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Israel's U20 men's ice hockey team after winning the gold medal in Sofia, Bulgaria, Jan. 27, 2024. Credit: International Ice Hockey Federation.

Israeli hockey wins gold at U20 tourney after ban reversed

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Israel's Under-20 men's national ice hockey team skated to a gold medal with a perfect record at the world championship tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria, that concluded on Saturday. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) initially banned the...
Dr. Rumyana Christidi discusses issues of Bulgarian antisemitism at a Bar-Ilan University conference in Ramat Gan, June 12, 2023. Photo by Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS.

Fighting antisemitism: Bulgaria’s optimistic lessons

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At first glance, prospects for the battle against antisemitism appeared gloomy as international scholars and activists gathered at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan to discuss the age-old prejudice. But one speaker offers reason for hope....
Thousands of people attended a memorial event in Argentina dedicated to the 85 people killed and 300 others injured during the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, July 18, 2022. Source: AMIA.

In Argentina and Bulgaria, recalling two deadly terrorist attacks

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Thousands of people attended a memorial event in Argentina on Monday dedicated to the 85 people killed during the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires. They came to read the names of the victims,...
Israeli emergency rescue team members are seen in the area of the terrorist attack in Burgas, Bulgaria, on July 19, 2012. The attack, carried out a day before, claimed the lives of seven people, five of them Israelis, and left 34 wounded, two of them seriously. Photo: Dano Monkotovic/Flash90.

Bulgarian court hands down two life sentences for 2012 Burgas bombing

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A Bulgarian court sentenced two Lebanese men to life in jail on Monday for a 2012 bus bombing at the Burgas Airport that killed seven, including five Israelis, and wounded at least 35 additional...
The National Assembly of Bulgaria. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Jewish groups hail Bulgaria for preventing annual neo-Nazi march

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Jewish organizations commended the Bulgarian government for preventing an annual neo-Nazi march in the country’s capital of Sofia from taking place last weekend. The annual torch-lit Lukov march is named after Bulgarian Gen. Hristo Lukov,...
NCSEJ chairman Daniel Rubin and CEO Mark Levin present the Torch of Liberty award to Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyk Borisov. They are joined by Israel Ambassador Yoram Elron; U.S. Ambassador Herro Mustafa; Julia Dandolova, CEO of Shalom, the Organization of the Jews of Bulgaria; and the NCSEJ leadership delegation. Credit: NCSEJ.

Bulgarian prime minister receives European Jewry organization’s highest award

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National Coalition for Supporting European Jewry chairman Daniel Rubin and CEO Mark Levin presented the organization’s highest award to Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. It comes “in recognition of his visionary leadership in foreign affairs...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă at the summit meeting of the Craiova State Forum in Varna, Bulgaria, on Nov. 2, 2018. Credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.

Netanyahu meets with European leaders to up ties

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the leaders of Bulgaria and Romania on Friday to strengthen ties between them and Israel. At the summit meeting of the Craiova State Forum in Bulgaria, where Netanyahu...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, upon their departure for Bulgaria. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Netanyahu heads to Bulgaria to forge partnerships with Eastern European leaders

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left for Bulgaria on Thursday to attend the Varna Summit, aimed at strengthening the relationship between the two countries, as well as between the Jewish state and several other...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov, June 13, 2018. Photo by Haim Zach (GPO).

Netanyahu thanks Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov for defending Israel in EU

At a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuand Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, Netanyahu lauded the “wonderful friendship between Bulgaria and Israel,” which he said “goes back many, many years.” Netanyahu thanked Borisov for Bulgaria’s...
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov in 2009. Credit: Vladimir Petkov via Wikimedia Commons.

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borissov visits Israel

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Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and a contingent of other leaders from the country began a three-day visit to Israel on Tuesday. First, in Jerusalem, he addressed the American Jewish Committee’s annual Global Forum, which...