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Day of national mourning
The Government of the Republic of Bulgaria declared August 5 2013 a day of national mourning of the tragic deaths of the Bulgarian citizens who die.
05 August 2013
IOM opens Canadian visa centre in Sofia
On August6 2013, the mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Bulgaria is to open a Canadian visa centre in Sofia.
02 August 2013
New Honorary Consul of Bulgaria with consular jurisdiction in theFederal State of Baden-Württemberg
On May 22 2013, the Federal Government of Germany granted an exequatur to Dr. Till Wolfgang Truckenmüller, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Bulgaria in the Federal Republic of Germany, whose consular district is the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg.
31 July 2013
Good neighbourliness treaty between Bulgaria and Republic of Macedonia will fix realities
“The good neighbourliness treaty between Bulgaria and Macedonia will actually fix political realities. This is not a precedent in any way, because treaties of a similar nature have been signed bilaterally by other countries that are already members of the EU,” Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin said in an interview with Bulgarian National Radio
29 July 2013
Kristian Vigenin sent a letter of condolences to his Spanish counterpart JoséManuel García-Margallo
“Please accept our most sincere condolences for the tragic train accident near Santiago de Compostela which claimed the lives of so many of your compatriots, and our wishes for a speedy recovery to those injured in the accident. At this sad moment for the whole of Spain, we join in the pain and grief of the relatives of the victims.
26 July 2013
Europe wants there to be stability and dialogue in Bulgaria
I fully subscribe to almost everything that the two ambassadors said, to what Mrs Reding said yesterday. There must be dialogue, Europe wants there to be stability and dialogue in Bulgaria and for political forces to unite around solving problems that affect the entire EU. These are related too to the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism, to Schengen, but also to the freedom of the media and the concentration of ownership in the media sector.
24 July 2013
Kristian Vigenin: We must strengthen the dialogue with the institutions
At a news conference today, Minister Kristian Vigenin presented his team, his foreign policy priorities and the work accomplished since the start of the term of office.
23 July 2013
Minister Kristian Vigenin: The EU remains fully committed to the stability of Lebanon
The decision today by the European Union Foreign Affairs Council to include the military wing of Hezbollah on the EU list of terrorist organizations was made on the basis of the overall activity of the military wing on several occasions throughout the EU, including the bombing at Sarafovo Airport, Minister Kristian Vigenin told reporters in Brussels. He took part in the Foreign Affairs Council, where one of the topics was the situation in Lebanon.
22 July 2013
Minister Kristian Vigenin participated in the ‘Debate on the Future of Europe’
Minister Kristian Vigenin participated in an informal meeting of foreign ministers of European Union member states on the “Debate on the Future of Europe”, held in Palma de Mallorca.
21 July 2013