Bulgaria’s cabinet approved a draft of the national programme for Bulgaria’s forthcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union staring on January 1, 2018, the press center of the Bulgarian government announced. During its rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU Bulgaria will be led by one main principle- to maintain the unity and solidarity between the member states. Bulgaria will send three main messages during its Presidency of the Council of the EU: consensus, competitiveness and cohesion. The message for competitiveness involves the single market, support to entrepreneurship, small, medium-sized enterprises and start-up companies, economic growth and new jobs, deepening the economic and monetary union, sustainable environment, efficient energy union. The message for cohesion concerns the cultural heritage, the new multiannual financial framework, investments in growth and employment, the future of the EU cohesion policy after 2020 and the European structural and investment funds, modernization of the common agricultural policy. The message for consensus focuses on important topics such as security, migration, the Western Balkans, etc.
Bulgaria’s Premier Rosen Zhelyazkov extended his warmest congratulations to the President, the government and the people of the United States on the occasion of July 4 – Independence Day. ''Bulgaria and the United States continue to deepen their..
The three largest parties in the European Parliament — the European People’s Party (EPP), the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) and Renew Europe have reached an agreement to remove all references to ''Macedonian..
It will be sunny and hot on Friday. Maximum temperatures will range between 33°C and 38°C, around 33°C in Sofia. It will also be sunny along the Black Sea coast. There will be a light to moderate easterly and southeasterly wind in the afternoon..
The Sultanate of Oman's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, will visit Bulgaria from 2 to 4 July 2025 at the invitation of his..
The European Commission has announced that the EU will invest nearly €37.5 million in the construction and modernisation of six parking areas with a..
The plenary debate on the third motion of no confidence against Rosen Zhelyazkov's government, proposed by the Revival party, has concluded . According to..
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