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Ekaterina Zaharieva congratulates Bulgarian community in Barcelona on consulate opening
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva congratulated the Bulgarian community in Barcelona and acknowledged the Bulgarian expats’ proactive civic stand that led to the scheduled opening of a staff consulate in that Spanish city on August 1.
22 May 2019
General Affairs Council discusses external action aspects of next Multiannual Financial Framework
Deputy Foreign Minister Emilia Kraleva took part in a regular meeting of the General Affairs Council in Brussels on May 21. The next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and the preparations for the European Council meeting in June were the key topics on the meeting’s agenda.
21 May 2019
Foreign Ministers of Bulgaria and Germany call for a Europe united in solidarity
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva and her German colleague Heiko Maas called upon the European citizens to vote for a European Union united in solidarity at the elections for European parliament this coming Sunday.
20 May 2019
Switzerland lifts restrictions on free movement, employment and settlement for Bulgarians
BERNE – As from June 1, 2019, citizens of Bulgaria and Romania will be granted full freedom of movement, employment and settlement in Switzerland.
17 May 2019
Deputy Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev talks with Montserrat Jovira, Vice Governor of Catalonia
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Georg Georgiev met and spoke with the Vice Governor of the Autonomous Province of Catalonia Montserrat Jovira on May 17 of this year.
17 May 2019
EU confirms its leading role in the 2030 UN Agenda for Sustainable Development
BRUSSELS – The implementation of the 2030 UN Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change were in the focus of the regular meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (Development) held in Brussels today. The Bulgarian delegation was led by Ambassador Dimiter Tzantchev, Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the EU.
16 May 2019
New Bulgarian Ambassador to Ukraine presents letters of credence
The newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to Ukraine Kostadin Kodzhabashev presented his letters of credence to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. The ceremony took part on May 16 in the House with Chimeras of the presidential administration complex in Kiev.
16 May 2019
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Bulgaria supports pan-European nature of Council of Europe
In the framework of the 129th session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Bulgaria emphasized in its intervention the importance of preserving the Organization’s pan-European nature while seeking a common understanding of its values and principles.
16 May 2019
New ambassador to Slovenia presents credentials
On May 14, 2019, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Republic of Slovenia, Mladen Chervenyakov, presented his letters of credence to Borut Pahor, the President of Slovenia, in a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Ljubljana.
14 May 2019
Announcement
On instructions from the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva, the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey will be summoned to the MFA on Monday to provide an explanation of his statement made today, calling upon the Bulgarian Government to promote the learning of Turkish as a foreign language.
13 May 2019