76 percent of Bulgarians say that the Presidency of the Council of the EU is important to Bulgaria, indicate data of a survey conducted by Trend. Public expectations connected with the Presidency of the Council of the EU tend to be optimistic...
European People’s Party President Joseph Daul warmly welcomes the start of the first Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. In a written statement he points out that Bulgaria will put the European perspective for the Western..
Migratory pressure to Bulgaria has declined by 80 percent, Bulgarian Minister of Interior Valentin Radev has told reporters. According to him, bilateral talks with Turkey have helped in achieving these results. Minister Radev vowed that the..
The Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU will be held in the Bulgarian language, as Bulgarian is an official language of the EU, said Lilyana Pavlova, Minister for the Bulgarian EU Presidency. “All of us, cabinet ministers must hold..
Bulgarian Minister of Justice Tsetska Tsacheva has met with EU security commissioner Julian King. The two have discussed the priorities of this country in the context of the future Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of Europe. Tsacheva has informed..
In its capacity of President of the Council of the EU, Bulgaria will help Montenegro open the last three chapters in its negotiations with Brussels, said Tsveta Karayancheva, President of the Bulgarian National Assembly at a meeting in Sofia with a..
3,082 new cars were purchased in Bulgaria in November, the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) says. Over the first 11 months of 2017, a total of 28,180 cars were sold in the country or 23.5 percent more than over the same..
At the conference on the regional and European integration of the Western Balkans, taking place in Sofia, Kosovo President Hashim Thaci stated that the region has never been better positioned for strengthening their shared process of integration into..
At a working meeting in Sofia with Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov stated that as President of the Council of the EU, Bulgaria will support Albania’s efforts to begin EU accession negotiations...
The website of the Bulgarian Presidency of the EU Council 2018 is now online at www.eu2018bg.bg . As the Cyrillic alphabet is the third official alphabet in the European Union, the portal of the presidency can also be reached at ес2018бг.бг. The page..