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.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed the positive development of relations between the two countries and reconfirmed their strategic character.

Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin met with the executive director of the American Jewish Committee David Harris at the organization's headquarters in New York.

The 110th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Bulgaria and the United States was marked with luncheon at the Library of Congress.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Kristian Vigenin will pay a working visit to Washington on 18-20 September.

According to the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Washington, no Bulgarians were injured in the explosions in Boston.

“As a member of the European Union, Bulgaria hopes that there will soon be a uniform visa-free regime for all EU member states.” This was said by Foreign Minister Nickolay Mladenov during a meeting with US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns in Washington DC yesterday.

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