The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/bulgaria/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:16:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Bulgaria | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/bulgaria/ 32 32 Nickolay Mladenov, US pick for Gaza board, has won Israelis’ and Palestinians’ trust https://www.timesofisrael.com/nickolay-mladenov-us-pick-for-gaza-board-has-won-israelis-and-palestinians-trust/ Fri, 09 Jan 2026 09:13:43 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3730193 Bulgarian diplomat, tapped as secretary-general of Trump-chaired 'Board of Peace,' was received well by Jerusalem and Ramallah alike for 2015-2020 work as UN Mideast peace envoy

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]]> Three Bulgarians go on trial for painting red hands at Paris Holocaust Memorial https://www.timesofisrael.com/three-bulgarians-go-on-trial-for-painting-red-hands-at-paris-holocaust-memorial/ Thu, 30 Oct 2025 07:17:25 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3677122 French intelligence says vandalism part of Russian campaign to destabilize Western society; one suspect says he did not understand antisemitic nature of graffiti and apologizes

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]]> Hundreds of thousands march in rallies across Europe against Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/hundreds-of-thousands-march-in-rallies-across-europe-against-israel/ Sun, 05 Oct 2025 17:00:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3656945 Protests held in Turkey, the Netherlands, Bulgaria and Spain, also Morocco, in support of Palestinians and of flotilla intercepted as it headed to Gaza Strip

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]]> EU chief’s plane hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming over Bulgaria, lands safely https://www.timesofisrael.com/eu-chiefs-plane-hit-by-suspected-russian-gps-jamming-over-bulgaria-lands-safely/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 13:27:02 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3631762 Pilot flying EU chief Ursula von der Leyen reportedly used paper maps to land; Bulgaria suspects Russia to blame, but not clear if von der Leyen was specifically targeted

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]]> Sleuthing for origins of exploding Hezbollah pagers widens to Bulgaria and Norway https://www.timesofisrael.com/sleuthing-for-origins-of-exploding-hezbollah-pagers-widens-to-bulgaria-and-norway/ Fri, 20 Sep 2024 02:49:55 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3379473 Lebanese security source says 'it's possible that the Mossad created a European company' to send the devices to the terror group, which believed they were produced in Asia

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]]> Suspect who painted red hands on Paris Holocaust memorial denies racial motives https://www.timesofisrael.com/suspect-who-painted-red-hands-on-paris-holocaust-memorial-denies-racial-motives/ Wed, 07 Aug 2024 14:40:40 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3349548 One of three Bulgarian men fighting extradition to France claims it was 'just hooliganism' that led him to deface memorial; Sofia court postpones decision until September 26

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]]> Bulgaria says 3 held on suspicion of vandalizing Paris Holocaust memorial in May https://www.timesofisrael.com/bulgaria-says-3-held-on-suspicion-of-vandalizing-paris-holocaust-memorial-in-may/ Sat, 27 Jul 2024 02:49:59 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3341005 Balkan nation's security agency says the suspects 'are known to gravitate around Bulgarian groups that profess far-right extremist ideology'

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]]> New dark comedy for stage asks: Was Bulgaria’s King Boris III friend or foe to the Jews? https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-dark-comedy-for-stage-asks-was-bulgarias-king-boris-iii-friend-or-foe-to-the-jews/ Fri, 10 May 2024 07:44:56 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3286260 The paradoxical leader dabbled in fascism, was loved by his people, saved 50,000 lives while enacting antisemitic laws, and is the subject of a play running in NYC through June 2

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]]> Bulgaria’s ambassador to Israel condemned for skipping Holocaust history conference https://www.timesofisrael.com/bulgarias-ambassador-to-israel-condemned-for-skipping-holocaust-history-conference/ Sat, 03 Jun 2023 01:37:16 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3026628 Organizers say envoy's decision to forgo event indicative of her government’s attempts to whitewash history on WWII round-up of 11,000 Jews in what is today North Macedonia

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]]> Why Bulgarian Jews skipped an official ceremony marking their rescue from the Nazis https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-bulgarian-jews-skipped-an-official-ceremony-marking-their-rescue-from-the-nazis/ Fri, 17 Mar 2023 09:26:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2975646 Officials marked 80 years since Tsar Boris III stopped the deportation of the country's 48,000 Jews; they didn't mention the 11,000 whose murder by Nazis his government facilitated

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]]> Bulgaria bans annual neo-Nazi march honoring WWII general https://www.timesofisrael.com/bulgaria-bans-annual-neo-nazi-march-honoring-wwii-general/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 22:42:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2960482 Police block roads where Nazi-supporting Hristo Lukov lived, in order to prevent nationalists from holding ceremony in his memory

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]]> Bulgaria charges 5 suspects with helping deadly Istanbul bombing suspect https://www.timesofisrael.com/bulgaria-charges-5-suspects-with-helping-deadly-istanbul-bombing-suspect/ Sat, 19 Nov 2022 12:23:10 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2878030 Local media says 3 of the suspects are Moldovan and a 4th is from an unspecified Arab country; Turkey blames Kurdish PKK, which denies involvement in blast that killed 6

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]]> Jewish groups, others in North Macedonia angered by ethnic Bulgarian club’s name https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-groups-others-in-north-macedonia-angered-by-ethnic-bulgarian-clubs-name/ Sat, 08 Oct 2022 13:25:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2849639 Protesters rally against cultural association named after monarch Boris III, who allied his country with Nazi Germany and Axis in WWII

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]]> Outrage after Bulgarian politician gives Nazi salute in European Parliament https://www.timesofisrael.com/outrage-after-bulgarian-politician-gives-nazi-salute-in-european-parliament/ Thu, 17 Feb 2022 12:16:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2703930 President of bloc body says fascist gesture by nationalist Angel Dzhambazki 'offends me and everyone else in Europe'; lawmaker may face sanctions

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]]> Bulgarian Jewish leader falsely accused of embezzling, then targeted by antisemitism https://www.timesofisrael.com/bulgarian-jewish-leader-falsely-accused-of-embezzling-targeted-by-antisemitism/ Wed, 02 Feb 2022 18:22:12 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2695194 Hospital denies media claims that Dr. Aleksander Oscar, president of a local Jewish organization, was ever accused of filing fraudulent medical reports

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