Balkans

'Jerusalem of the Balkans': Exploring Thessaloniki's lost Jewish history - opinion

I had long wanted to visit the city where the port once closed on Shabbat, and where Jews were both longshoremen and leaders in commercial development.

|ByBARBARA SOFER
Thessaloniki, Greece
PROF. MAX BERGHOLZ: Wars don’t make history; rather, people make wars, and then those wars change how people operate, and think, and remember.

What brings neighbors to violence? American historian searches history for answers - feature

Dan David Prize winner Prof. Max Bergholz on how ordinary people are swept into violence.

|ByNERIA BARR
FILE PHOTO: US Air Force planes on the tarmac of Sofia airport, Bulgaria, February 19, 2026.

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."

|ByREUTERS
Slovenian flag; illustrative.

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

Sa’ar added that he has already instructed Foreign Ministry Director-General Eden Bar Tal to begin the process of establishing the new embassy and the selection process for an ambassador. 

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

Serbia-Kosovo crisis, for Putin, is all about the US - analysis

The recent diplomatic moves by Russi are all about removing America from the powerful position it obtained in 1999, in the wake of the Kosovo War.

AUGUST 1, 2022BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Members of the KFOR peacekeeping force patrol the area near the border crossing between Kosovo and Serbia in Jarinje, Kosovo, October 2, 2021.