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Bulgaria to open consulate general in Barcelona
The Council of Ministers has adopted a decision to open a consulate of the Republic of Bulgaria in the Kingdom of Spain, which is to be headed by a staff consular officer and based in the City of Barcelona with a consular jurisdiction over the autonomous communities of Catalonia and Aragon.
09 May 2019
Bulgaria, US discuss possibilities for supporting Orthodox communities around the world
Through their development assistance programs, Bulgaria and the United States can support the Eastern Orthodox communities in Northern Iraq and Syria, by participating in the restoration of their places of worship. That was the subject of discussion between Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva and Samuel Brownback, Department of State Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom.
09 May 2019
Government OKs diplomatic relations with Vanuatu
The Bulgarian Government has approved the establishment of diplomatic relations with Vanuatu. That was agreed at a meeting of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva and the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Vanuatu Ralph Regenvanu.
08 May 2019
Georgian Prime Minister visits Bulgarian pavilion for Europe Day in Tbilisi
TBILISI. - The Prime Minister of Georgia, Mamuka Bakhtadze, visited in May 5, 2019 the Bulgarian pavilion set up within the framework of the traditional Europe Day in Tbilisi, which is organized by the EU Delegation to Georgia. The event, organized under the motto ‘The European Union and Georgia: Stronger Together’, was dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Association Agreement between Georgia and the EU and the tenth anniversary of the launch of the Eastern Partnership initiative of the EU.
07 May 2019
Bulgarian Ambassador to Austria pays tribute to the victims of National Socialism
The Bulgarian Ambassador to Austria, Ivan Sirakov, took part in this year’s 74th ceremony of remembrance of the victims of Nazism who perished in the Austrian concentration camp complex of Mauthausen-Gusen. The event is organized on May 5 of every year by the International Mauthausen Committee. This year, it took place under the motto: ‘Never a number. Forever human!’
05 May 2019
London Embassy to set up direct streaming of Pope Francis visit for Bulgarian expats
LONDON. - In connection with the visit by Pope Francis to Bulgaria on May 5-7, 2019, the Bulgarian Embassy in London will make it possible for Bulgarian expats there to follow live the itinerary of the head of the Roman Catholic Church in our country.
05 May 2019
Deputy Prime Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva welcomes Pope Francis
Deputy Prime Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva welcomed Pope Francis on his visit to Bulgaria. She was part of the official Bulgarian delegation for his apostolic journey in Bulgaria on May 5-7.
05 May 2019
Bulgarians in Germany to vote for European parliament for the first time in 21 cities
BERLIN. – Owing to the efforts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and our Embassy in Berlin, for the first time Bulgarian nationals residing in Germany will be able to vote in 13 additional polling stations for the Bulgarian candidates in the European parliamentary elections on May 26, after the federal authorities granted the request of the Bulgarian government to open more stations.
04 May 2019
Deputy Minister Georg Georgiev takes part in March of the Living in Poland
Georg Georgiev, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and national coordinator on combating anti-Semitism, led a Bulgarian delegation to take part in the International March of the Living at Auschwitz, Poland, on May 2, 2019. Joining the march were almost 50 thousand people from all over the world who came to pay tribute to the memory of the millions of Jews exterminated in the Holocaust.
03 May 2019
Bulgarian Embassy in Yerevan presents photographic exhibition about Plovdiv, the European Capital of Culture
On March 3, the Embassy of Bulgaria in Armenia organized the opening of the exhibition ‘Plovdiv, the European Capital of Culture 2019, through the lens of a young Armenian photographer’ in the city of Vanadzor, Lori Province, Armenia.
03 May 2019