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Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev meets OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann
Bulgaria has the ambition this year to submit to the largest possible number of reviews in the Committees of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and I hope that the accession process will be finalized as soon as possible. This is what Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev said at his meeting with OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann on sidelines of the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting in Paris.
02 May 2024
Prime Minister Glavchev: Bulgaria’s accession to the OECD is a top foreign policy priority
Bulgaria’s accession to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) helps us bring the national policies in line with the highest global standards. As a future OECD member, Bulgaria will do its best to disseminate the OECD best practices and policies in South-East Europe. The statement was made by Dimitar Glavchev, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, in his speech at the Meeting of the OECD Council at Ministerial Level in Paris.
02 May 2024
Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Dimitar Glavchev will participate in the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting
Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Dimitar Glavchev leaves today for Paris, where he will participate in the Ministerial Meeting of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Prime Minister Glavchev will deliver a speech in the first plenary session, which will discuss the achievement of a sustainable, inclusive economy and society, as well as evidence-based policy-making on common challenges.
02 May 2024
Bulgaria is expected to join the OECD by the end of 2025
For the first time Bulgaria has a specific deadline for joining the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). This is what Prime Minister Glavchev told journalists after his meeting with OECD Secretary General Matthias Korman. From the conversation of Prime Minister Glavchev with Secretary General Korman it became clear that the horizon for our country's accession is the end of next year 2025. A total of 31 reports of the OECD committees on Bulgaria have been adopted, with 26 more to go.
02 May 2024
Informal meeting of the EU General Affairs Council
Ambassador Rumen Alexandrov, Bulgaria’s Permanent Representative to the EU, took part in the informal meeting of the General Affairs Council, organised by the Belgian Presidency of the EU in Brussels on 30 April 2024. 20 years after the EU’s big enlargement on 1 May 2024, the EU Member States and the current EU candidate countries (the six Western Balkan countries, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and Turkey) met in Brussels. In this extended format they discussed the rule of law in the candidate countries and agreed on its key importance for the accession process. The Permanent Representative Mr. Ru
30 April 2024
Prime Minister Glavchev: Bulgaria remains consistent in its support for Ukraine
Bulgaria remains consistent and will continue to express its full support for the people of Ukraine, its independence and will actively participate in the process of its reconstruction. This is what Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev said at a meeting with Ukraine’s Ambassador Olesya Ilashchuk and Germany’s Ambassador Irene Maria Plank. The prime minister received an invitation to participate in the Conference on the Reconstruction of Ukraine, which will be held in early June this year in Berlin.
29 April 2024
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announcement
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is monitoring with caution the developments in the situation in connection with the news circulating in the media about missile strikes by Israel on sites in Iran.
19 April 2024
Тhe Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Bulgaria Mr. Alireza Irvash was summoned to a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
On 16 April 2024, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Bulgaria Mr. Alireza Irvash was summoned to a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the occasion of Iran’s attack on Israel on 14 April 2024.
17 April 2024
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ivan Kondov took part in the extraordinary informal video conference meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ivan Kondov took part in the extraordinary informal video conference meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council held on 16 April 2024.
17 April 2024
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summons Iranian ambassador for meeting on Iran’s attack on Israel
Iran’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Bulgaria Alireza Irvash was summoned on 16 April 2024 to a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the occasion of Iran’s attack on Israel on 14 April 2024.
17 April 2024