Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mariya Gabriel and the Minister of Culture Krastyo Krastev have signed a strategic agreement to improve the activities of the Bulgarian Cultural Institutes abroad.
"With the agreement, we confirm the role of the Bulgarian cultural institutes as an integral part of the institutions through which Bulgarian foreign policy is carried out. This is an important message about the key role of cultural diplomacy in foreign policy," Minister Gabriel said. The agreement provides for the preparation of programs for activities abroad as the calendar will be linked to foreign policy priorities in the field of culture. Steps will also be made to update the bilateral international agreements under which the Bulgarian cultural institutes were established.
The Ministry of Education and Science is preparing legislative changes to ban the use of mobile phones in schools, Minister Krasimir Valchev said. The texts will be presented to MPs in May or June. “Currently we have a ban..
Supporters of the MECH party protested in front of the National Assembly and blocked traffic on Knyaz Alexander I Square. Their protest was against the decision of the Speaker of the National Assembly Natalia Kiselova to dissolve the..
The international business exhibition Architectural Building Week 2025 starts today at the Inter Expo Centre in Sofia and runs until 29 March. It is being held alongside the Green Energy and Building Information Modelling (BIM) forums. This year's..
Thursday will be mostly cloudy with rain and east-northeasterly winds , increasing in the Danube plain and the Upper Thracian lowlands. Minimum..
On the initiative of Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger is visiting Bulgaria to look for cooperation projects with the..
Starting from 9 am today, traffic on the Danube Bridge at the border with Romania will be suspended. This is required due to technological..
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