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Send to KindleNorway will grant EUR 12 M for strengthening civil society in Bulgaria, according to Norway's Ambassador to Bulgaria Guro Katharina Vikor.
The Norwegian Ambassador to Bulgaria made clear Monday that the funds would be provided through the European Economic Area (EEA) Financial Mechanism and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism.
Vikor, as cited by mediapool.bg, explained that Bulgaria would receive a total of EUR 126.6 M for the period 2009-2014, with the largest amount of funding earmarked for measures aimed at achieving a green economy.
Norway's Ambassador also made clear that the country would grant Bulgaria a total of EUR 16 M for the sector of justice and home affairs, a total of BGN 14 M for preserving cultural and natural heritage, and EUR 13. 4M for healthcare.
According to the latest “Nations in Transit” report of Freedom House issued on Tuesday, Bulgaria continues to be classified as a semi-consolidated democracy.
Bulgaria occupies the 41st position in the latest edition of the Human Freedom Index - a global measurement of personal, civil and economic freedom ranking 152 countries on a scale from 0 to 10, where 10 represents more freedom.
In order for the Bulgarian judicial reform to succeed it will not only need pressure coming from the civil society and “a person in power to start the reform”, but also some outside help from the EU.
President Rosen Plevneliev said that Bulgaria remains among the most pro-European countries, which is in no small part due to its active civil society.
Novinite.com is interviewing ambassadors of Bulgaria's main trading partners as well as neighbouring countries. Here is the interview with Anick Van Calster, Belgium's Ambassador to Bulgaria.
Bulgaria ranks ninth in terms of civil society development among 29 countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
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