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.
There are no active wildfires on the territory of Bulgaria, said caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev at the start of the government meeting. "Thanks to the efforts of firefighters, the military, volunteers and everyone around this table, we can..
No nuclear weapons will be stored at the Graf Ignatievo airbase near Plovdiv . This was confirmed in a written reply by interim Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov to a question from BSP MP Ivan Petkov. The new fighter jets at the base will be equipped..
Bulgaria's president has not refused to appoint a new ambassador to Ukraine, Rumen Radev's press service said. There was a proposal from the Denkov-Gabriel cabinet for an ambassador to Ukraine in October 2023, which the president had approved,..
The best Bulgarian students in mathematics have won 5 medals by participating in the most prestigious mathematics competition in the world for 2024. At..
The Houthis are holding two Bulgarian hostages. Hamas is also holding two hostages from Bulgaria. There are steps that Bulgaria - and every other EU..
The former Bulgarian Minister of Defense Nikolay Nenchev will be temporarily in charge of the Bulgarian Embassy in Ukraine. This decision was taken by..
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