Guide to the Media accredited to cover the visit of Pope Francis to Bulgaria

On April 2, 2019, at the Residence of the Bulgarian Ambassador in Helsinki took place the next Historical Seminars series which is dedicated to the past of Finland

The National Day of the Republic of Bulgaria has been celebrated in Tallinn. The reception, which was held in the EU Delegation premises, was attended by politicians, diplomats, artists, representatives of the Estonian Foreign Ministry and the Bulgarian community in Estonia. Indrek Laul, honorary consul of Bulgaria, had the excellent initiative to present a video of the tourist attractions and the wonders of Bulgarian nature. The video was received very well and the Governor of the Estonian National Bank Ardo Hansson declared he decided to change his vacation plans for 2019 and instead, visit Bulgaria.

On the 6th of March 2019 Bulgarian Embassy in Helsinki celebrated the National Day of Bulgaria with the “Crystal Stream” art exhibition. The exhibition is already the fifth event of the “Art Sauna” cultural initiative of the Embassy. “Crystal Stream” displayed the works of four young artists from the master class of Prof. Marko Vuokola from the Finnish Fine Arts Academy. In his welcoming words Ambassador Ivanov stressed that this year the Embassy of Bulgaria has decided to celebrate the National Day in a vanguard and more beautiful way. The exhibition opening was attended by Finnish artists, politicians, diplomats as well as by representatives of the Finnish Foreign Ministry and the Bulgarian community in Finland.

An electronic system (e-vignette and toll), as a modern way of charging for the use of the national road network, is introduced in Bulgaria as of 1 January 2019. In the attached file, you will find more information on where and how you can buy E-Vignette and how to convert your paper vignette to an electronic one.

Because of the serious traffic conditions in Western Europe, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommends to Bulgarian citizens to undertake travelling in Central Europe only if absolutely necessary.

On 14 December, 2012 there will be a guest lecture by Professor Anna Krasteva in the University of Helsinki

On 11.12.2012 there will be a free entrance screening of the Bulgarian film "Sneakers" directed by Ivan Vladimirov and Valeri Yordanov