23 May 2012 | 12:12
Bulgaria and Russia are both deeply interested in enhancing co-operation between small and medium business and in tourism, Vice President Margarita Popova and Valentina Matviyenko, Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, agreed at a meeting at 2 Dondoukov Boulevard today.
22 May 2012 | 11:11
At a news conference at 2 Dondoukov Boulevard today, Vice President Margarita Popova gave a briefing on the Commission on Bulgarian Citizenship Bulgarians Abroad at the President's Administration. The Commission is a permanent advisory body and assists the Bulgarian Vice President in exercising the power of granting or revocation of citizenship. The Commission consists of three full-time employees in the President’s Administration.
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.
