Key officers
KEY OFFICERS
H.E. Mr. Dimiter TZANTCHEV
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Bulgaria to the EU, COREPER II
Tel. +32 2 2358 307
Ms. Maria KOLEVA
Minister Plenipotentiary
Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Bulgaria to the EU, COREPER I
Tel. +32 2 2358 305
Ms. Gergana KARADJOVA
Minister Plenipotentiary
Representative of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Political and Security Committee (PSC)
Tel. +32 2 2358 315
Ms. Desislava Filipova
Secretary
Tel. +32 2 2358 308
Coordination COREPER-II
Ms. Ralitza YOTOVA
First Secretary
ANTICI diplomat, COREPER-II Coordination, Institutional and horizontal issues, European Council
Tel. +32 2 2358 309
Ms. Anita STALEVA
Second Secretary
Deputy ANTICI diplomat, COREPER-II Coordination, Institutional and horizontal issues, European Council
Tel. +32 2 2358 311
Mr. Dorian TODOROV
Assistant
COREPER-II Coordination
Tel. +32 2 2358 350
Ms. Gergana KAMENOVA
Assistant
COREPER-II/ European Parliament Coordination
Tel. +32 2 2358 350
Coordination COREPER-I
Ms. Ivanka TASHEVA
First Secretary
MERTENS diplomat, COREPER-I Coordination
Tel. +32 2 2358 304
Ms. Victoria CHERNOOKOVA
Third Secretary
Deputy MERTENS diplomat, COREPER-I Coordination
Tel. +32 2 2358 387
Mr. Yovo PANCHEV
Assistant
COREPER-I Coordination
Tel. +32 2 2358 306
Ms. Tsveta NETSOVA
Assistant
COREPER-I Coordination
Tel. +32 2 2358 306
Coordination COREPER-II/COREPER I/PSC
Ms. Hristiana GROZDANOVA
First Secretary
Coordination COREPER-II, COREPER-I and PSC, Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU
Tel. + 32 2 2358 461
Press and Information
Ms. Genoveva CHERVENAKOVA
Second Secretary
Media and Public Relations, Spokesperson (Coreper-II)
Tel. +32 2 2358 347
European Parliament
Ms. Natalia UZUNOVA
Counsellor
European Parliament, Political Parties in EU
Tel. +32 2 2358 373
Mr. Yulian YAKIMOV
Counsellor
European Parliament
Tel. +32 2 2358 373
Legal and Institutional Affairs
Ms. Daniela DRAMBOZOVA
Second Secretary
Judicial and Institutional Issues, Human Rights, Court of Justice of the EU, Implementation of EU Laws, Translation Quality
Tel. +32 2 2358 375
Mr. Stanislav TODOROV
First Secretary
Brexit
Tel. +32 2 2358 354
Ms. Mila PETROVICH
Counsellor
Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Accession to the EU, Consultation and Verification Mechanism for Bulgaria and Romania
Tel. +32 2 2358 357
Protocol, Administrative Affairs and Accounting
Mr. Dimitar YAPRAKOV
Counsellor
Head of Protocol
Tel. +32 2 2358 349
Ms. Elena YAKIMOVA
Assistant
Protocol
Tel. +32 2 2358 408
Mr. Evgeni TODOROV
Head of Financial Department
Tel. +32 2 2358 303
Ms. Nadia DASKALOVA
Administrator
Accommodation, Accreditation, Translator
Tel. +32 2 2358 300
Ms. Pravdoljuba BOZHINOVA
Accreditation, Accommodation
Tel. +32 2 2358 435
Common Foreign and Security Policy, Development, COPS Coordination
Mr. Dimiter STANCHEV
First Secretary
NICOLAIDIS diplomat, PSC Coordination
Tel. +32 2 2358 428
Ms. Zlatina DIMITROVA
Assistant
PSC Coordination
Tel. +32 2 2358 351
Mr. Traiko SPASOV
Counsellor
Working Party Africa, Working Party Transatlantic Relations
Tel. +32 2 2358 351
Ms. Rossalina MADJIROVA
First Secretary
Cooperation for Development, Humanitarian Aid and Food Aid, UN, Disarmament
Tel. +32 2 2358 313
Mr. Ognyan KARASTAMATOV
Attache
UN, Human Rights, Disarmament
Tel. +32 2 2358 428
Ms. Diana DJAMBAZOVA
Second Secretary
Working Party Asia and Oceania, Working Party Middle East and Persian Gulf
Tel. +32 2 2358 441
Mr. Ivan RAYCHEV
First Secretary
Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Working Party on the OSCE and the Council of Europe
Tel. +32 2 2358 352
Mr. Yordan TOPCHIYSKI
Attaché
Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (CIVCOM)
Tel. +32 2 2358 441
Ms. Ekaterina ANGELOVA
Second Secretary
