Parliamentary Groups Issue Declarations Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2026

Balgarianovinite.com At this week’s first plenary sitting of the Bulgarian Parliament, held on Wednesday, several parliamentary groups issued declarations marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, observed on January 27.
GERB-UDF said in a declaration read by Yordanka Fandakova that the International Holocaust Remembrance Day belongs not only to history but to the moral conscience of humanity. The Holocaust shows how far man can go when another person ceases to be human in his eyes and is reduced to a number, a category, or a threat. “This evil was not spontaneous. It was systematic, rationalized and accepted,” she said. “Unfortunately, even today we are witnessing unrelenting hatred, division and language that once again dehumanizes. This makes remembrance not a completed act, but a continuous obligation. The Holocaust must not merely be commemorated – it must be understood, so that it is never repeated.”
In its declaration, Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria urged the public to remember the victims of the Holocaust so as to avoid repeating the terrors of the past. MP Yavor Bozhankov said that one lesson from the past is that any form of nationalism, no matter whether based on racial or class motives, leads to war. He said that Europe today is once again haunted by the ghost of war, which is why people should ponder which events led to this. The statement also referred to the fact that Bulgaria refused to deport to Nazi concentration camps any of the 50,000 Jews living on its territory during WW2. He concluded: “Today, our country has once again chosen the side of good. And today, Bulgaria once again stands on the side of humanism.”
Vazrazhdane party leader Kostadin Kostadinov highlighted examples of silenced memory and contemporary Nazism, emphasizing that crimes against the people and humanity have no statute of limitations. He said that twice in history, someone tried to unite Europe after the collapse of past empires: first Napoleon, and then Hitler. According to him, a third attempt comes from what he referred to as “the European Commission’s neo-Nazis and their supporters in Bulgaria, who have openly called since last Sunday for the destruction of Bulgarian statehood and its absorption into a European federation”. He described this as “treason, neo-Nazism in action, and anti-Bulgarian sentiment”. Parliament Chair Raya Nazaryan imposed a formal reprimand on Kostadinov, saying that he had addressed MPs with offensive and slanderous language.
The BSP – United Left’s declaration read by Nataliya Kiselova said Holocaust Remembrance Day is dedicated to the anti-fascist struggle because the denial of the Holocaust and racism is embedded in the foundations of modern civilization. “It is important today and in the days to come, when we remember this date, to constantly think about the attempts to downplay and even somehow justify the crimes of Hitler’s regime,” she said. The MP said that over the past 35 years, someone or other has always found the democratic principles of the 1991 Bulgarian Constitution inconvenient, and those principles need to be protected. “Unfortunately, even today we are witnessing unrelenting hatred, division, and language that once again dehumanizes. This makes remembrance not a completed act, but a continuous obligation.” Parliamentary Groups Issue Declarations Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-01-28 18:59:02 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law