The third preliminary vote in the procedure for the election of the new United Nations Secretary General will be held at the Security Council on 29 August, Ramlan Bin Ibrahim, Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the UN and chairing the Security Council, has been quoted as saying by TASS and BTA. During the previous vote held on 5 August, former Portuguese PM Antonio Guterres rankled first with eleven "encourage" votes, two "discourage" votes and two "no opinion" ones. Second was former Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic with eight "encourage" votes, four "discourage" votes and three no opinion" ones. Next in the ranking came Argentine Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra, former Slovenian President Danilo Turk and Bulgarian Irina Bokova, who is UNESCO’s Director-General. Under current rules in order to be approved the candidate should receive nine “encourage” votes, including all five votes of the five permanent Security Council members – the United States, China, Russia, France and the United Kingdom. After that the candidate should be presented for approval at the United Nations General Assembly.
Humanitarian aid provided by Bulgaria to the civilian population of Gaza was loaded in trucks that departed for the region on June 29, the Bulgarian Embassy in Jordan announced on Facebook. The shipment includes food, medicine, tents..
President Rumen Radev has held a working meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. In Athens, they discussed the urgent activation of work on strategic bilateral projects. At a briefing, Radev said that the liquefied..
The Atlantic Council of Bulgaria has called on all "Euro-Atlantic-oriented MPs" to support the proposed GERB-SDS cabinet. If PP - DB do not wish to vote for the proposed cabinet, they can make its formation possible by not..
The exhibition "The Buckles – a Universe of Signs" by the Ruse Regional Museum of History is visiting Burgas. The exposition, which will be opened today..
"It is evident that the political crisis continues and its solution requires not only putting aside personal and party interests but also requires..
Today, the National Assembly will vote on the new government proposed by GERB-SDS. On Monday, upon receiving the first exploratory mandate, the largest..
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