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Ambassador Talks: Novinite's Series of Interviews (UPDATED 2023)
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Novinite's “Ambassador Talks” is a series of interviews featuring ambassadors and heads of missions accredited to Bulgaria. Our objective is to gain insights into their perspectives on current domestic, bilateral, and international developments. Additionally, our guests have the opportunity to promote their countries and share information about upcoming events at their embassies.
Below, you will find a list of our interviews from 2022 and 2023.
Representatives of embassies based in Bulgaria are welcome to contact Novinite for more information at Office@novinitegroup.com.
Interviews 2023:
Ambassador of Croatia, Her Excellency Ms. Jasna Ognjanovac.
Ambassador of Kosovo, His Excellency Mr. Delfin Pllana.
Ambassador of Ireland, Her Excellency Ms. Martina Feeney.
Ambassador of Greece, His Excellency Mr. Alexios-Marios Lyberopoulos.
Interviews 2022:
Ambassador of China, His Excellency Mr. Dong Xiaojun.
Ambassador of Denmark, His Excellency Mr. Jes Brogaard Nielsen.
Chargée d'Affaires ad interim of Germany Irene Maria Plank.
Ambassador of Spain, His Excellency Mr. Alejandro Polanco Mata.
Ambassador of Italy, Her Excellency Mrs. Giuseppina Zarra.
Ambassador of Brazil, Her Excellency Mrs. Maria Edileuza Fontenele Reis.
Ambassador of the Czech Republic, His Excellency Mr. Lukas Kaucky.
Ambassador of Albania, Her Excellency Mrs. Donika Hoxha.
Ambassador of Romania, Her Excellency Mrs. Brandusa Predescu.
Ambassador of Portugal, Her Excellency Mrs. Ana Maria Ribeiro da Silva.
Ambassador of South Africa, His Excellency Mr. Thabo Thage.
Ambassador of Egypt, His Excellency Mr. Khalid Ibrahim Emara.
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Interviews conducted by Nikola Danailov.
Images created with the help of Rossi Direkova.
Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) is the largest English-language news provider in Bulgaria, with coverage of domestic and international news for more than 20 years. The agency is read in more than 120 countries all over the world. A news archive is kept for years in many governmental and business institutions and the website is quoted globally on a daily basis.
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