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The Council of Ministers (government) building in Sofia, Bulgaria. File photo, BGNES
The Bulgarian government has adopted a decision to set up more honorary consular offices in Poland and Spain.
The one in Poland will be based in Bia?ystok, with Witold Karczewski appointed as Honorary Consul, a press statement says after a cabinet meeting. His mandate will extend to Podlaskie, Lubelskie, and Warmi?sko-Mazurskie Voivodeships (governorates).
In Spain, the office will be located in Seville, and Roc?o V?zquez Ruiz will be in charge of it, covering the entire area of Andalusia where "a significant number" of Bulgarians live, the government says.
Separately, the cabinet has freed Gabriel Benezra, Bulgaria's Honorary Consul in Switzerland, and Giorgio de Faveri, whose mandate comprises the region of Veneto in Italia.
Italian authorities have launched an investigation into a large-scale scheme involving the illegal export of hazardous waste to Eastern Europe, with five Bulgarian nationals among those under scrutiny
Spain has officially launched its system of digital identity, which came into effect on April 2 and grants the electronic version of the national identity card the same legal validity as the physical document
The Bulgarian Parliament has adopted a decision establishing February 14 as the official Day of Bulgarian–Polish Friendship and Cooperation. The measure passed unanimously, receiving 165 votes in favor.
Spain has taken an additional step in distancing itself from the U.S.-led military campaign against Iran, announcing the closure of its airspace to American aircraft involved in the conflict
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni conceded defeat after voters rejected her government’s judicial reform in a national referendum, but made clear she would remain in power.
Poland has long harbored suspicions that Hungary has been relaying sensitive details from European Union Council meetings to Russia, a concern recently highlighted by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in response to a Washington Post report
The newly appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Bulgaria, H.E. Elmar Mammadyarov, has officially begun his diplomatic mission after presenting copies of his credentials to Deputy Foreign Minister Radi Naydenov at the Ministry of Foreign Af
The Russian Embassy in Sofia has circulated a warning issued by the Foreign Ministry in Moscow, cautioning its citizens about what it describes as a heightened risk of detention abroad at the request of US authorities
The Bulgarian Parliament has adopted a decision establishing February 14 as the official Day of Bulgarian–Polish Friendship and Cooperation. The measure passed unanimously, receiving 165 votes in favor.
Acting Foreign Minister Nadezhda Neynski said that the diplomatic note sent by Iran to Bulgaria should be viewed as standard communication in a period of heightened international tension, stressing that it does not constitute a threat but rather a formal
Acting Deputy Foreign Minister Marin Raykov has commented on the diplomatic note sent by Iran to Bulgaria, stressing that it should not be interpreted as a reason for public alarm
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has reiterated its position that North Macedonia must fully implement its commitments regarding the protection of the rights of communities, particularly in the context of its EU accession process
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