On May 18, on the occasion of his assumption of office H.E. Mr. Yuri Rylach, the newly-appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Ukraine to Bulgaria, hosted a reception

On May 19, H.E. Mr. Karl Diem, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria, hosted a reception

The occasion was the visit of a group of Austrian curators and cultural figures.

H.E. Mr. Karl Diem and Mr. Georgi Lipovanski, Director of the Gallery for Foreign Art

On May 18, President Georgi Parvanov decorated with Order Stara Planina Ist class the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation H.E. Mr. Vladimir Titov for his extraordinary contribution to the development and enhancement of Bulgarian-Russian relations and cooperation and on the occasion of his departure from Bulgaria

58th anniversary of the proclamation of independence of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

On the occasion of the national day – May 25, Independence Day (1946) – the Jordanian consular office in Bulgaria opened an exhibition “Meeting Jordan”, organised with the cooperation of the Ministry of Culture and the National Library St. St. Cyril and Methodius. The exposition was on display in the halls of the library from May 20 to 30. Mr. Dimitar Hadjinikolov, Deputy Minister of Economy, Dr. Hassan al Barmawi, Honorary Consul of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Mr. Yordan Lechkov, Mayor of Sliven

On the occasion of the National Day of the Republic of Italy – June 2, the Declaration of the Republic (1946), the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary H.E. Mr. Gian B. Campagnola and his wife hosted a reception

H.E. Mr. Gian B. Campagnola and Mrs. Lydia Shouleva, Vice Premier and Minister of Economy