Bologna

Blue Bird Airways expands Italy network with four direct routes from Tel Aviv

The expansion will make Italy one of Blue Bird Airways’ main markets from Ben-Gurion Airport, with some routes operating daily and others several times a week.

|ByMEITAL SHARABI
Passengers at the Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv, July 16, 2026.
Police spray water on protesters during a demonstration against the visiting Israeli basketball team on the day of the Virtus Bologna-Maccabi Tel Aviv Euroleague match in Bologna, Italy, November 21, 2025.

Anti-Israel rioters attack Bologna police with firecrackers, set fires, build barricades

Violent protests against a Maccabi match saw masked rioters clash with police, injuring eight officers using flagpoles, bottles, clubs and flares.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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Thieves steal 200 giant Parmigiano Reggiano wheels in Bologna -- worth over €100,000

The operation lasted nearly six hours after workers left; Carabinieri secured surveillance footage as investigators probe an experienced, well-organized group.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Graffiti on the Bologna Synagogue reading JUSTICE FREE GAZA. January 11, 2025.

Bologna Jewish leader: After synagogue attack, concrete actions are necessary

Protesters in Bologna turned violent, targeting the city's synagogue with vandalism and explosives.

|ByGIORGIA VALENTE/THE MEDIA LINE

'Justice for Gaza': Rioters vandalize synagogue in Bologna

The riot was originally anti-police in nature, making the motives of the synagogue vandals unclear.

JANUARY 12, 2025ByJAMES GENN
Graffiti on the Bologna Synagogue reading JUSTICE FREE GAZA. January 11, 2025.

Middle Age jewels from Jewish cemetery on display in Bologna

Throughout the centuries, the Jewish cemetery had been completely forgotten, until some of its remains were uncovered during construction works in 2012.

JUNE 18, 2019ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Bologna, Italy.