An Intangible Cultural Heritage Center for Southeastern Europe has been opened in Bulgaria‘s capital Sofia by UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova. UNESCO Director-General, Bulgarian Irina Bokova, inaugurated Monday the Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Southeastern Europe under the auspices of UNESCO This center is one of six around the world that [...]
February 21, 2012 | Posted in
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“As an EU member and one of the best NATO partners Bulgaria can be of great help for Arab countries and we’re completely ready to do that,” said Borisov. The Bulgarian PM commented that Bulgarians have deep sympathies with pro-democracy efforts of the citizens of the Arabic countries, as Bulgarian themselves led a similar struggle [...]
December 6, 2011 | Posted in
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China views Bulgaria as a reliable partner in Europe and within the EU, Gen. Xu Caihou, member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, told Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov in Sofia. Xu, who is on a three-day visit in Sofia as part of a Chinese Communist Party (CCP), has also thanked Bulgaria for [...]
September 7, 2011 | Posted in
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Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has joined the other EU countries in the recognition and welcome of the newest independent state in the world, South Sudan, which held Saturday, July 9, 2011, its independence ceremony. “Six months after voting freely for independence in a democratic referendum, we witness the birth of Africa’s youngest nation. The peaceful road [...]
July 11, 2011 | Posted in
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Benjamin Netanyahu arrives on Thursday in Bulgaria, the first visit of an Israeli prime minister to the country for the last two decades. The Israeli delegation will include ministers of finance, telecommunications, construction and civil defense. The visit is at the invitation of Bulgaria‘s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. In Sofia Netanyahu is scheduled to confer [...]
July 7, 2011 | Posted in
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Joint Bulgarian-Romanian traffic police units have started patrolling Bulgaria’s Danube city of Ruse, 60 km south of Bucharest, a measure that will be in place over the summer. The joint traffic policing in Ruse is part of the initiatives of the police authorities of Bulgaria and Romania to prevent traffic incidents in border and transit [...]
June 18, 2011 | Posted in
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