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Israel officially recognizes Armenian Genocide after decades of diplomatic friction - analysis

Israel’s recognition of the genocide has been decades in the making. It's been a strange aspect of Israel’s history that, for many years, the Armenian genocide was downplayed in official circles.

Members of the Armenian community in Jaffa perform a pray during a memorial service held to mark the 106th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, at the Armenian Church of Saint Nicholas, in Jaffa, April 24, 2021.
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Blue Bird opens three new routes to Europe this summer

An illustrative image of an asteroid near the Earth.

Asteroid to fly within 176 Bulgarias of Earth on Monday, May 18 - NASA

Former Bulgarian president and leader of the Progressive Bulgaria coalition Rumen Radev speaks during an election rally, ahead of the snap election, in Sofia, Bulgaria, April 16, 2026.

Bulgaria's former pro-Putin president Radev wins parliamentary election, official partial results


Bulgaria’s ambassador to Israel condemned for skipping Holocaust history conference

The ambassador said she wanted discussions to remain at the "historical level" without political participation.

Visitors seen at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on April 16, 2023, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Did archaeologists find oldest Cyrillic text on 1,000-year-old breastplate?

There is reason to believe that the inscription on the breastplate is in fact one of the earliest Cyrillic texts known to date.

 Illustrative: marble copy of a building inscription from 1016 of Tsar Ivan Vladislav (1015-1018) for the renovation of the Bitola fortress, National Historical Museum of Bulgaria, in Sofia.

Israeli writer Eshkol Nevo takes center stage in Bulgaria

 Eshkol Nevo

Hezbollah terrorists who killed Israelis in Bulgaria bus blast get life in prison

Ex-Interior ministry of Bulgaria urges Sofia to classify Hezbollah a terrorist entity

A truck carries the bus that was damaged in a bomb blast outside Burgas Airport, July 19, 2012.

Bulgarian Jews skipped ceremony marking 80 years since rescue from Nazis. Why?

Jewish community leaders point to a longstanding and increasingly potent dispute over how Tsar Boris III should factor into Bulgaria’s Holocaust memory.

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Bulgaria must choose to ban Lukov Nazi march - opinion

Bulgaria has a unique opportunity to be a leader in fighting antisemitism in the European Union, as history stands by its side.

 THE WRITER speaks at a conference titled ‘The Role of the Jurists for the Salvation of the Bulgarian Jews,’ at Sofia University, Bulgaria, yesterday.

Summer flights to new European destinations to begin in May

Ophir Tours will operate new flights to Bratislava, Trieste and Bansko between May and October.

 Trieste, Italy.

After outcry, Bulgaria bars neo-Nazis from marching in tribute to Nazi collaborationist leader

The Lukov March had been held by the far-right Bulgarian National Union-New Democracy Party almost every year since 2003.

 Far-right groups and nationalists carry torches and march to commemorate the Nazi-era Bulgarian General Hristo Lukov in Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb. 12, 2022.

After outcry, Bulgaria bars neo-Nazis from marching in tribute to Nazi collaborationist leader

The Lukov March had been held by the far-right Bulgarian National Union-New Democracy Party almost every year since 2003.

 Far-right groups and nationalists carry torches and march to commemorate the Nazi-era Bulgarian General Hristo Lukov in Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb. 12, 2022.

Israel pushes Bulgaria, Romania to designate IRGC a terror group

The ministers discussed strengthening ties against Iran together.

 FOREIGN MINISTER Eli Cohen attends a ceremony at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on Monday, at which he is welcomed as the new minister.