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Austria Backs Bulgaria for OECD, Schengen
“Considering your success then, Austria gives you wholehearted support for Schengen. I think that even the Member States which are sceptical about your admission to Schengen are starting to change their mind.”
18 January 2018
Two parliamentary commissions hear Minister Zaharieva and give the green light to the Treaty of Friendship with the Republic of Macedonia
The MPs from the two commissions approved the bill ratifying the Treaty and it will be put to the vote in the plenary hall tomorrow
17 January 2018
Yuri Sterk discusses the development of cooperation between Bulgaria and Azerbaijan with MPs of the Azerbaijani Parliament
He stressed that the efforts of the Bulgarian Government are oriented towards turning Bulgaria into a gas distribution centre in the Balkans
17 January 2018
Informal EU Political Directors Meeting took place in Sofia
The first Informal EU Political Directors Meeting under the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union took place on 15 and 16 January 2018 in Sofia.
16 January 2018
Deputy Minister Georgiev: Ignorance of history is in the basis of hate speech
The purpose of the talks was to discuss the adequate depiction of the Holocaust topic and the saving of the Bulgarian Jews during WWII in the history textbooks
16 January 2018
Minister Czaputowicz: Bulgaria’s success ahead of EU Presidency will be a success for Poland as well
Poland supports the priorities of the current Bulgarian Presidency of the Council, particularly its plans to develop the EU's relations with the Western Balkans, Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz said in Sofia on Monday
15 January 2018
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Statement
The Republic of Bulgaria will continue its active support for the Republic of Macedonia's European integration. This is a strategic choice of Bulgaria also upheld in the priorities of its EU Presidency.
15 January 2018
Top diplomats of Bulgaria and Turkey meet in Istanbul
Zaharieva awarded her colleague with a commemorative medal on the occasion of the restoration of the church and invited him to visit Bulgaria
07 January 2018
Fifteen future diplomats will work for a successful Bulgarian Presidency of the EU Council
They passed successfully all stages of the general competition for the appointment of 15 civil servants at intern-attache positions announced in October last year
06 January 2018
Statement
We follow with concern the latest developments in Iran, which have led to loss of human lives.
02 January 2018