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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria Position on the European perspective of the Republic of North Macedonia
Bulgaria was compelled to postpone lending its support for the start of the accession negotiations with the Republic of North Macedonia at the June 2021 General Affairs Council.
28 June 2021
Ambassador Milkov presented his credentials to the Director General of UNESCO
On June 24, at an official ceremony at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, the newly appointed Permanent Representative of Republic of Bulgaria to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Nikolay Milkov, presented his credentials to the Director General, Audrey Azoulay.
25 June 2021
Minister Svetlan Stoev: The BSEC remains the most representative organisation in the wider Black Sea region
The Minister of Foreign Affairs Svetlan Stoev welcomed the Organisation for Black Sea and Economic Cooperation (BSEC) as the most representative and institutionally developed organisation in the wider Black Sea region.
25 June 2021
The Minister of Foreign Affairs Svetlan Stoev sent a telegram of condolences to his Czech counterpart Jakub Kulhanek
The Minister of Foreign Affairs Svetlan Stoev expressed solidarity and support from the Bulgarian side in a condolence telegram to his Czech counterpart Jakub Kulhanek on the occasion of the severe tornado storm that broke out in the southeastern regions of the country.
25 June 2021
A young architect and a student in international relations are the new youth delegates of Bulgaria to the UN
Deputy Foreign Minister Zaritsa Dinkova welcomed the two newly elected youth delegates from Bulgaria to the UN with a mandate 2021-2022 - the Architect Maria Badeva and the student Kristina Mincheva.
25 June 2021
Deputy Minister Dinkova discusses with Lothar Jaschke, Political Adviser at the EEAS, deepening of the cooperation with Sub-Saharan Africa
The deepening of the cooperation on topical issues related to Sub-Saharan Africa between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European External Action Service (EEAS) was the focus of a meeting between Deputy Foreign Minister Zaritsa Dinkova and Lothar Yashke, EEAS Political Adviser in the Horn of Africa.
25 June 2021
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The Director General of the Global Affairs Directorate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ulyana Bogdanska met with OSCE Special Representative and Coordinator for Combating Human Trafficking Valiant Richey
"Bulgaria is a party to the main international instruments in the field of human trafficking of the UN and the Council of Europe, and we have implemented the relevant EU legal standards in our national legislation," said Ulyana Bogdanska, Director General of the Global Affairs Directorate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at a meeting with Valiant Richey, Special Representative and Coordinator for Combating Human Trafficking at the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
23 June 2021
The Central European Initiative foreign ministers discuss the future of the region in the context of the COVID-19 crisis
The future of Europe and the region of Central Europe in the context of the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic was the focus of an online meeting of the foreign ministers from the Central European Initiative (CEI) member states, where our country was represented by the Deputy Foreign Minister Zaritsa Dinkova.
23 June 2021
Position of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In connection with allegations in the public space of the “BSP for Bulgaria” MP Candidate Krum Donchev, accusing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of putting state property abroad at risk of abeyance due to lack of insurance, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Bulgaria expressed the following position:
23 June 2021
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs works within its competences for normalisation of the traffic at our border with Greece
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in contact with the Greek side regarding the traffic at our common border and is working within its competences to find a solution to the current situation related to the anti-epidemic measures imposed by the Greek authorities.
23 June 2021