Iliana Yotova

Bulgaria marks the Europe Day on May 9. The flag of the European Union was hoisted at an official ceremony in front of the Bulgarian Presidency building. Earlier, Bulgaria's head of state Rumen Radev and Bulgaria's Vice-President Iliana Yotova laid flowers before the Monument to the Unknown Solider on occasion of the 75th anniversary since the end of World War II.

The coronavirus pandemic has changed our way of life, has hit us at the most vulnerable - human health, it has a dramatic impact on the economy as well. I believe that we will go through these difficulties, learn lessons, and become stronger and better. This is what Vice President Iliana Yotova wrote in a letter addressed to the Bulgarian communities abroad.

The Council for Work with Bulgarians Abroad with discussed at its last meeting for 2019 the forum with Bulgarians abroad to be held in the forthcoming year, at which there will be no banned topics.

The new political season begins. After a 34-day vacation, MPs return to work for the first plenary session of the autumn parliamentary session.

It will be opened by the traditional declarations outlining the priorities of the parliamentary groups.

"The best-structured and most visible policy with the Bulgarian communities abroad is Sunday schools, but this is not enough. There is a need for a comprehensive system and continuity in Bulgarian education around the world - from pre-school age to university, lecturers on Bulgarian language and the development of Bulgarian studies.

,,Bulgaria is the serious driver of the European integration of the countries of the Western Balkans'', said Vice President Iliyana Yotova to the participants in the international conference "Geopolitics and the Western Balkans: A Look from the Region", which took place in the capital of Montenegro Podgorica.

With a procession, literary walks, an academic celebration, and various initiatives dedicated to reading, today's celebration of Bulgarian education and culture in Sofia will be celebrated. at 10.30 a traditional procession begins for May 24th.

"Russia is an immediate neighbour of the European Union, with which we have to define our relations clearly and take them out of the deadlock they are in. The talk about sanctions against Russia is important and the economic security of our citizens does not allow us to reduce the debate to superficial slogans with questionable purpose.

Vice President Iliana Yotova speaks with foreign students of Bulgarian origin who are studying at Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski" within the Students Laboratory "Prospects for Development with Bulgarian Diploma".

In Plovdiv, Vice President Iliana Yotova opened the eighth edition of the European Forum for Social Entrepreneurship.