News
Bulgaria Raises the Issue of Reopening Checkpoints along the Greek Border
Deputy Foreign Minister Petko Doykov raised the issue of reopening of the checkpoints at the Bulgarian border with Greece in a discussion with Greek Ambassador Dimitrios Chronopoulos.
03 July 2020
Bulgaria Asks UK Government to Explain Quarantine for Bulgarian Nationals
Acting on orders of Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ekaterina Zaharieva, the Bulgarian Embassy in London has sent a note to the British government with a request for an explanation of why Bulgaria has been removed from the list of countries whose nationals are exempt from quarantine as of 10 July.
03 July 2020
New Bulgarian Youth Delegates to UN Chosen at MFA
Deputy Foreign Minister Milen Lyutskanov congratulated Bulgaria’s two new youth delegates to the UN for 2020-2021 at a ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
03 July 2020
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Adopts a Declaration against the Rehabilitation of Persons Implicated in Crimes of the Holocaust
The document urges states to assist research, to foster public awareness and to assume political responsibility for the awareness of their own national history in the years of the Holocaust and the past of individuals implicated in crimes planned and perpetrated by Nazi Germany, its fascist and extreme nationalist partners and other collaborators.
03 July 2020
Deputy Minister Lyutskanov Opens a Session of the OECD Interdepartmental Coordination Mechanism
The Interdepartmental Coordination Mechanism for preparing Bulgaria to join the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) has discussed the state of play as regards preparations.
02 July 2020
Ekaterina Zaharieva: We Should Not Allow Division in the EU over the Coronavirus Crisis
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva restated Bulgaria’s support for the priorities of the German Presidency of the Council of the EU, which started on 1 July. She pointed out its important role for the EU’s recovery from the coronavirus crisis.
02 July 2020
Bulgaria Opens Honorary Consulate in Sri Lanka
Its seat will be in Colombo and its area of operation will cover the territory of the entire country. Andre Milee Eristus Fernando will be appointed Honorary Consul.
01 July 2020
Serbia opens honorary consulate in Plovdiv
Anastasiya Rosenova Solakova will be taking this position. At present she serves as a managing partner of MGS-Oil EOOD, a haulage company.
01 July 2020
Position of the MFA
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Republic of Bulgaria categorically condemns the vandalism directed at the monument of Hristo Botev in Odessa.
01 July 2020
Participants in the Three Seas Initiative Supported Priorities for Greater Connectivity
Bulgaria is of the view that efforts invested in the Three Seas initiative should yield concrete results, including through the necessary funding of projects proposed by participating countries
30 June 2020