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Deputy Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev talks with Montserrat Jovira, Vice Governor of Catalonia
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Georg Georgiev met and spoke with the Vice Governor of the Autonomous Province of Catalonia Montserrat Jovira on May 17 of this year.
17 May 2019
EU confirms its leading role in the 2030 UN Agenda for Sustainable Development
BRUSSELS – The implementation of the 2030 UN Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change were in the focus of the regular meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (Development) held in Brussels today. The Bulgarian delegation was led by Ambassador Dimiter Tzantchev, Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the EU.
16 May 2019
New Bulgarian Ambassador to Ukraine presents letters of credence
The newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to Ukraine Kostadin Kodzhabashev presented his letters of credence to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. The ceremony took part on May 16 in the House with Chimeras of the presidential administration complex in Kiev.
16 May 2019
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Bulgaria supports pan-European nature of Council of Europe
In the framework of the 129th session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Bulgaria emphasized in its intervention the importance of preserving the Organization’s pan-European nature while seeking a common understanding of its values and principles.
16 May 2019
New ambassador to Slovenia presents credentials
On May 14, 2019, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Republic of Slovenia, Mladen Chervenyakov, presented his letters of credence to Borut Pahor, the President of Slovenia, in a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Ljubljana.
14 May 2019
Announcement
On instructions from the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva, the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey will be summoned to the MFA on Monday to provide an explanation of his statement made today, calling upon the Bulgarian Government to promote the learning of Turkish as a foreign language.
13 May 2019
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