Bulgaria

Israel’s ‘ice orphans’: Survival, legacy, and the battle for hockey gold in Sofia

For the small, bruised, and fiercely dedicated community of Israeli hockey, this tournament is absolutely everything.

Team Israel gathers on the ice at their last practice before the tournament.
Dog skull found during an archaeological excavation.

Canine remains discovered in Bulgaria show dog meat may have been Iron Age delicacy - study

Flags of Israel and Bulgaria

Israeli manufacturing company expands to Europe amid rising geopolitical tensions

A man shows euro banknotes after withdrawing them from an ATM at a bank branch of UBB bank in Sofia, Bulgaria, January 1, 2026, as Bulgaria joins the Eurozone.

Bulgaria celebrates entry into euro zone, lev currency banished into history


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.

Bulgaria charges five people in connection with Istanbul blast

Three men of Moldovan origin and a man and woman of Syrian Kurdish descent were detained earlier this week by Bulgarian special police forces.

 Members of the security forces stand on Taksim Square after an explosion on busy pedestrian Istiklal street in Istanbul, Turkey, November 13, 2022.

Former Shin Bet, Mossad heads tried to con Bulgaria - report

Israeli businessmen reportedly tried to arrange an arms deal between the Congo and Bulgaria and seize the payments.

Flag of Bulgaria.

SWC endorses proposed Macedonian law banning institutions that promotes Nazism

According to the organization, this legislation was brought forward as a result of two cultural centers in Bulgaria that was named for Bulgarian Nazi collaborators.

North Macedonia biggest opposition party VMRO-DPMNE supporters shout slogans, April 2019

The Israeli jazz singer Daphna Levy performed at Bansko Jazz Festival

Last month, the Israeli singer Daphna Levy took over the stage of the famous Bansko Jazz Festival and fascinated the audience with her incredible performance together with her band.

 Jazz festival in Bansko

'Bulgarian panda' may have been Europe's last panda species - study

This ancient panda relative would likely have lived in the swampy forests of modern-day Bulgaria six million years ago, eating a mostly vegetarian diet.

 A giant panda eats bamboo inside an enclosure at the Moscow Zoo on a hot summer day in the capital Moscow, Russia June 7, 2019.

US officials slam Hezbollah on anniversary of AMIA, Burgas bombings

Both Lipstadt and Price acknowledged the AMIA attack as the largest antisemitic attack on Jews in more than half a century.

 HOLDING UP images of the victims of the 1994 bombing on Argentina’s AMIA center, to mark the attack’s 25th anniversary, in Buenos Aires, July 18, 2019.