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Bulgaria's Parliament Greenlights Joining EU Fiscal Pact [Jan 27, 2012] Bulgaria's parliament approved on Friday the draft decision for joining the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union or the so-called EU Fiscal Pact. The treaty was supported by 129 MPs, 1 voted against, while 48 abstained. Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Nladenov, informed the MPs that the country has set six conditions for the joining, such as no ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Top Diplomat Hails Finland's Stand on Schengen [Nov 16, 2011] Bulgaria's Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Mladenov, has extended accolades to Finland's new position on the country's Schengen accession. Mladenov said Sofia is applauding the news and voices certainty the change came through a careful analysis of achievements of both Bulgaria and Romania in securing border control. "This is a great development for us.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria FM Blames Schengen Fiasco on Dutch, Finnish Domestic Politics, Predecessors [Sep 24, 2011] The postponement of Bulgaria and Romania's accession to Schengen is due to domestic politics in the Netherlands and Finland, as well as to the sloppy work of previous Bulgarian governments, according to Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Minister Nikolay Mladenov. Thursday the EU Council for Home Affairs decided to put off the membership of the two countries in the free movement area due to vetoes by the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Top Diplomat Ties Knot in Ex King Summer Palace [Aug 20, 2011] Bulgaria's Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Mladenov, is tying the knot with his girlfriend Gergana Saturday at the Evsinograd State Residence. Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, is their best man. He said he will give the couple a top-of-the-line TV set as gift, but would not wear his tailcoat, as previously reported, in order to not outshine the groom. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Top Diplomat: Middle East Unrest Changes Course of History [Apr 14, 2011] The unrest in the Middle East is the most significant historical change after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Bulgaria's Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Mladenov, believes. Mladenov made the statement Thursday in Berlin, during the informal summit of the NATO foreign ministers. The first session was dedicated to the situation in Libya.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Top Diplomat Recants Position on Belene Scandal [Apr 07, 2011] Bulgaria's Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Mladenov, told the media Thursday that what he said during a TV interview a day earlier about the signed Nuclear Power Plant documents has been misinterpreted. "What I said was that it is totally unacceptable for someone to be doing something behind the back of his or her supervising Minister. The trash in question is the situation we are all in where ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Top Diplomat: GERB Did Not Sell Weapons to Libya [Mar 02, 2011] Bulgaria's Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Mladenov, says he never obtained information the cabinet of his ruling, center-right GERB party had sold ammunitions to Libya in 2009. Mladenov made the statement Wednesday morning in a phone interview for the private TV channel bTV. The Minister spoke in the aftermath of a publication of the British Guardian focusing on weapons deals between Libya ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Formally Protests Serbian Traveling Hassle [Feb 19, 2011] Bulgaria will inform EU authorities of the impediments Serbia has made to Bulgarian nationals requesting to enter Serbia Friday, announced Foreign Affairs Minister Nikolay Mladenov. All through Friday, Serbian border police were creating difficulties for Bulgarian nationals to cross the border, given the two neighbors have a visa-free regime. Bulgarians were attempting to cross into Serbia to ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria No Soviet Republic, Foreign Minister Thinks [Jul 04, 2010] Bulgaria is a state based on the rule of law and cannot afford to favor certain investors, no matter whether Russian or from elsewhere, said Bulgarian foreign affairs minister Nikolay Mladenov in an interview for Bulgarian Nova TV Sunday evening. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Foreign Minister Urged to Support Kosovo in EU [May 11, 2010] Bulgaria Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Mladenov, has showed his support for the strengthening of the state institutions in Kosovo so as to protect the rights of all ethnic communities. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria MEP Upbeat on Future of Europe Despite Crisis [May 08, 2010] Bulgarias ex Foreign Affairs Minister and current rightist Blue Coalition MEP, Nadezhda Neynski, has stated that the economic crisis opens new possibilities for Europe in an upbeat interview. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Minister: Friendship Treaty Will Help Macedonia EU Bid [May 08, 2010] Bulgaria Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Mladenov, has said that the Friendship Treaty was offered to Macedonia to help speed up the countrys accession to the EU. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Foreign Minister: Macedonia Relations to Set Example [May 05, 2010] Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Mladenov, has called on Bulgaria and Macedonia to be an example of good neighborly relations on the Balkans. [via YahooNews] More >>

Foreign Minister: Bulgaria Mourns Kaczynski with Polish Friends [Apr 18, 2010] Bulgaria Foreign Affairs Minister Nikolay Mladenov has sent Bulgarias condolences to Poland on the day that Polish President Lech Kaczynski is to be buried in Krakow. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria President, Top Diplomat Attend Kaczynski Funeral [Apr 13, 2010] Bulgaria will be represented at the funeral ceremony of Polish President, Lech Kaczynski, by President, Georgi Parvanov, and Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Mladenov. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria FM: Obama Meeting Shows US Set to Stay in Europe [Apr 08, 2010] Bulgaria Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Mladenov, has lauded the new US-Russia nuclear arms treaty as an historic event for all of us. "I expect the doubts to be dispelled that Washington wants to withdraw from Europe. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Foreign Minister Backs European Missile Shield (Novinite.com) [Mar 27, 2010] Bulgaria Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Mladenov, has stated that the construction of a missile shield that covers all European countries would restore the confidence of European citizens in NATO. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Foreign Minister: Nabucco Is Priority in Turkey Ties (Novinite.com) [Mar 18, 2010] Bulgaria Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Mladenov, has stated that the Nabucco natural gas pipeline is the priority project regarding bilateral ties with Turkey. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Foreign Minister Supports Macedonia EU Bid (Novinite.com) [Feb 22, 2010] Bulgaria?s new Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Mladenov, has stated that Bulgaria is supporting Macedonia?s attempts to join the EU. Mladenov, speaking in an interview for the Bulgarian daily Standart newspaper, said that ?we support Macedonia?s integration into Euro-Atlantic structures. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Remembers Communism Victims (Novinite.com) [Feb 14, 2010] Zhelyo Zhelev (L), former Bulgaria's president and Ivan Stanchov, former foreign affairs minister, laid flowers at the Monument to the Victims of Communism near the National Palace of Culture. [via YahooNews] More >>