News - Poland, Warsaw, Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria

At the Presidential Palace in Warsaw on January 12, 2023. after a two-year break, the first New Year's meeting of the Polish presidential couple with the heads of diplomatic missions accredited to the Republic of Poland took place. The event was also attended by: the President of the Senate, the Deputy President of the Sejm, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, senior spiritual representatives of all faiths in Poland and other guests.

On January 20, 2023, a New Year's meeting was held at the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Warsaw with ambassadors, representatives of the Presidential Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Sports and Tourism, other Polish state, financial and cultural institutions with which the Embassy closely cooperates.

On October 16, 2022, a gala concert was held in the Concert Hall of the Royal Castle in Warsaw - one of the most prestigious venues for cultural events in the Polish capital - in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in Warsaw. The concert, jointly organized by the Bulgarian Cultural Institute and the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in the Republic of Poland, was held with the participation of the Deputy Minister of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria, Prof. Borislava Taneva.

On September 22, 2022, an exhibition of 42 paintings by famous Bulgarian artists created during the Balkan Wars and World War I opened at the Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw. The exhibition, which coincides with the 110th anniversary of the outbreak of the First Balkan War and was opened on Bulgaria’s Independence Day, is entitled “I Had No Weapons. I Had a Backpack and a Tripod” and will remain at the prestigious Warsaw museum until November 6, 2022.

The forum is hosted and initiated by the Polish Ministry of the Interior. The meeting was attended by ministers and high-ranking representatives from Austria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine, Moldova and the United Kingdom.

Deputy Minister Irena Dimitrova held bilateral consultations at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the Secretary of State of the Republic of Poland Shimon Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk on 19 April.

On April 6 this year The tenth edition of the Forum for the Promotion of Tourism in Poland was held in the Orientarium in Lodz.

In the period 4-6 March 2022 the 13th edition of the International Tourism and Leisure Fair in Wroclaw (International Tourism Trade Show) was held. The Ministry of Tourism, with the assistance of the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Warsaw, organized a presentation of Bulgaria with an information stand on an area of ​​50 sq.m. Bulgaria was also a partner country of the exhibition. The following Bulgarian tourist companies were presented at the national stand: Albena Tour, Credo-Joanna EOOD, Landis, On Holidays and SEVE Travel, as well as the Ministry of Tourism through the national tourist representation.

On February 26 this year BCI - Warsaw in cooperation with the Embassy organized a holiday program to mark the national holiday March 3 - the Day of the Liberation of the Republic of Bulgaria. The musical evening with Bulgarian folklore and ethno jazz was attended by over 100 guests - mostly Polish connoisseurs of Bulgarian traditions and culture. Among the audience in the crowded hall were journalists, museum and music specialists. Welcoming remarks were made by Margarita Ganeva - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bulgaria to Poland. The musical evening, unfortunately, came under extremely difficult times for the first time since the end of World War II - the open military aggression by the Putin regime against Poland's and Bulgaria's neighboring country, Ukraine.

On January 4, 2022, Ambassador Margarita Ganeva met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, Mr. Pavel Jablonski, in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland. The subject of the meeting was: discussion and identification of current topics of common interest in bilateral relations, the international situation in the context of the challenges of the Eastern border of Poland, incl. given her activity as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office this year, the provision of information and positions of Bulgaria regarding the dialogue with the Republic of North Macedonia, etc. related to economic diplomacy, taking into account the portfolio of Deputy. Minister Jablonski in the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.