Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau have discussed the current situation in the EU after the British referendum on exiting the union, as well as issues related to bilateral trade and economic cooperation and the liberalization of visas for Bulgarian citizens. The Bulgarian head of state was in New York to participate in the 71 th session of the UN General Assembly. The issue of liberalizing the visa regime for Bulgarian citizens remains a priority in bilateral relations, President Plevneliev and Prime Minister Trudeau pointed out. Plevneliev highlighted opportunities for increased Canadian investments in Bulgaria and invited Canadian businesses to benefit from the advantages of the Bulgarian investment climate. "Bulgaria is an important factor in the region of Southeast Europe, which includes 12 countries with a total of 150 million people and the country has excellent relations with each of them. This makes Bulgaria a strong voice of the region in the European Union," the president said during the meeting.
The Council of Ministers approved the Enhanced Partnership in the field of border security between Bulgaria and the United States and tasked the Minister of Foreign Affairs to sign and deliver a diplomatic note to the U.S. side, said the government..
Interior Minister Atanas Ilkov will attend today's regular meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council in Brussels. The first item on the agenda of the meeting of EU interior ministers is the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen Area..
On Thursday, minimum temperatures in Bulgaria will be between minus 1 and 4°C. In Sofia, it is expected to be 0°C. There will be fog over the lowlands of southern Bulgaria in the morning hours, clearing later in the day as the north-westerly winds pick..
It is too early to predict how the events in Syria would affect the war in Ukraine. This is what EU Defense Commissioner Andrius..
Hundreds of miners protested outside the Council of Ministers while an extraordinary meeting of the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation was..
"I am addressing a question to the Prime Minister regarding information that on November 26 this year, a group of Bulgarian citizens was on trial in..
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