Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

New council to coordinate policies for Bulgarians abroad

Photo: BTA

A Council for Coordination of Policies for Bulgarians Abroad is being established. This will be a permanent advisory body to the Council of Ministers, the parliament decided during the second reading of changes to the Law on Bulgarians living outside Bulgaria.

The Council will coordinate the structures of the executive power for developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating the state policy towards the Bulgarian communities and their organizations abroad. It will coordinate the preservation and dissemination of the Bulgarian language and culture among the Bulgarian communities abroad. It will also monitor access to administrative services for Bulgarian citizens outside of the country. The council will direct and recommend measures for the reintegration of those returning to the country and for the protection of the rights and interests of Bulgarians abroad.

The work of the Council will be coordinated by a secretary. The chairman will be the prime minister or a minister appointed by him. Members of the Council will be the ministers of foreign affairs, justice, culture, social policy, internal affairs, education, e-government and the director of the Executive Agency for Bulgarians Abroad.



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Sunny weather expected on Saturday

On Saturday the lowest temperatures will range from 8°C to 13°C, for Sofia 10°C. There will be fog in the valleys in the morning. It will be sunny during the day. Clouds will form over the mountains in the afternoon hours with a chance of..

published on 5/17/24 5:20 PM
Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev

President Radev: North Macedonia's road to Brussels passes through Sofia

"I hope that the politicians in North Macedonia have understood that the election campaign is over and if their destructive rhetoric and behaviour turns into real actions, it means pushing their country towards isolation and away from the EU, which is..

published on 5/17/24 4:32 PM

The National Assembly to hold an extraordinary sitting on May 21

The National Assembly will hold an extraordinary sitting at 1 pm on May 21, the Parliament’s presiding body decided. MPs will hear caretaker Premier Dimitar Glavchev regarding the upcoming increase in pensions from July 1. The request for the..

published on 5/17/24 1:24 PM