Daniel Mitov

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and the European Union?s top foreign policy official, Federica Mogherini, on Thursday discussed rising tensions in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, which have led to FYROM resurrecting demands for its accession to the EU and NATO despite an ongoing dispute with Greece over the Balkan state?s official name.

Lack of reform and political instability in Macedonia create a vacuum to the benefit of radical movements, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has said.

Mitov warned in an interview with public broadcaster BNT that any negative development in Macedonia could affect Bulgaria as well.

Spain's Foreign Minister José García-Margallo y Marfil arrives Tuesday in Sofia on an official visit at the invitation of his Bulgarian counterpart Daniel Mitov.

During the visit, he will be received by Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov too, according to the press office of the Foreign Ministry.

Iran put forward a revival of Nabucco project during recent talks with Bulgaria's Prime Minister and other officials, the country's Ambassador to Sofia has said.

A closed-door meeting was held between Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Iran's Ambassador Abdollah Norouzi in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, an Iranian news outlet has claimed.

President (2002-2012) Georgi Parvanov, who was reelected Sunday as Chair of his ABV party, has insisted that Bulgaria's cabinet should undergo certain changes

The Foreign and Energy Ministers of Romania and Bulgaria on Friday, on the occasion of the joint government meeting taking place in Craiova, signed a joint statement on strengthening the regional cooperation in the energy area, which mainly underscores the commitment of the two sides to the European strategic objective of diversifying both the routes and the sources of energy.

The energy ministers of Bulgaria and Romania, Temenuzhka Petkova and Andrei Gerea, and the foreign ministers of the two countries, Daniel Mitov and Bogdan Aurescu, have signed a joint declaration on regional energy cooperation.

The governments of Bulgaria and Romania are due to sit together on Friday in the southwestern Romanian town of Craiova, officials have said.

After the joint session Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is set to meet his Romanian counterpart Victor Ponta and then the Serbian head of government, Aleksandar Vucic.

Bulgaria's parliamentary budget committee will hold hearings of three ministers over the introduction of a 26% withholding tax on Greek business transactions originating in Bulgaria, Cyprus, and Ireland.