NEWS

 

Presidents Rumen Radev and Klaus Iohannis discussed in a telephone conversation the joint efforts of Bulgaria and Romania to join Schengen. The common position was that the two neighbouring countries meet the established criteria for Schengen membership and the repeatedly reaffirmed readiness for this by the European institutions, and the majority of EU member states should lead to specific decisions.

 

Radev and Iohannis reaffirmed the ambitions of Bulgaria and Romania to keep on working to expand bilateral connectivity by deepening cooperation in the economic, trade, tourism, and transport and energy sectors. Romania is Bulgaria's second-largest EU trading partner, with a steady trend of intensifying trade ties and a significant increase in trade, which amounted to nearly EUR 6.5 billion in 2021.

 

Bulgarian service people contribute to the security not only of Bulgaria, but also of the entire region, said the head of state and supreme commander at a meeting with our contingent within the Multinational Battlegroup

The President of the Italian Republic is on an official visit to Bulgaria at the invitation of the Bulgarian head of state

The President and Commander-in-Chief Rumen Radev discussed the development of modern defence capabilities of the Bulgarian Armed Forces in the context of the challenges facing the changed global security environment at a meeting with NATO Assistant Secretary General Angus Lapsley

President Rumen Radev held a meeting today with Jeoffrey R. Pyatt, US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, in Vilnius