Four weeks ago, in two consecutive nights of violence, crowds of Macedonian Slavs ransacked Albanian-owned shops, cafes, and homes in Bitola, Macedonia's second-largest city. Two days later, clashes ...

BITOLA, Macedonia (JTA) — About 200 people gathered in this Balkan nation’s second city for a Holocaust commemoration that became one of its largest Jewish events in decades. The gathering Sunday in ...

BITOLA, North Macedonia (JTA) — In a country where Nazis killed 98 percent of its Jewish minority, the survival of five members from the Abravanel family was regarded as something akin to a miracle.

People buy flowers at a stand in Bitola, North Macedonia, on the occasion of International Women's Day, March 8, 2025. Photo: Xinhua People buy flowers at a stand in Bitola, North Macedonia, on the ...

BITOLA, Macedonia – It can be easy to miss, tucked away on the outskirts of this town, where 70 grand mosques pay more obvious testament to the Turkish past. But plans are under way to revive a key ...