A major Bulgarian media outlet has issued an apology to Aleksander Oscar, an ophthalmologist and the president of the Shalom organization of Jews in Bulgaria, for falsely accusing him of embezzling money from Bulgaria’s national health insurance fund. The Shalom and World Jewish Congress organizations had called much of the criticism of Oscar anti-Semitic in nature and said the ordeal led to an increase in online anti-Semitism in Bulgaria. “The publisher and editorial team at Pik.bg apologizes to associate professor Dr. Aleksander Hugo Oscar for incorrect information about the activities and personality of Dr. Oscar presented in articles in the...
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