The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in the process of implementing a large-scale project, coordinated in advance with all responsible institutions in Bulgaria and the EU, including the implementation and launch of a new version of the National Visa Information System (NVIS).

As from 1 March 2020, road vehicles with a total technically permissible maximum weight exceeding 3,5 tonnes circulating on paid road sections in Bulgaria will have to pay for their use distance-based road charges – toll. The toll replaces the electronic vignette for heavy vehicles and buses.

On January 15, 2020 - for a fifth consecutive year - the Consulate General of the Republic of Bulgaria in Toronto was visited by a group of Survakari from the Bulgarian Language and Literature School "Rodna stryaha", led by the creative director Mrs. Zheny Popova. The students presented their handmade survachki (curled branch of a cornel tree, usually decorated with coins, popcorn, dried fruits, small bagels, ribbons, and threads) and told about their role in the Bulgarian folk custom.