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
Mr. Stanislav TODOROV
Counsellor
Ad interim Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Bulgaria to the EU, COREPER I, Brexit
Ms. Asya TSVETANOVA
Counsellor
Representative of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Political and Security Committee (PSC)
Ms. Desislava Filipova
Secretary
Coordination COREPER-II
Ms. Ralitza YOTOVA
Counsellor
ANTICI diplomat, COREPER-II Coordination, Institutional and horizontal issues, European Council
Ms. Anita STALEVA
First Secretary
Deputy ANTICI diplomat, COREPER-II Coordination, Institutional and horizontal issues, European Council
Mr. Dorian TODOROV
Assistant
COREPER-II Coordination
Ms. Gergana KAMENOVA
Assistant
COREPER-II/ European Parliament Coordination
Coordination COREPER-I
Ms. Victoria CHERNOOKOVA
Second Secretary MERTENS diplomat, COREPER-I Coordination
Ms. Tsveta NETSOVA
Assistant
COREPER-I Coordination
Coordination COREPER-II/COREPER I/PSC
Ms. Zoya MILCHEVA
Third Secretary
Coordination COREPER-II, COREPER-I and PSC, Staff Regulations
Press and Information
Ms. Genoveva CHERVENAKOVA
First Secretary
Media and Public Relations
European Parliament
Ms. Ekaterina ANGUELOVA
Second secretary
European Parliament, Political Parties in EU
Mr. Yulian YAKIMOV
Counsellor
European Parliament
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
Ms. Antoaneta DIMITROVA
First Secretary
Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Accession to the EU, Consultation and Verification Mechanism for Bulgaria and Romania
Protocol, Administrative Affairs and Accounting
Mr. Metodi GERASIMOV
Attaché
Head of Protocol
Ms. Elena YAKIMOVA
Assistant
Protocol
Mr. Evgeni TODOROV
Head of Financial Department
Ms. Nadia DASKALOVA
Administrator
Accommodation, Accreditation, Translator
Ms. Pravdoljuba BOZHINOVA
Administrator
Accreditation, Accommodation
Common Foreign and Security Policy, Development, COPS Coordination
Mr. Dimiter STANCHEV
First Secretary
NICOLAIDIS diplomat, PSC Coordination
Ms. Zlatina DIMITROVA
Assistant
PSC Coordination
Mr. Georgi GEORGIEV
First secretary
Working Party Africa, Working Party Transatlantic Relations
Mr. Ognyan KARASTAMATOV
Attaché
UN, Human Rights, Disarmament
Mr. Stillian MINKOFF
Second Secretary
Working Party Asia and Oceania, Working Party Middle East and Persian Gulf
Ms. Kalina CHOLAKOVA
First Secretary
Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Working Party on the OSCE and the Council of Europe
Mr. Yordan TOPCHIYSKI
Attaché
Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (CIVCOM), EU Maritime Security Strategy, Hybrid Threats
Ms. Tsvetomira GEORGIEVA
Second Secretary
Middle East, Maghreb, Mashreq, Union for the Mediterranean
Ms. Iveta TZONEVA
Second Secretary
Latin America, EU Staff Regulations incl. seconded national experts, Internships, Humanitarian aid and food assistance
Ms. Albena PEEVA
First Secretary
RELEX, Sanctions
Mr. Rayko NICKOLOV
Third Secretary
Western Balkans, Council for Regional Cooperation, EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey
Mr. Alexandre STOYKOV
First Secretary
Terrorism
Vice Admiral Mitko PETEV
Military Representative to NATO and EU and the EU Military Committee (EUMC)
Colonel Plamen ILIEV
Deputy Military Representative to the EU Military Committee and Military Committee (EUMC)
Colonel Ventseslav VASILEV
Counsellor
Political Military Working Group
Krasimir LAZAROV
EU Military Committee (EUMC), EU military operations
Captain 2nd Rank Kalushko GANEV
EU Military Committee (EUMC), EU military operations
Kiril Angelov
First Secretary
Political Military Working Group, European Defense Agency
Trade Policy
Mr. Boyan NATAN
Counsellor, Head of sector Trade
Trade Policy Committee, EFTA, Dual-Use Goods, Export Credits
Ms. Rossitza VASSILEVA
Counsellor
Trade Policy Committee, Trade Issues, Bilateral and Regional Trade Issues
Mr. Kiril YURUKOV
Second Secretary
TPC Services and Investments, TPC STIS, Committee n Investment Agreements
