Kristalina Georgieva

Bulgaria appears to have decided on its nomination for the next United Nations Secretary General, capital.bg speculated on Monday after the government released a statement that Kristalina Georgieva has signalled her intention to carry on in her present position.

Bulgaria is one of the few Eastern European countries capable of proposing a UN Secretary General candidate trusted by all Security Council permanent members, an opinion piece on the FT's beyondbrics blog reads.

The Bulgarian nomination for UN Secretary-General will be unveiled by the end of March.

This was by announced by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov in London on Thursday where he is participating in the international conference "Supporting Syria and the Region".

There is only one "genuinely eligible" Bulgarian frontrunner for the UN Secretary General's office and it isn't EU Commission Vice President Kristalina Georgieva, an opinion piece published on Forbes magazine's website reads.

The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Raiffeisenbank Bulgaria, a subsidiary of Raiffeisen Bank International signed a guarantee agreement to increase lending to innovative SMEs and small mid-caps in Bulgaria.

The transaction benefits from the support of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), which constitutes the heart of the Investment Plan for Europe.

In a recent article, the Economist focuses on the Bulgarian nomination for UN Secretary-General, which has stirred political tensions in the country.

The presence of two strong Bulgarian candidates, namely UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and European Commission Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva, has caused political turbulence in the country.

Montenegro has formally submitted the candidacy of its Foreign Minister, Igor Luksic, as a candidate to take over as UN Secretary General.

Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has opined that the EU should treat economic migrants with the same attitude it had to current member states from Central and Eastern Europe that were accession candidates back in the 2000s.

A high-level panel on humanitarian financing co-chaired by EU Commission Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva presented a new global model for financing humanitarian aid.

The report of the panel was presented to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Dubai on Sunday.

EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides will pay a visit to Serbia on Friday, January 15.

He will meet with Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, the EU Office in Serbia has announced.