On 19 July 1879, Prince Alexander of Battenberg appointed the very first diplomatic agents in newly liberated Bulgaria. Those included Dragan Tsankov, Evlogi Georgiev and Dimitar Kirovich. 120 years later the Foreign Minister at that time Nadezhda Mihaylova declared July 19 the Day of the Bulgarian Diplomatic Service. With a three-day conference in Sofia accentuating the 2018 Bulgaria Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Bulgarian ambassadors to countries across the globe mark the Day of the Diplomatic Service. In turn the …read more
Source: Radio Bulgaria
