US President Joe Biden has nominated Kenneth Merten for new ambassador to Bulgaria in place of Herro Mustafa, who has been ambassador to Sofia since 2019. The nomination must be approved by the Senate in Washington.
Kenneth Merten has acted as Special Coordinator for Haiti and he was also Ambassador to Croatia from 2012 to 2015 and Ambassador to Haiti from 2009 to 2012. Merton was also an economic adviser at the US Embassy in France. He speaks Haitian Creole, French, German and Spanish languages.
There will be no increase in taxes or suspension of social payments, Minister of Labor and Social Policy Borislav Gutsanov said in an interview with public broadcaster BNT. Borislav Gutsanov stated that the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy..
Temperatures in the mountains are relatively high for the season and it is windy and foggy on higher ground. However, the conditions for winter sports and hiking in the mountains are good, reported BTA. On Friday it rained in some mountain areas,..
The convergence report for joining the Eurozone will be requested after February 18, when the draft state budget is submitted. In an interview with public broadcaster BNT, Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov stated that the draft budget..
"I categorically want to put an end to all insinuations that Bulgaria is abandoning its goal of joining the Eurozone within the next year", said..
Personnel and military equipment will be transported through the territory of Bulgaria between January 24 and February 9. The Ministry of Defense..
In a statement on behalf of "We Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria", MP Martin Dimitrov stated that the ''first action of the new government is..
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