Liliana Pavlova

On 1 November 2017 in Sofia the Association of Honorary Consuls in Bulgaria and the Ministry for the Bulgarian Presidency of the EU Council 2018 signed a joint working agreement for the first half of next year.

The European Union's poorest member is seeking to offer a clearer path toward membership for the western Balkans to prevent a return to the instability that ravaged the continent's most volatile region two decades ago.

''The repairs of the National Palace of Culture and Boyana Residence are finished and from a logistic point of view, Bulgaria will be ready for its European presidency by January.'' This was announced by Minister Liliana Pavlova before bTV. According to her, work on the National Palace of Culture will end at the latest by Christmas.

55% of Bulgarians give a good estimate of Bulgaria's readiness to chair the EU. This is the result of the first national survey on Bulgarians' attitudes towards the forthcoming EU presidency, conducted by the Policy Institute among a thousand Bulgarian citizens from 56 settlements, BNT reported.

The official website of the Bulgarian presidency of the EU Council will be launched on 1 December. This was said by the Minister for the Bulgarian Presidency of the EU Council Lilyana Pavlova at the annual meeting of the National Tourism Council.

''Infrastructure investments will continue in 2018, using funds from operational programs, from national and municipal budgets.''

This was announced by the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Nikolay Nankov during the Seventh Discussion Forum "Construction in 2018 - Prospects and Challenges", reported BGNES.

Bulgarian Minister Liliana Pavlova said at a conference on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the accession of Bulgaria to the EU and the upcoming EU Council presidency, the priority of the Bulgarian presidency of the EU to be the debates on the security and economy and the future of young people. Reports Sega. 

The Ministry of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2018 terminated the public procurement contract for the design and technical support of an internet site and a mobile application, providing hosting and streaming. The reason - none of the three bidders who have submitted documents have the necessary experience.

37 projects at a total value of EUR 16,910,099 will be implemented under the programme for cross border cooperation with Serbia.

The National Programme for Energy Efficiency of Multi-family Residential Buildings will depend on the next government which has to propose to Parliament an increase in the funding of the programme by  BGN 1B, announced on BNT Regional Minister Liliana Pavlova.

 Currently, the programme is temporarily stopped due to reaching the limit of current funding of BGN 1B.