month.

Republika Srpska President Dodik to 'Post': Coexistence with Muslims is impossible - exclusive

In this ‘Jerusalem Post’ exclusive, President Milorad Dodik of Republika Srpska, one of two entities that make up Bosnia and Herzegovina, talks about Srebrenica, modern-day Bosnia, Israel, and Putin.

 PRESIDENT OF Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik looks on as Bosnian Serbs protest against the UN resolution on the genocide in Srebrenica in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in April.

Will the UN's Srebrenica vote thrust the Balkans into war once again? - opinion

Hence, by singling out Srebrenica while ignoring other horrors of the Bosnian conflict, the UN is implicitly suggesting that Serbs alone were perpetrators, and everyone else were victims.

 WHAT’S TO stop resolutions from targeting the leveling of Dresden by the Allies during World War II? Pictured: Queuing for one of the few trams spared from bomb damage, 1946.