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Ekaterina Zaharieva: The Bulgarian Presidency Has Turned one of its National Priorities into a European one
Minister Zaharieva pointed out that at the very outset of its Presidency Bulgaria had had to work through a number of challenges and times of crisis, some of which the EU encountered for the first time on its history, as well as the new trans-Atlantic relations between the EU and the USA, which are traditional partners, Brexit, the procedure launched against Poland on the rule of law, the need for a solution to the matter of migration, drafting joint projects in the sphere of security, and the European Defence Facility.
03 July 2018
Minister Zaharieva: We Have Managed to Reconcile our Differences with Politicians in the Republic of Macedonia, and Our Historians Should Do the Same
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva welcomed the members of the joint scientific committee of the Republics of Bulgaria and Republic of Macedonia which held its first meeting today in Sofia. The joint multidisciplinary committee comprising experts in the fields of history and education was set up pursuant to the Amity, Good-neighbourliness and Cooperation Agreement concluded between the two countries.
03 July 2018
UNICEF’s Representative to Bulgaria Hands in her Letters of Accreditation
Today, the newly appointed UNICEF Representative to Bulgaria, Dr Jane Muita, handed in her letters of accreditation to Deputy Minister Yuri Sterk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dr Muita succeeds Maria Jesus Conde, whose three-year term ended in June.
02 July 2018
Ekaterina Zaharieva and her German Counterpart Heiko Maas: A Solution for Migration Can Only Be Found at the Level of the EU
Bulgaria’s highest-ranking diplomat reminded that there was no migratory pressure at the country’s border. She noted the points that were key to finding a solution in Bulgaria’s view: closing the EU’s external borders, extending the agreement with Turkey, providing centres outside of Europe, and the quick return of illegal migrants.
02 July 2018
Ekaterina Zaharieva: The EU must not lose its focus on the Western Balkans after the success of the Bulgarian Presidency
Those were the words of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva at the external meeting of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group that took place today at the Balkan Hotel in Sofia
28 June 2018
Minister Zaharieva: Our Presidency achieved the first Council decision on enlargement since 2015
Speaking to an audience of government ministers, sociologists, political scientists and other experts, Minister Zaharieva outlined some of the more significant foreign policy accomplishments of the Bulgarian Presidency
27 June 2018
At Accession Conference chaired by Ekaterina Zaharieva, Serbia opens two more chapters in its EU accession talks, and Montenegro, one chapter
The delegation of the European Union was headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva on behalf of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU
26 June 2018
Zaharieva thanks Mogherini for her support during the Presidency, and Austria, for carrying further Bulgaria’s priorities
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva took part on the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council, held in Luxembourg, which was the last such meeting under the Bulgarian Presidency
25 June 2018
Minister Zaharieva: We expect the European leaders to show courage to their counterparts in the Western Balkans
Minister Zaharieva joined the external meeting of the Workers’ Group of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
22 June 2018
Bulgarian Presidency mediates greenlight of negotiation mandate for new agreement with ACP
Zaharieva co-chaired the ACP-EU Council of Ministers that met in Lome, the capital of the Togolese Republic, on May 31st-June 1st of this year. Bulgaria’s top diplomat was also the main rapporteur of the 35th meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the ACP Group of States and the European Union, which took place in Brussels yesterday
22 June 2018