Mr. Rumen KAMENOV
Minister Plenipotentiary
Africa, Caribbean and Pacific, Trade and Development, Development Cooperation
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
Ms. Snejanka KOLEVA
Counsellor
Financial services, Banks
Mr. Todor VALCHEV
First Secretary
Financial services, Securities, Financial Instruments and Markets
Ms. Daniela VRATACHKI
Second Secretary
EU Budget, Multiannual Financial Perspective, Financial Management and Control issues, including Anti-fraud
Ms. Venetka TODOROVA
First Secretary
Taxation
Ms. Dessilava YORDANOVA
First Secretary
Macro regional strategies, Outermost regions, Territorial cooperation
Mr. Lazar TODOROV
Minister Plenipotentiary
EU structural instruments
Justice and Home Affairs
Mr. Petar RASHKOV
Minister Plenipotentiary, Head of sector Justice
Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters
Mr. Krassimir VOYNOV
First Secretary
Justice and Judicial reform, civil matters
Ms. Elena DOYCHEVA
First Secretary
Company law
Commissioner Naum TSEKOV
Counsellor
Schengen, Migration, Borders, Asylum
Mr. Velizar ZHULEV
Second secretary
Police cooperation, Fight against organized crime, Europol, CVM, Drugs, Migration, Borders, Asylum
Ms. Dimana DOYNOVA
Second Secretary
Police cooperation, Terrorism, Exchange of information, CVM
Ms. Natalia KOLIKOVA
Counsellor
Terrorism-internal aspects, Financial frauds
Ms. Birsen KARABADZHAKOVA
Third Secretary
Visa issues, Terrorism, Consular issues, Visas
Ms. Miroslava SEMKOVA
Counsellor
Security Committee
Mr Stefan DELCHEV
Second Secretary
Civil Defence and Crisis Management
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
Ms. Iliyana ATANASOVA
Counselor
Competitiveness and Growth, Technical Harmonisation, COSMOS
Mr. Pavel MANCHENKO
Counsellor
Customs Policy
Mr. Velin EDROV
Second Secretary
Intellectual property – Patent, Design, Trade Marks, application
Agriculture and Fisheries
Ms. Marina BRAKALOVA
Counsellor, Head of sector Agriculture and fishery
Representative to the Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA), CAP
Ms. Zefira ESKIDAROVA
First secretary
CAP, State Aid
Ms. Antoaneta GINOVA
Second secretary
Phytosanitary Issues, Food Safety, Bioeconomy
Ms. Teodora PETKOVA
First Secretary
Coordination, Agricultural, veterinary and phytosanitary policy
Mr. Georgi RALCHEV
Second Secretary
Fisheries Policy, Committees Fisheries
Mr. Petar VALCHEV
Third Secretary
Financial management, control and audit of the agricultural funds
Transport, Telecommunications and Energy
Ms. Vanya DIMITORVA
First Secretary, Head of sector Transport and Telecommunications
Air transport, aviation security
Mr. Stephan STANCHEV
Counsellor
Maritime, Integrated Maritime Policy, Intermodal Questions
Ms. Miroslava BORISSOVA
Second Secretary
Road and Rail Transport
Ms. Kalina DIMITROVA
First Secretary
Telecommunications and Information Society, Postal Services
Ms. Dinela KAYTAZKA
Third secretary
Cyber security, e-governance
Ms. Petya ICHEVA
First Secretary
Conventional Energy
Ms. Ivelina IVANOVA
Second secretary
Atomic questions
Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer protection
Mr. Todor KRASTEV
Counsellor, Head of sector Social Protection
Employment, Labour law and Social dialogue
Mr. Mihail ILIEV
Second secretary
Social policy, Labour migration and integration
Ms. Zlatimira DOBREVA
First Secretary
Healthcare, Pharmaceutical Products and Medical Devices
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
Ms. Detelina PEICHEVA
Counsellor, Horizontal and Global Environmental Issues
Mr. Radoslav LOZANOV
Third Secretary
Climate change
Education, Research, Youth, Culture and Sport
Ms. Lora CLARKSON
Counsellor, Head of Sector Education and Research
Education
Mr. Evgeni EVGENIEV
First Secretary
Education and Research
Mr. Yasen GYUROV
First Secretary
Sport and Youth
Ms. Evgenia BLASKOVA
Counsellor, Head of sector Culture
Culture and Audiovisual Policy
Ms. Zhivka HASKIYA
Second Secretary
Culture, Audiovisual Policy and Copyright