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Funds under program for support of Bulgarian organizations abroad will not be lost, minister says

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The additional funds, totaling about 100,000 euros, under the program for supporting Bulgarian organizations and media abroad, will not be lost. At a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Milkov said in response to a question sent from Chicago, USA, that a change was adopted, envisaging  that the money would be in an account that did not reset at the end of the year. According to him, most of the projects, which are over 120, are for the period 2022/2023 and a selection is pending.




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