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Foreign ministers of NATO eastern flank countries: ‘We are resolved to support the stability of the Western Balkans’
The top diplomats of Bulgaria, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary gathered for a Bucharest 9 Format meeting for a second time to discuss the new threats and challenges to the security in the region
09 October 2017
Ekaterina Zaharieva and Mariya Gabriel to work together on Western Balkans' EU Integration
At a meeting in Sofia they discussed the priorities of the Bulgarian EU Presidency and Gabriel's tasks as the Bulgarian representative in the European Commission
06 October 2017
Ekaterina Zaharieva takes part in a meeting of the foreign and interior ministers of Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and the Republic of Macedonia
The challenges before the security in the region, migration issues, the Schengen Area and the defence policy featured on the agenda of the discussions
05 October 2017
Georg Georgiev: “We can show one of Bulgaria’s best faces through culture”
Deputy Minister Georgiev highlighted that Bulgaria supports the directions set forth by the organisation for the development of a new EU strategy for international cultural relations
05 October 2017
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