Europol, the European Union’s police body, said in its annual report on terrorism in the EU that "indications suggest possible links" between Hezbollah and the terrorist bus attack at the Sarafovo airport in Burgas, Bulgaria, which killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian driver last year.

"Europe should take into very careful consideration what happened in Burgas and come up with with a series of measures that protect us from similar attacks in the future," said Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nickolay Mladenov, in reference to the terrorist attack against a bus in July 2012 that killed five Israeli tourists and their Bulgarian bus driver in Burgas.

Israeli President Shimon Peres on Tuesday honored eleven Belgian families who helped saved the lives of Jews during the Holocaust.  

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres are to address Wednesday an official celebration at the European Parliament in Brussels to mark the 70th anniversary of the rescue of the Bulgarian Jews during the Nazi period.

EU Foreign Ministers on Monday heard a statement  by Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nickolay Mladenov on the results of his country’s probe into the bus bombing in Burgas which killed five Israeli tourists and the Bulgarian driver in July 2012.

A French foreign ministry official was quoted as saying France was considering to officially recognize Hezbollah a terror organization if the Bulgarian probe into the Burgas terror attack proves link to the Lebanese Shiite group.

Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite group, was responsible for the bombing of a bus filled with Israeli tourists in Burgas, Bulgaria, last year, the Bulgarian authorities announced Tuesday.

Bulgaria is expected to release a report describing the findings of their investigation into the 19 July 2012 terrorist attack on a bus in the Black Sea resort of Burgas that killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian bus driver.

French President Francois Hollande paid tribute to his Bulgarian counterpart Rossen Plevneliev’s participation in a UNESCO Holocaust memorial event Monday at a meeting of the two leaders in Paris, as they sought to recommit to bilateral relations across economic, energy and infrastructure fields.

Bulgarian authorities confirmed Thursday they had identified one of three suspects wanted in connection with the July bomb attack on Israeli tourists in the Black Sea city of Burgas.