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Bulgaria's EU Commissioner Goes to School for Europe Day [May 08, 2011] Bulgarian EU Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva will discuss volunteer work and European values with school students during Europe Day. Monday commissioner Georgieva is set to visit 7th School in downtown Sofia to meet pupils and greet them for the holiday. She will also share her experiences as Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and International Cooperation and will answer their questions ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Provide Japan with BGN 216 000 in Humanitarian Aid [Apr 20, 2011] Bulgaria will give Japan BGN 216 000 in humanitarian aid after the disastrous earthquake and tsunami that hit the Asian country last month. The Bulgarian government will financially support Japan with BGN 200 000. The money will be transferred to a special bill opened by the Japanese Red Cross.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Sends Blankets to Disaster-struck Japan [Mar 17, 2011] Bulgaria is sending a large number of blankets to Japan as humanitarian help, Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, announced Thursday. The decision was made by the cabinet Wednesday. Borisov says the Bulgarian authorities are in constant touch and have up-to-the minute coordination with Bulgaria's EU Commissioner on International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ready to Send Humanitarian Aid to Libya [Mar 08, 2011] Bulgaria is ready to send humanitarian aid to Libya where a pro-democracy uprising is fighting the regime of dictator Muammar Gaddafi. According to Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov, Bulgaria can aid the population in Libya with medical and food supplies. "There are more and more indications of the shortage of medicines, food, and other supplies in all parts of Libya, not only in the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

EU Commissioner: Bulgaria Should Brace for Libyan Exodus [Feb 24, 2011] Bulgaria may be hit by a wave of refugees trying to reach the country because of the turmoil in Libya, Bulgaria's EU Commissioner has warned. "Bulgaria, being a border country in the European Union, risks to be flooded by a wave of illegal migrants from Libya, who may first go to Turkey and from there into Bulgaria," Kristalina Georgieva, EU's humanitarian aid chief, said in an interview for the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Mladenov Heads to Islamad, Karachi as Bulgaria Grants Aid to Pakistan [Jan 18, 2011] Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov is setting out on a visit to Pakistan after the Bulgarian government granted humanitarian aid to the flood-devastated country on his initiative. Last week Bulgaria's Cabinet approved the allocation of humanitarian aid to Pakistan, much of which was devastated by the floods that hit the country in July 2010. The aid amounts to the modest BGN 117 350 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Sends Humanitarian Aid to Flood-Devastated Pakistan [Jan 12, 2011] Bulgaria's government has approved the allocation of humanitarian aid to Pakistan , much of which has been devastated by the floods that hit the country in July 2010. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria EU Commissioner: Tension between Sofia, Brussels Eases [Jul 21, 2010] Right after the European Commission encouraged Bulgaria for the way it tackles organized crime and corruption, Kristalina Georgieva, the Bulgarian commissioner for humanitarian aid, has commented that the crisis in the relations between Sofia and Brussels is subsiding. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria EU Commissioner: Convergence Program Approval Is Informal [Apr 23, 2010] The EC assessment Bulgaria's Convergence Program remains unofficial, Bulgaria's EU Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva confirms. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva: Bulgaria Not Threatened with Having Greece?s Financial Problems (Novinite.com) [Mar 15, 2010] Bulgaria?s EU Commissioner, Kristalina Georgieva, who is in charge of the EC humanitarian aid portfolio, has answered questions of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and a couple of Bulgarian-language media before she joined the Ambassadors of the EU member states in Sofia for a special lunch organized by the Spanish Embassy in Sofia as part of the program of the Spanish EU Presidency.* [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's EU Commissioner: 2nd Barroso Commission Was in Grave Danger (Novinite.com) [Mar 14, 2010] Bulgarians lack sufficient confidence and faith in themselves, according to Bulgaria?s EU Commissioner, Kristalina Georgieva. Georgia, who is the EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, sought to clear up all doubts that her portfolio was not prestigious enough, speaking on Nova TV Sunday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria EU Commissioner: We Are Ready to Help Chile (Novinite.com) [Mar 01, 2010] Bulgaria's EU Commissioner, Kristalina Georgieva, has stated that EU humanitarian aid experts are urgently assessing what is needed in Chile following Saturday?s earthquake. [via YahooNews] More >>

Commissioner Georgieva in Bulgaria for Haiti Charity Concert (Novinite.com) [Feb 14, 2010] European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Kristalina Georgieva arrives in Bulgaria on Sunday to attend a fund-raising concert. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria European Commission Heads for Haiti (Novinite.com) [Feb 09, 2010] Bulgaria new European Commissioner, in charge of International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, will visit the earthquake-torn Haiti by the end of the month. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria European Commission Heads for Haiti (Novinite.com) [Feb 09, 2010] Bulgaria new European Commission, in charge of International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, will visit the earthquake-torn Haiti by the end of the month. [via YahooNews] More >>

Dutch MEP: Bulgaria?s New EU Commissioner Knows Her Stuff (Novinite.com) [Feb 03, 2010] Bulgaria?s new EU Commissioner, Kristalina Georgieva, has a very good knowledge of her portfolio on humanitarian aid, Greens MP Judith Sargentini told Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency). [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Georgieva Confirmed as New EU Humanitarian Aid Commissioner (Novinite.com) [Feb 03, 2010] The Development Committee of the EP has confirmed Bulgaria?s Designate Kritalina Georgieva as the new EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid. After her spectacular performance during the three-hour hearing at the EP on Wednesday, Georgieva was confirmed unanimously by the Development Committee. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria EC Bidder: Ready to Fight Europe's Vested Interests (Novinite.com) [Feb 03, 2010] Bulgaria's EC Designate Kristalina Georgieva has voiced firm determination to fight against the vested interests across the European Union, if confirmed for Commissioner for humanitarian aid. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria EC Nominee: Prevention is Critical (Novinite.com) [Feb 03, 2010] Prevention is critical, it pays for itself and it is good for the European taxpayers, said Bulgaria?s EC Humanitarian Aid Designate Kristalina Georgieva during her confirmation hearing at the European Parliament. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria?s EC Bidder: Let?s Work out Gaza Access with Israel (Novinite.com) [Feb 03, 2010] Bulgaria?s EU Humanitarian Aid Commissioner-Designate Kristalina Georgieva has declared her intention to work with Israel on the issue of humanitarian access to Gaza. [via YahooNews] More >>