The EU Foreign Ministers discussed in Brussels the progress of Macedonia on its road to the European Union at the initiative of Bulgaria’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva and her Austrian counterpart Karin Kneissl. Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov also attended the meeting. After the meeting Minister Zaharieva announced that the Foreign Ministers of Macedonia and Greece Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias have reached an agreement in principle regarding Macedonia’s name and are expecting the premiers and the cabinets of the two countries to approve it, in order to push the process forward, BTA informs.
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..
A requiem liturgy has been served in the St. Nedelya cathedral on the occasion of the first anniversary of the death of Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte. He became patriarch on February 24, 2013. “We know and remember Patriarch..
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..
The number of pensioners in January this year increased by 15,630 people, or 0.8%, compared to the first month of the previous year, the National Social..
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