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Deputy Prime Minister Mariya Gabriel will host the conference ‘Young People and Bulgaria's Foreign Policy Strategy: the critical voice’
Deputy Prime Minister Mariya Gabriel will host the conference ‘Young People and Bulgaria's Foreign Policy Strategy: the critical voice’.
13 January 2024
Position of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the anti-Semitic incident against the Sofia Synagogue
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns the anti-Semitic incident that targeted the Sofia Synagogue.
12 January 2024
Deputy Prime Minister Maria Gabriel joined 46 other foreign ministers in a statement condemning DPRK ballistic missile transfers to Russia
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mariya Gabriel joined, together with 46 Ministers of like-minded countries and High Representative Josep Borrel, a joint statement of the US State Secretary Antony Blinken, condemning the DPRK’s transfers of ballistic missiles to Russia, which are used in the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, and are in flagrant violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions.
11 January 2024
Mariya Gabriel: The opening of the Information Centre of Bulgarian Higher Education in Morocco is a concrete step to deepen the educational and cultural ties between the two countries
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mariya Gabriel inaugurated on 11 January in Rabat the Information Centre of Bulgarian Higher Education. The Centre is under the auspices of St. Kliment Ohridski Sofia University and will provide preliminary information on study opportunities at higher education institutions in Bulgaria.
11 January 2024
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Mariya Gabriel: Bulgaria and Morocco will work for a new dynamic and development of the partnership between the two countries
Deputy Prime Minister Mariya Gabriel held meetings with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Living Abroad, H. E. Nasser Bourita, with the President of the House of Representatives of the Moroccan Parliament, Rachid Talbi Alami, and with King Mohammed VI's advisor, André Azoulay.
11 January 2024
Mariya Gabriel: Bavaria-Bulgaria High-Level Summit to be held in Munich in April
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mariya Gabriel was on a working visit to Bavaria, where she was a key speaker at the annual strategy meeting of the Christian Social Union (CSU) party. Her participation was at the invitation of Alexander Dobrindt, deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag.
07 January 2024
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Mariya Gabriel: Today the Schengen area is stronger with Bulgaria and Romania
Late in the evening on 30 December 2023 the Council of the European Union decided unanimously on the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen area with the abolition of controls at internal air and sea borders as of 31 March 2024.
31 December 2023
Message from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
With regard to the media inquiries about the case of Bulgarian citizens waiting at the Serbian-Hungarian border for bus transport, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs provides the following information:
30 December 2023
Mariya Gabriel: Cultural diplomacy is a priority for Bulgaria
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mariya Gabriel and Minister of Culture Krastyu Krastev signed a strategic agreement to improve the activities of the Bulgarian Cultural Institutes (BCIs) abroad.
20 December 2023
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Mariya Gabriel: Diplomat is not a profession, but a passion, a mission and a responsibility
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mariya Gabriel awarded the winners of the national competition ‘Women and Diplomacy — Ambassador for a Day’.
16 December 2023