Middle East, Maghreb, Mashreq, Union for the Mediterranean
Tel. + 32 2 2358 361
Ms. Iveta TZONEVA
Second Secretary
Latin America, EU Staff Regulations incl. seconded national experts, Internships at the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Bulgaria
Tel. +32 2 2358 354
Ms. Albena PEEVA
First Secretary
RELEX, Sanctions
Tel. +32 2 2358 310
Mr. Rayko NICKOLOV
Third Secretary
Western Balkans, Council for Regional Cooperation, EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey
Tel. +32 2 2358 363
Mr. Alexandre STOYKOV
First Secretary
Terrorism
Tel. +32 2 2358 442
Vice Admiral Georgi FIDANOV
Military Representative to OTAN and EU and the EU Military Committee (EUMC)
Tel. +32 2 7072 830
Colonel Radostin ILIEV
Deputy Military Representative to the EU Military Committee and Military Committee (EUMC)
Tel. +32 2 2358 359
Colonel Ventseslav VASILEV
Counsellor
Political Military Working Group
Tel. +32 2 2358 356
Krasimir LAZAROV
EU Military Committee (EUMC), EU military operations
Tel. +32 2 2358 355
Captain 2nd Rank Kalushko GANEV
EU Military Committee (EUMC), EU military operations
Tel. +32 2 2358 398
Kiril Angelov
First Secretary
Political Military Working Group, European Defense Agency
Tel. +32 2 2358 358
Trade Policy
Mr. Boyan NATAN
Counsellor, Head of sector Trade
Trade Policy Committee, EFTA, Head of Unit for Economy and Trade at the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Bulgaria
Tel. +32 2 2358 410
Ms. Rossitza VASSILEVA
Counsellor
Trade Policy Committee, Trade Issues, Bilateral and Regional Trade Issues
Tel. +32 2 2358 368
Mr. Kiril YURUKOV
Second Secretary
TPC Services and Investments, TPC STIS, Committee n Investment Agreements
Tel. +32 2 2358 368
Mr. Rumen KAMENOV
Minister Plenipotentiary
Africa, Caribbean and Pacific, Trade and Development
Tel. +32 2 2358 321
Financial, Economic, Monetary Policy and Cohesion Policy
Mr. IANI IVANOV
Counsellors, Head of sector Economic and Financial Affairs
ECOFIN Coordination, Economic Governance Reform, EU Financial Stability Framework, EMU, G20/IMF, EIB, Multiannual Financial Perspective
Tel. +32 2 2358 370
Mr. Kaloyan DIMITROV
Third Secretary
European Semester, Economic and Monetary Union, State Aid
Tel. +32 2 2358 323
Ms. Snejanka KOLEVA
Counsellor
Financial services, Banks
Tel. +32 2 2358 372
Ms. Margarita GLAVEVA
First Secretary
Financial services, Securities, Financial Instruments and Markets
Tel. +32 2 2358 376
Ms. Reneta MIHAYLOVA
Second Secretary
EU Budget, Multiannual Financial Perspective, Financial Management and Control issues, including Anti-fraud
Tel. +32 2 2358 369
Ms. Venetka TODOROVA
First Secretary
Taxation
Tel. +32 2 2358 371
Ms. Dessislava YORDANOVA
First Secretary
Macro regional strategies, Outermost regions, Territorial cooperation
Tel. +32 2 2358 386
Ms. Vyara MINCHEVA
First Secretary
Macro regional strategies, Outermost regions, Territorial cooperation
Tel. +32 2 2358 386
Mr. Nikolay NAYDENOV
First Secretary
EU structural instruments
Tel. +32 2 2358 379
Mr. Lazar TODOROV
Minister Plenipotentiary
EU structural instruments
Tel. +32 2 2358 334
Justice and Home Affairs
Mr. Petar RASHKOV
Minister Plenipotentiary, Head of sector Justice
Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters – internal affairs,
Tel. +32 2 2358 367
Mr. Krassimir VOYNOV
First Secretary
Justice and Judicial reform, civil matters
Tel. +32 2 2358 365
Ms. Elena DOYCHEVA
First Secretary
Company law
Tel. +32 2 2358 363
Ms. Marieta TOSHEVA
Second Secretary
Justice and Judicial reform, criminal matters
Tel. +32 2 2358 319
Ms. Desislava SITARSKA-TOMOVA
First secretary ‘Head of sector Interior’
Police cooperation, Fight against organized crime, Europol, Consultation and Verification Mechanism (CVM), Drugs
Tel. +32 2 2358 399
Commissioner Naum TSEKOV
Counsellor
Schengen, Migration, Borders, Asylum
Tel. +32 2 2309 445
