The judicial reform in Bulgaria and measures undertaken by institution for its irreversibility were at the heart of a working meeting between Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and EC First Vice-President Frans Timmermans. The meeting was held in Varna and was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Rumiana Bachvarova and Minister of Justice Hristo Ivanov.

Deepening of relations between the EU and eastern neighbors will bring mutual benefits in socio-economic and political spheres and promote stability and prosperity in the region, the Prime Minister said at the Riga Summit

On January 1, Latvia officially took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first half of 2015. The rotating Presidency will be held by Latvia for the first time since joining the EU.

We welcome the progress made over the last year by each EU candidate country and potential candidate, said Minister Daniel Mitov with regard to the commission’s annual Enlargement package presented today. At the beginning of 2014 we have opened accession negotiations with Serbia. Albania has achieved candidate status. Montenegro has made further progress in accession negotiations with the opening of new chapters, he said.

Appel d'offres public: Location de vehicule officiel pour les besoins de la Representation Permanente de la Republique de Bulgarie aupres de L'union Europeenne - Bruxelles, Belgique

Bulgaria’snewly-appointed Permanent Representative to NATO, Ivan Naydenov, haspresented his credentials to the Secretary-General,Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

Today it is important to start a political discussion in the European Union on what measures should collectively be taken to prevent similar attacks in the future, said Minister Nickolay Mladenov, and added that whether Hezbollah should be added to the list of terrorist organisations would not be discussed at the Council meeting.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nickolay Mladenov, and the Minister of Defence, Anyu Angelov, today took part in a regular meeting of the Interdepartmental Council on the participation of Bulgaria in NATO and in the Common Security and Defence Policy of the European Union.

Nickolay Mladenov: Bulgaria will continue its firm support for Georgia’s integration into NATO and the EU