The first Kazanlak roses in the Bulgarian garden in lazienki Park have already blossomed! The hundred bulbs of Bulgarian Rose (Rosa Damascena) are a donation from the Institute of rose and essential oil crops in Kazanlak and were planted in the past year on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Poland's independence and from the beginning of Bulgarian-Polish diplomatic relations.

Today, May 23, 2019 guests of the Embassy were the musicians from the Guitar Ensemble "Academica" AMTII - Plovdiv https://www.facebook.com/AkademikaGuitarEnsemble/. Ambassador Emil Yalnazov welcomed the musicians and wished them success in the upcoming concerts. On May 24 - Day of Bulgarian Literature, they will perform two concerts: today on May 23 in Warsaw at Łazienki Królewskie at 19:00 and on 25 May in Gdańsk at Akademia Muzyczna Im. Stanisława Moniuszki "at 17:30

On April 5th at Villa Decjusza Castle in Krakow, the official opening ceremony of the new Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Bulgaria was held with Honorary Consul Mr. Wieslaw Nowak and the Consulate - the city of Krakow and the Malopolska Voivodship.

On the 23rd of March 2019, in the housing complex on 4/4 "Bobovetska" Str., a "Bulgarian Club" was officially opened as part of the "Dora Gabe" Bulgarian School of Education, in the town of Warsaw.

The Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Warsaw organized a reception on the occasion of the National Day and the 141st anniversary of the Liberation, attended by more than 300 guests, including representatives of the government and the MFA, the Sejm and the Senate, the local authorities and the diplomatic corps in Warsaw on the 1st of March 2019.

‘We Bulgarians have a century-old bond with you Poles, whom we regard as our trusted and sincere friends.’ It was with these words Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva addressed her Polish colleague Jacek Czaputowicz. Bulgaria’s top diplomat is in Warsaw on a one-day official visit.

On February 11, 2019, a meeting of Polish President Andrzej Duda was held in Warsaw's presidential palace, with Ambassadors accredited in the Polish capital of the Three Seas Initiative and US Ambassadors of the same countries. Bulgaria was represented by Ambassador Emil Yalnazov. On the same day at the US Embassy in Warsaw, on the initiative of Ambassador J. Mossbacher, a working seminar of the US Ambassadors accredited in the States participating in the Initiative was held, including the US Ambassador to Sofia, Mr. Eric Rubin. The Warsaw Ambassadorial Forum was organized with the assistance of the Atlantic Council of the United States.

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.

On December 9, 2018, the traditional Christmas charity bazaar of the diplomatic corps was held at the Mariot Hotel in Warsaw. Christmas charity auction is organized annually by the Association of Wives and Spouses of Ambassadors accredited in Warsaw (SHOM) under the patronage of the wife of Polish President Ms. Agata Kornhauser - Duda and aims to raise funds to help needy children, women and older people in disadvantaged position.

On December 7, 2018, a memorial plaque of black granite was officially opened at the embassy in Warsaw as part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Bulgarian-Polish diplomatic relations, in memory of the Bulgarian embassy staff who worked there in the 1939- 1941 - Krum Tsokov, Trifon Puchlev and Dimitar Ikonomov. As is well known, these three employees, at risk of their lives and personal security, were involved in the so-called Group B, operating simultaneously in Warsaw and Sofia, with whom many Polish citizens managed to emigrate from occupied Poland to Bulgaria and other countries. According to the historical data, there were soldiers and persons of Jewish origin among the Polish citizens who were saved in this way.