An online debate on “Perspectives and Challenges for the Bulgarian Foreign Policy” will be held on March 23, 2021 at 14:00.
On March 23, 2021 at 14:00 International Relations Research Student Association /IRRSA/ has the honor to invite you to an ONLINE DEBATE, organized alongside EGO POLITICO in UNWE, Students’ Club of Political Science /SCPS/ in SU “St. KlimentOhridski”, Students’ Diplomatic Club /SDC/ in SU “St. KlimentOhridski” and the Policy and Citizens’ Observatory: Migration, Digitalization, Climate about: “Perspectives and challenges for the Bulgarian foreign policy”.
The main topics of discussion during the event are:
- The European integration of the South Balkans
- The future relations between the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia
- The mechanism for the recovery and resilience of the EU
- The EU’s Migration and Asylum pact and the Bulgarian stance on it
United by the cause for awareness and the responsibility of the choice which students will make on the parliamentary elections on April 04, 2021, the NGOs in the sector which deals directly with the field of international relations and foreign policy, want to emphasize on topics that are becoming an even bigger priority in the Bulgarian discourse of foreign affairs. The event will be broadcasted live and everyone who wants to make an informed choice will have the opportunity to ask questions. Expect more information about the representatives of the political parties soon!
We have invited representatives from:
- CP “GERB” & “SDS”
- CP “BSP for Bulgaria”
- PP “Movement for Rights and Freedoms”
- PP “There is such a people”
- PP “IMRO - Bulgarian National Movement”
- CP “Democratic Bulgaria”
- CP “Stand up! Mafia out!”
We call on everyone that has an interest in the foreign policy of our country and wants to make an informed choice to take part and ask questions.
Link to the event: https://fb.me/e/K3oVVwkM
We are expecting you!
There’s only one day left until the ONLINE DEBATE on “Perspectives and challenges for the Bulgarian foreign policy”.
With the upcoming parliamentary elections on April 4, 2021, the NGOs that work in the international relations and foreign policies sector would like to offer students and citizens the opportunity to get informed on topics that are important to Bulgaria’s discourse on foreign affairs.
The representatives of the parties that will take part are:
• Alexander Sidi - member of the management team of IMRO and the bulletin leader of PP “IMRO - Bulgarian National Movement” in Plovdiv and Stara Zagora.
• DanailGeorgiev - part of the CP “Stand up! Mafia out!” bulletin in the 24th multi-member district in Sofia City and vice chairman of “Movement 21”.
• DimitarDimitrov - part of the CP “Democratic Bulgaria” bulletin in the 24th multi-member district in Sofia City.
• Georg Georgiev - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria and part of the CP “GERB” & “SDS” bulletin in the 24th multi-member district in Sofia City.
• TeodoraOvcharova - member of BSP’s National Council and an MP candidate in the 23rd multi-member district in Sofia City from CP “BSP for Bulgaria”
The moderator of the debate will be BozhidarMiladinov, Chairman of IRRSA, for the term 2018-2019.
The main topics of discussion during the event are:
• The European integration of the South Balkans
• The future relations between the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia
• The mechanism for the recovery and resilience of the EU
• The EU’s Migration and Asylum pact and the Bulgarian stance on it
If you are interested in Bulgaria’s foreign policy, want to get informed about the upcoming elections or have questions you would like to ask, you can check out the event live on Facebook:https://fb.me/e/1asa8ztfX
We are expecting you!
Online debate on “Perspectives and challenges for the Bulgarian foreign policy”
An online debate on “Perspectives and challenges for the Bulgarian foreign policy” was held on March 23, 2021. The event was broadcasted live on IRRSA’s Facebook page and was organized alongside our friends and partners “Ego Politico”, “Students’ Club of Political Science “, “Students’ Diplomatic Club” and “Policy and Citizens’ Observatory: Migration, Digitalization, Climate”. The event was opened by VeselinTashev - IRRSA’s Chairman, VeselinGeorgiev - member of IRRSA’s Supervisory Board, and BozhidarMiladinov - Chairman of IRRSA, for the term 2018-2019.
The debate’s participants - Alexander Sidi of PP “IMRO - Bulgarian National Movement”, Georg Georgiev - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria and the representative of CP “GERB” & “SDS”, DanailGeorgiev of “Stand up! Mafia out!”, DimitarDimitrov of CP “Democratic Bulgaria” and TeodoraOvcharova of CP “BSP for Bulgaria”, presented their views and goals on the panels:
• The European integration of the South Balkans
• The future relations between the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia
• The mechanism for the recovery and resilience of the EU
• The EU’s Migration and Asylum pact and the Bulgarian stance on it
The topics of the “Green Deal” and the future of the “Maritza-East” TPP; the diversification of Bulgarian energy sources; drawing up a collective energy policy with the European Union, the Pact on Migration and neighborhood relations with the Republic of Northern Macedonia were touched upon.
This was followed by questions and remarks from the panelists themselves on each of the individual topics. There was a dispute between some of the representatives, but this is how an interesting and useful discussion was created for the participants and the spectators.
Online lecture on the topic “115 years of Bulgarian-Norwegian diplomatic relations”
On the 10th of February, IRRSA presented an online lecture via Zoom on the topic "115 years of Bulgarian-Norwegian diplomatic relations" with guest-lecturer Mr. Nikolay Gerov.
Mr. Gerov opened the lecture with brief information about Norway, presenting its history, and then explained the development of Bulgarian-Norwegian diplomatic relations from the Middle Ages to the present day. Many interesting topics were touched upon such as migration, child adoption, tourism, the cooperation between the two countries and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism. Of particular interest among the presented topics was the issue of Bulgarian children in Norway and the Norwegian Child Welfare Services.
The online lecture and the ensuing discussion answered many questions related to the current and future state of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
