News
The issuance of passports with privileges is limited by law
The government is proposing changes that restrict the issuance of passports, giving holders the right to travel abroad more easily and visa-free. It is about the so-called diplomatic and service passports.
17 February 2021
Bulgarian citizens abroad can now submit applications for Bulgarian personal documents via the Internet without an electronic signature
Bulgarian citizens abroad can submit applications for Bulgarian personal documents without an electronic signature (QES) through the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
17 February 2021
On the streets of Sofia, there is no place for hatred, anti-Semitism and xenophobia
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses its full support to the actions of the Municipality of Sofia and all responsible authorities, which have banned and prevented once again the torch procession of ultranationalists and neo-Nazis known as “Lukov March”. This alarming manifestation of anti-Semitism, xenophobia, hatred and intolerance has no place on the street of the capital city Sofia.
13 February 2021
Ekaterina Zaharieva: The Three Seas Initiative will help the development of young people in the region
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva, who is the national coordinator of the Three Seas Initiative, called for greater regional connectivity in science, technology, innovation, as well as between business and technology parks in the 12 participating countries.
11 February 2021
Bulgaria allocates BGN 835,009 for development of projects in the Republic of Northern Macedonia, Moldova, Armenia and Vietnam
The Council of Ministers grants BGN 835,009 to the Republic of Northern Macedonia, Moldova, Armenia and Vietnam.
10 February 2021
The climber Atanas Skatov was found dead
It is with great sorrow that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces that the Bulgarian climber Atanas Skatov was found dead in the area of the accident in Karakorum, Pakistan.
05 February 2021
Nine leading universities in Bulgaria adopted the working definition of anti-Semitism at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nine leading Bulgarian universities adopted at a ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the working definition of anti-Semitism of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA).
04 February 2021
The Consulate of the Philippines in Bulgaria becomes an honorary consulate general
The Council of Ministers approved a change of class of the Consulate of the Republic of the Philippines in Bulgaria. With the decision, the diplomatic mission became a general honorary consulate, and its seat and consular district were retained. The Honorary Consul of the Republic of the Philippines in Bulgaria, Ognyan Georgiev Trayanov, became Consul General.
03 February 2021