HIGHLIGHTS

• The President of the Atlantic Club in Bulgaria Dr. Lyubomir Ivanov presented his new book
• The Chief of the General Staff of the Kingdom of Belgium visited Bulgaria
• Regional Forum on fight against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
• An Italian company to launch a social project in Bulgaria
• Vice President Angel Marin received Vilmos Sabo, State Secretary of Minority Issues of Hungary
• Finance Minister Velchev signed a loan agreement with the World Bank
• FBI opened permanent office in Sofia
• The Prime Ministers of Bulgaria and Romania marked the 50th anniversary of the Danube Bridge together
• International Conference on the “Measures to Protect the Euro Against Forgery”
• Bulgarian–Israeli consultations
• Bulgaria has invited Ireland to open an embassy in Sofia
• An Australian Company has plans for establishing a business incubator in Bulgaria
• The UK business visas will remain suspended
• Bulgaria participated in the Annual Meeting of the Directors of Diplomatic Schools and Institutes in the world
• Round table on countering terror was organized by the Bulgarian Diplomatic Society
• Bulgaria marked the 125th anniversary of its diplomatic relations with Russia in Moscow
• The United States are not going to open military bases in Eastern Europe
• Zorka Parvanova was patron of the “United in Diversity” international conference
• Austrian Interior Minister Ernst Schtrasser visited Bulgaria
• The Council of Foreign Ministers of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation in Istanbul
• Deputy Prime Minister Lydia Shouleva participated in Forum Development Gateway, held in Germany
• Minister Velchev presented the Bulgarian tax policy before the Bulgarian–German Chamber of Commerce
• Bulgaria – a hit country among the tourists in Europe
• Deputy Prime Minister Lydia Shouleva support Macedonia’s decision to join CEFTA
• Bulgaria more attractive for South–Korean investments
• Deputy Minister Gergana Grancharova met with representatives of the American media
• Bulgaria and Venezuela signed a treaty for cooperation between the foreign ministries of the two countries
• Minister Solomon Passy discussed with the leadership of the Thracian Societies the idea to build a bust of Captain Petko Voyvoda in Rome