On March 10, Bulgaria marks the "Day of the Holocaust and Rescue of the Bulgarian Jews" and honors the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and the victims of crimes against humanity. March 10 was designated as the Holocaust Remembrance Day by decision № 105 of the Bulgarian Council of Ministers of February 19, 2003.
In 1943, politicians and public figures from Kyustendil and Bulgarian metropolitans called on the government to oppose the planned deportation of Bulgarian Jews to the Nazi concentration camps. After 1943, nearly 50,000 Bulgarian Jews were saved.
Traditionally, various commemorative events will take place in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia and other cities to mark the Day of Holocaust.
The enthronement of the newly elected Bulgarian Patriarch, Metropolitan Daniil of Vidin, is over. The new spiritual leader was welcomed in St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. The gathered laity chanted "Worthy" and applauded him. ''Conscious of my..
It will be sunny on Monday. There will be light southeasterly wind in the eastern parts of the country. The hot weather continues with maximum temperatures between 33°C and 38°C, in Sofia - around 33°C. It will be sunny over the mountains...
"The faithful need the unity of the church, the unity of Orthodoxy; they need leadership for the spiritual rise of the Bulgarian people", President Rumen Radev told journalists before the enthronement of the newly elected Bulgarian Patriarch Daniil in..
“Five people from the parliamentary group are going to be “torn apart” during the voting for a cabinet but will, most probably, not give their..
The first joint operation of the newly formed Mine Counter Measures Task Group Black Sea involving Bulgaria, Turkey and Romania is to take place July..
On Tuesday the weather will be sunny and hot over most of the country. Clouds will form over Western and Central Bulgaria in the afternoon and there..
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