11 May 2012 | 11:11
Drafting a good strategy for Bulgarians abroad must take into consideration not only central and local institutions but also the voice and needs of those abroad, Vice President Margarita Popova told journalists in Varna. She said that work was continuing at Presidency with the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad to develop a strategy for Bulgarians abroad. The preparation of the new strategy will allow for better assessment of whether to make changes to current law on Bulgarians abroad or whether to proceed to an entirely new law. The Vice President said that she maintains active contacts with Bulgarian communities abroad to get acquainted with their problems and needs.
4 May 2012 | 09:09
Vice President Margarita Popova, at a meeting with Bulgarian students in Paris in the French capital late last night, launched the idea of creating a “global Bulgarian student community”.
The Vice President has initiated a meeting of representatives of the Bulgarian student communities around the world, to be dedicated to public policy on Bulgarians abroad. The forum, which is expected to take place in Brussels in late October or early November this year, is intended to contribute to the development of an updated strategy for Bulgarians Abroad.
3 May 2012 | 16:04
Vice President Margarita Popova delivered a lecture at the Academy of European Law conference
Challenges to integration among the EU countries with totalitarian pasts and the necessary effort to implement the principles of the European community of freedom, security and justice were outlined by Vice President Margarita Popova at an Academy of European Law conference held at the Court of Cassation of France in Paris.
2 May 2012 | 17:05
After they have met the criteria for membership of the Schengen zone, new EU member states should be admitted and then participate in its transformation. This was highlighted today at a meeting in Paris between Vice President Margarita Popova and the President of the Group for Friendship with Bulgaria in the Senate of the French Republic, Yves Pozzo di Borgo.
22 March 2012 | 11:11
The attitude of the state towards Bulgarians abroad should be changed and should be underpinned by a new strategy about Bulgarians abroad, Vice President Margarita Popova told the media in Veliko Turnovo.
