Bulgaria is to work for united, safe, secure and digital Europe during its rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Bulgaria’s Minister in Charge of the Bulgarian Presidency of the EU Lilyana Pavlova said in the city of Veliko Tarnovo where she attended the latest regional meeting connected with the preparation for the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU. Bulgaria’s priorities during the Presidency of the Council of the EU were assessed highly by the European institutions, Lilyana Pavlova added. In her words, the specific contribution of the Bulgarian Presidency of the EU is linked with the Western Balkans. The Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU will be also a Balkan Presidency, Minister Palvova pointed out.
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Bulgaria’s Minister of Justice Georgi Georgiev conferred in Brussels with the European Commission team responsible for the Resilience and Recovery Plan (RRP) reforms in Bulgaria, reported the Ministry of Justice. EC: RRP payment depends on..
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Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has announced that as of October 20 this year he will travel to work in his personal car. “When a law is being adopted..
Three Air Force officers were presented with the Presidential Badge of Honor, BTA reports. The head of state presented the award to..
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