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Preparation of Bulgarian EU presidency to be led by Lyubomir Ivanov

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Diplomat and outgoing representative at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Lyubomir Ivanov, will lead the National Centre for preparation of the Bulgarian presidency of the EU Council in 2018. 15 civil servants will be working in the center in 2016 and during the presidency the team will grow to 50 people. The work of the center will be monitored by national headquarters, headed by the national coordinator for the preparation of the presidency, Meglena Kuneva.



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