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Ekaterina Zaharieva: “The Western Balkans need hands-on support”
The subject of the Western Balkans and their European perspective is a key Bulgarian foreign policy priority.
25 October 2017
Yuri Sterk: “The Bulgarian Presidency of the EU Council will focus on young people within the context of development”
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yuri Sterk today took part in a panel discussion on “The Benefits of Globalisation and EU Development Policy. Challenges to the Bulgarian Presidency,” organised by the European Commission Representation in Bulgaria and the Diplomatic Institute under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
25 October 2017
France: “Your Presidency is exceedingly important, we are on your side”
It was with these words that the chief diplomat of the French Republic, Jean-Yves Le Drian, welcomed the Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva at the Quai d’Orsay. Zaharieva is paying a two-day visit to Paris
24 October 2017
Georg Georgiev: “Bulgaria prioritises relations with China”
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Georg Georgiev took part in the 3rd Working Meeting of the Association of the China and Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) Provincial Governors under the 16+1 initiative, which was held in the City of Plovdiv.
20 October 2017
Yuri Sterk: “Countering human trafficking is a priority of the Bulgarian Presidency of the EU Council”
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yuri Sterk today opened an expert forum entitled “Internet and Human Trafficking: Mechanisms, Counteraction and Prevention”
20 October 2017
Ekaterina Zaharieva visited the KFOR Headquarters and the EU Office in Prishtina
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva visited the KFOR Headquarters in Prishtina, where she talked to the Bulgarian contingent, as well as the EU Office in Kosovo, which is headed by a Bulgarian diplomat
20 October 2017
Kosovo thanked Bulgaria for supporting its Euro-Atlantic integration
The President, the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister of Kosovo thanked Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva for the support of her country’s Government for Prishtina’s European integration
19 October 2017
Ekaterina Zaharieva: “We will provide political support and practical assistance to the Western Balkans”
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva said this by way of illustrating the principal priority of the forthcoming Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union during a joint meeting of the National Assembly European Affairs and European Funds Oversight Committee and Foreign Policy Committee
18 October 2017
Deputy Minister Emilia Kraleva participated in a General Affairs Council
The Council continued with its preparations for the forthcoming October European Council, which will assess progress on the comprehensive approach to migration
17 October 2017
Deputy Minister Georgiev conferred with American Jewish Committee Executive Director David Harris
The Deputy Minister noted that in June 2017 Bulgaria was granted a Liaison Country status in the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, becoming the first country to take this step since 2009
17 October 2017