For the first time the Council of Ministers is holding an open doors day, at the initiative of caretaker Prime Minister Galab Donev.
Members of the public will be able to take a tour of the building from 10 AM until 4 PM. The tour includes the Granite Hall and the hall where the governments holds its sittings, as well as the standing exposition of some of the gifts the Bulgarian prime ministers have received through the years from their foreign guests.
The open doors day at the Council of Ministers comes as a follow-up to the Open Government Partnership initiative supported by 75 countries in the world.
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