Sat, May 26 2012
Swedish ambassador Paul Beijer, right
Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Romanian ambassador Anton Pacuretu.
Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Italian ambassador Stefano Benazzo, Miglena Ploughchieva
Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Italian ambassador Stefano Benazzo, Austrian ambassador Gerhard Reiweger
Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
The ambassador of Switzerland, Thomas Feller, and Hans Juergen Koellen, of the German-Bulgarian Co-operation Council.
Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
The deputy chief of mission of the Austrian embassy
Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Paul Beijer, Sweden’s ambassador in Sofia, briefed journalists on the three major achievements of his country’s presidency of the European Union.
Bilateral ties between Sweden and Bulgaria are in a healthy state.
Every year, guests are enthralled at the Santa Lucia ceremony as the celebrants enter a darkened ballroom illuminated only by the candles that glow in honour of the Swedish tradition.
On July 1, Sweden takes over the six-month rotating presidency of the EU. Swedish ambassador in Sofia Paul Beijer explains to The Sofia Echo the approach his country will take.
The foundation works in partnership with national and local Bulgarian authorities, other NGOs and many volunteers to support the process of developing efficient services for people with disabilities.
A not-entirely-comprehensive photo gallery of the team of The Sofia Echo newspaper over the years.
On February 20, Unesco Director-General Irina Bokova was in Sofia for the opening of Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in South-Eastern Europe under the auspices of Unesco.
At a ceremony on February 9, the ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Camillo Zuccoli, bestowed on the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Bulgaria’s ambassador-designate to Germany Radi Naidenov, the Cross of Grand Officer pro Merito Melitensi.
During her visit to Sofia on February 5, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton was shown the Bulgarian capital city's historic Boyana Church.