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Bulgaria defended its sixth periodic report before the UN Committee Against Torture
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yuri Sterk headed the delegation with which Bulgaria defended its sixth regular report before the UN Committee Against Torture during the Committee’s 62nd Session in Geneva on 20 and 21 November.
23 November 2017
The chief diplomats of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia will work for the fastest possible entry into force of the Treaty of Friendship, Good-neighbourliness and Cooperation
The Friendship Treaty with the Republic of Macedonia may enter into force before the end of this year.
23 November 2017
Foreign Ministry’s Legalisations and Certifications Sector has Longer Hours of Operation
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legalisations and Certifications Sector has changed its hours of operation. The staff of the Sector is now at the disposal of citizens from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every working day, and not between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., as was the case so far.
22 November 2017
Deputy Prime Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva conferred with Michel Barnier
The conversation took place in Brussels, within the framework of Zaharieva’s working visit for participation in a General Affairs Council meeting
20 November 2017
Minister Zaharieva took part in a General Affairs Council
Ministers began preparations for the December European Council by discussing the topics on a provisional agenda: defence, social matters, culture and education, migration
20 November 2017
Minister Zaharieva talks with women ambassadors accredited to Bulgaria
The women ambassadors accredited to Bulgaria congratulated Deputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva on her active foreign policy
16 November 2017
In Kuwait, Deputy Prime Minister Zaharieva presented investment and tourism conditions in Bulgaria
On behalf of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, she invited the Kuwaiti head of government to pay a visit to Bulgaria
15 November 2017
Seventy-four diplomats-to-be write essays on Eastern Partnership
In October, the Ministry announced a general competition for the appointment of 15 civil servants to the position of intern attaché, the closing date for submission of application documents being 24 October
15 November 2017
Bulgaria and 22 other Member States signed a joint notification on the Permanent Structured Cooperation
Deputy Prime Ministers Ekaterina Zaharieva and Krasimir Karakachanov signed the notification for Bulgaria
13 November 2017
Statement
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs categorically condemns the latest in a series of acts of vandalism committed against the Alyosha Monument in Plovdiv, which was smeared with Nazi symbols and anti-Semitic slogans
10 November 2017