News
The top diplomats of Bulgaria and Romania: ‘EU enlargement should go on’
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva and her Romanian counterpart Teodor Melescanu rallied behind the idea meeting at the Euxinograd Residence within a joint meeting of the two countries’ governments
03 October 2017
Ekaterina Zaharieva meets with a delegation of the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union
The delegation of the Chamber headed by Susan Danger, CEO of AmCham EU, and Karl Cox, Chairman of the Board, is on a two-day visit to this country
02 October 2017
Ekaterina Zaharieva “We should be proud of Bulgaria’s contribution to the European legal system”
“You should keep in mind that Bulgarian legal thought is at the basis of a number of European initiatives: thus, Bulgaria was one of the three Member States that initiated the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. Therefore, let us have a well-deserved self-confidence and outline possible ways of contributing to the common European legal system.
29 September 2017
Deputy Minister Emilia Kraleva attended a General Affairs Council meeting
Deputy Minister Emilia Kraleva took part in a regular meeting of the General Affairs Council which was held in Brussels today. The Council began preparations for the October European Council, which will focus on several key topics: migration, Digital Europe, defence, EU trade policy and external relations
25 September 2017
Ekaterina Zaharieva conferred with the UN Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism and with the foreign ministers of Algeria, Colombia, Kuwait and Vietnam
The Deputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva had a total of 15 bilateral and six multilateral meetings in New York on the sidelines of the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly.
23 September 2017
Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece and Romania to help the European integration of the Western Balkans
The four Balkan Member States of the European Union: Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece and Romania, will join forces to help the European integration of the other six countries in the region. The four EU members’ chief diplomats: Ekaterina Zaharieva, Marija Pejčinović Burić, Nikos Kotzias and Teodor Meleșcanu agreed on this at a working meeting in New York
23 September 2017
Ekaterina Zaharieva took part in a meeting of women foreign ministers
Deputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva attended a meeting of women foreign ministers in New York.
22 September 2017
Ekaterina Zaharieva conferred with her Kazakhstani, Libyan and Tunisian colleagues
eputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva conferred with the top diplomats of Kazakhstan, Libya and Tunisia. The meetings took place in New York on the sidelines of the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly.
22 September 2017
US: “You placed the Western Balkans on the international agenda”
Deputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva conferred with acting Assistant US Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Elisabeth I. Millard and with Foreign Ministers Eduard Nalbandian of Armenia and Gibran Bassil of Lebanon.
21 September 2017
Yuri Sterk accepts EU Agency for Fundamental Rights Director Michael O’Flaherty
At the meeting, the sides discussed the areas in which the Agency will cooperate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU next year
20 September 2017