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Football tournament under Foreign Minister patronage gathers diplomats in Sofia
SOFIA. - For another year in a row Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva gave her patronage to the already traditional diplomatic football tournament ‘Ambassadors’ League’, organized by the UN Association of Bulgaria with the charitable goal of conducting a ‘Human rights school’.
13 May 2019
Ekaterina Zaharieva: Bulgaria gives practical support to Eastern Partnership countries
BRUSSELS. - The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva is taking part in the meeting of foreign minister of the EU Member States and their counterparts from the six countries of the Eastern Partnership (EP): Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. This initiative of the EU and its six partners to the East, launched back in 2009, is marking its 10th anniversary this year
13 May 2019
Foreign Affairs Council calls for immediate truce in Libya
Recent developments in Libya and the Sahel, the situation in Venezuela, and Iran’s decision to stop fulfilling part of its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action were in the focus of attention of the Foreign Affairs Council meeting which took place in Brussels today. Bulgaria was represented by its Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ekaterina Zaharieva
13 May 2019
Ekaterina Zaharieva: Bulgaria provides practical support to Eastern Partnership countries
BRUSSELS – The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva took part today in a meeting of the ministers of foreign affairs of the EU and their colleagues from the six nations of the Eastern Partnership (EP): Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. This initiative of the EU and its eastern partners, which was launched back in 2009, is marking its 10th anniversary this year.
13 May 2019
Foreign Affairs Council calls for immediate truce in Libya
Recent developments in Libya and the Sahel, the situation in Venezuela, and Iran’s decision to stop fulfilling part of its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action were in the focus of attention of the Foreign Affairs Council meeting which took place in Brussels today. Bulgaria was represented by its Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ekaterina Zaharieva.
13 May 2019
Announcement
On instructions from the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva, the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the Republic of Bulgaria Hasan Ulusoy was summoned to the MFA on Monday by Deyan Katrachev, Director of the South-Eastern Europe Directorate, to explain his statement made on May 11 of this year, calling upon the Bulgarian Government to promote the learning of Turkish as a foreign language as a precondition for the increase of Turkish investments in Bulgaria.
11 May 2019
Bulgaria opens honorary consulate in Turku, Finland
In a formal ceremony on May 7, 2019, Bulgaria opened today its honorary consulate in the Finnish city of Turku, which is to have consular jurisdiction over the provinces of Varsinais-Suomi and Satakunta
10 May 2019
Bulgaria to grant BGN 180,000 for the Neshkov Vrah ossuary monument near Caribrod
Bulgaria to grant BGN 180,000 for the Neshkov Vrah ossuary monument near Caribrod
09 May 2019
Bulgaria to open consulate general in Barcelona
The Council of Ministers has adopted a decision to open a consulate of the Republic of Bulgaria in the Kingdom of Spain, which is to be headed by a staff consular officer and based in the City of Barcelona with a consular jurisdiction over the autonomous communities of Catalonia and Aragon.
09 May 2019
Bulgaria, US discuss possibilities for supporting Orthodox communities around the world
Through their development assistance programs, Bulgaria and the United States can support the Eastern Orthodox communities in Northern Iraq and Syria, by participating in the restoration of their places of worship. That was the subject of discussion between Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva and Samuel Brownback, Department of State Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom.
09 May 2019