At a meeting in Vienna Bulgaria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva discussed with Austria’s Federal Minister for the EU, Arts, Culture and Media Gernot Blümel topics related to Brexit, the new multiannual financial framework of the European Union, migration and protection of the EU external borders. Ministers Zaharieva and Blümel voiced satisfaction with the Bulgaria-Austria joint work on the European perspective of the Western Balkans. Ekaterina Zaharieva and Gernot Blümel agreed that the EU perspective of the Western Balkans guarantees stability and prosperity of this region. The topic is an important priority of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and Austria will continue this priority when it takes over the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU after Bulgaria in the second half of 2018, Minister Gernot Blümel assured.
In the divisive times we are living in it is more important than ever to unite and support one another, said President Rumen Radev at last night’s official iftar dinner in Sofia marking the beginning of Ramadan, the holy month for Muslims. In his..
Sunday will be cloudy. A cold atmospheric front from the west will bring rainfalls. In the western mountainous regions of Bulgaria, the rain will be mixed with snow. The lowest temperatures will be between 2° and 7°C; in Sofia –..
At a ceremony in the presence of President Rumen Radev, the Bulgarian flag was raised on a 21-meter pylon in the Zvezdata area near Etropole. “Today, we all raise our voices that in a time of division for the world, we will..
Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev today received at the Foreign Ministry Susan Falatko, who arrived in Sofia a few days ago as Charge d'Affaires of the U.S...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised Bulgarian citizens to avoid traveling to Greece because of a planned national strike today. The Foreign Ministry..
On the day of the third boycott of large retail chains their turnover increased by over 1 million euros, according to data from the..
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