Ms. Dimana DOYNOVA
Second Secretary
Police cooperation, Terrorism, Exchange of information, CVM
Tel. +32 2 2358 317
Ms. Natalia KOLIKOVA
Counsellor
Terrorism-internal aspects, Financial frauds
Tel. +32 2 2358 414
Ms. Zoya MILCHEVA
Third Secretary
Visa issues, Terrorism, Consular issues, Visas
Tel. +32 2 2358 343
Ms. Miroslava SEMKOVA
Counsellor
Security Committee
Tel. +32 2 2358 417
Mr. Emil Georgiev
First secretary
SAB, CCCIS
Tel. +32 2 2358 417
Ms. Stefan DELCHEV
Second Secretary
Civil Defence and Crisis Management
Tel. +32 2 2358 346
Competitiveness (Internal Market, Industry)
Mr. Kalin TOMOV
Counsellor, Head of sector Competitiveness, Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Competitiveness and Growth, Statistics, Head of Unit for Economy and Competitiveness at the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Bulgaria
Tel. +32 2 2358 364
Ms. Iliyana ATANASOVA
Counselor
Competitiveness and Growth, Technical Harmonisation, COSMOS
Tel. +32 2 2358 419
Ms. Zdravka GORANOVA
Counsellor
Customs Policy
Tel. +32 2 2358 366
Mr. Velin EDROV
Second Secretary
Intellectual property – Patent, Design, Trade Marks, application
Tel. +32 2 2358 431
Agriculture and Fisheries
Ms. Marina BRAKALOVA
Counsellor, Head of sector ‘Agriculture and fishery’
Representative to the Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA), CAP
Tel. +32 2 2358 335
Ms. Zefira ESKIDAROVA
First secretary
CAP, State Aid
Tel. +32 2 2358 336
Ms. Ventseslava TASEVA
Counsellor
Agricultural and Veterinary Affairs, Regulatory Committees on Food Safety, Phytosanitary Issues
Tel. +32 2 2358 395
Ms. Teodora PETKOVA
First Secretary
Coordination, Agricultural, veterinary and phytosanitary policy
Tel. +32 2 2358 337
Mr. Konstantin PETROV
Second Secretary
Fisheries Policy, Committees Fisheries
Tel. +32 2 2358 340
Mr. Petar VALCHEV
Third Secretary
Financial management, control and audit of the agricultural funds
Tel. +32 2 2358 403
Transport, Telecommunications and Energy
Ms. Vanya DIMITORVA
First Secretary, Head of sector Transport, Information Technology and Communications
Air transport, aviation security
Tel. +32 2 2358 385
Mr. Stephan STANCHEV
Counsellor
Maritime, Integrated Maritime Policy, Intermodal Questions
Tel. +32 2 2358 401
Ms. Miroslava BORISSOVA
Second Secretary
Road and Rail Transport
Tel. +32 2 2358 324
Ms. Kalina DIMITROVA
First Secretary
Telecommunications and Information Society, Postal Services
Tel. +32 2 2358 390
Ms. Petya ICHEVA
First Secretary
Conventional Energy
Tel. +32 2 2358 396
Ms. Ivelina IVANOVA
Second secretary
Atomic questions
Tel. +32 2 2358 400
Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer protection
Mr. Todor KRASTEV
Counsellor
Head of sector Social Protection, Employment, Labour law and Social dialogue, Head of Labour and Social Policy Sector
Tel. +32 2 2358 325
Mr. Raymond SAPAREV
Minister Plenipotentiary
Social policy, Labour migration and integration
Tel. +32 2 2358 384
Ms. Zlatimira DOBREVA
First Secretary
Healthcare, Pharmaceutical Products and Medical Devices
Tel. +32 2 2358 402
Environment
Mr. Kalin ILIEV
Counsellor
Head of sector Environment and Waters, Waste management, Biodiversity, Air quality, Head of Environment sector
Tel. +32 2 2358 436; +32 2 280 31 62
Mr. Radoslav LOZANOV
Third Secretary
Climate change
Tel. +32 2 2358 393; +32 223 012 53
Education, Research, Youth, Culture and Sport
Ms. Lora CLARKSON
Counsellor, Head of Sector Education and Research
Education
Tel. +32 2 2358 382
Mr. Evgeni EVGENIEV
First Secretary
Education and Research
Tel. +32 2 2358 391
Mr. Yasen GYUROV
First Secretary
Education
Tel. +32 2 2358 382
Ms. Evgenia BLASKOVA
Counsellor
Head of sector Culture, Culture and Audiovisual Policy
Tel. + 32 2 2358 394
Ms. Zhivka HASKIYA
Second Secretary
Culture, Audiovisual Policy and Copyright,
Tel. + 32 2 2358 394