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).

On September 27, the Embassy of Bulgaria in Berlin celebrated the International Day of Tourism with a themed evening dedicated to Bulgarian tourism. The event was personally opened by H.E. Grigor Porozhanov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Federal Republic of Germany, who emphasized the importance of the German tourist market, the advantages and attractiveness of our country as a year-round tourist destination and the huge potential in this area between the two countries.

Ministers of Foreign Affairs‘ meeting is to take place on 9 of November 2020 as part of the 2020 Berlin Process for the Western Balkans’ first Joint Chairmanship of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia.

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.

Guide to the Media accredited to cover the visit of Pope Francis to Bulgaria

An electronic system (e-vignette and toll), as a modern way of charging for the use of the national road network, is introduced in Bulgaria as of 1 January 2019. In the attached file, you will find more information on where and how you can buy E-Vignette and how to convert your paper vignette to an electronic one.

According to the Embassy of Bulgaria in Berlin, the difficult weather conditions in the Federal Republic of Germany in the past few days are cause for concern.

On May 22, at the Ministry of Science and Arts of the Federal State of Hesse, State Secretary Ingmar Jung presented the Bulgarian Consul with a Roman silver medal of what is known as the Danube horseman, dated II - III century CE, that had been stolen from Bulgaria. At the ceremony, a protocol was signed for the return of the cultural object to its rightful owner, the Republic of Bulgaria.

The Foreign Ministry reports that the German trade union ver.di has decided that ground staff of airline Lufthansa will go on strike on Thursday March 21 2013.