News - United Kingdom, London, Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria

Bulgarian ambassador to the UK Marin Raykov presented his credentials to Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on 24 October 2019

The celebrations of May 24th, the Day of Sts. Cyrill and Methodius and also the Day of Bulgarian Culture and Writing, commenced in London with a cultural festival on May 19th in Soho’s Golden Square, located in the heart of London

Reflections in a Well, a new bilingual edition, featuring poems by Rumiana Ebert and Tzveta Sofronieva, was launched on April 12th at the Art Workers' Guild.

A piano recital by Swiss-based Bulgarian pianist Hristo Kazakov was held on January 26th 2019. The concert that included works by J S Bach and Debussy was organized within the framework of the International Concert Series and was held at the beautiful Rudolf Steiner House, London’s only example of Expressionist architecture. A number of representatives of the diplomatic corps, UK institutions and friends of Bulgaria were in attendance and enjoyed this opportunity to hear Mr. Kazakov who is known as the author of some of Bach’s finest interpretations.

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.

The Bulgarian Embassy in London, together with the UK Government's Department for Exiting the EU and the Home Office, organised a joint Information meeting for Bulgarian citizens in the United Kingdom, which took place on November 27th, 2018.

The Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in London commemorated the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One with the exhibition "The World for the Bulgarian Warrior", created by former BBC journalist Dimitar Dimitrov.

On September 17th, 2018, the Bulgarian Embassy in London hosted a celebration for the “Ivan Stancioff” Bulgarian school’s first school day of school.

The Embassy of Bulgaria in London marked the end of Bulgaria’s EU Presidency with a classical music concert, performed by talented students and alumni of the Whitgift School, some of whom come from Bulgaria.