Sat, Nov 21 2009
Photo: Anelia Nikolova
Bulgarian newspaper says that entrepreneur and philanthropist Marc S Ellenbogen will be Washington’s new envoy in Sofia.
United States ambassador Nancy McEldowney and Timothy Hayes hosted a well-attended reception at the embassy on July 2 in celebration of the 233rd anniversary of the country’s Declaration of Independence.
US ambassador Nancy McEldowney, interviewed by The Sofia Echo on the occasion of July 4, US Independence Day.
US ambassador Nancy McEldowney speaks to The Sofia Echo Editor-in-Chief, Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Nancy McEldowney becomes second Western ambassador, after the UK’s Steve Williams, to issue a statement of support for Bulgaria’s second gay pride parade.
Current ambassador Nancy McEldowney is recalled to Washington to take the post of principal deputy assistant secretary of state in the bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
The European Commission is taking Bulgaria to court for delays in providing Sofia with adequate waste disposal facilities.
James Warlick is the spouse of Mary Warlick, director of the office of Russian affairs at the US state department, who has been nominated to serve as ambassador to Serbia
Bulgaria’s Health Ministry announced on November 20 2009 that the flu epidemic declared two weeks earlier is at an end as rates of infection decline. The announcement coincides with reports of two deaths from A (H1N1) flu in Bulgaria.
Acting on allegations by Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria leader Ivan Kostov, prosecutors and Government officials are to probe deals by which Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Ahmed Dogan acquired various properties.
Prosecutors allege that a deal agreed by the former defence minister caused losses of 12.9 million leva.