Bulgaria joins the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance as full member

Bulgaria’s accession as full member of the the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) was approved at the organisation’s plenary meeting in Ferrara, Italy, the country’s Foreign Ministry said on November 29.

Bulgaria was represented at the meeting by the Foreign Ministry’s director-general for global affairs Plamen Bonchev, who presented the country’s report for full membership on November 27.

“Bulgaria’s membership will provide a platform for an even wider global popularisation of the act of saving Bulgarian Jews during World War 2 and will contribute to the full and meaningful research of the history of the Holocaust,” the ministry said in its statement.

https://sofiaglobe.com/2018/11/29/bu...s-full-member/


EU steps up its international cooperation to tackle Holocaust Denial and Antisemitism

Today, the European Commission is becoming a permanent international partner to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). The participation of the EU to this international body provides will allow for closer cooperation on combating Holocaust denial and preventing racism, xenophobia and Antisemitism. This is a direct follow- up to President Juncker's call for closer international cooperation in his statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day, this 27 January, as well as the European Parliament's resolution on combating Antisemitism of June 2017.

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEX-18-6625_en.htm