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IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE BULGARIAN
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by a new government coming to power, the purely membership in NATO and the active PR policy,
political interaction was objectively limited. including through the Embassy’s page on the
In this situation the completely renewed Facebook social network. In 2014 the Embassy
team of the Bulgarian embassy in Delhi was hosted for the first time a meeting of the 28 EU
working on the celebration of the anniversary member states ambassadors accredited to Delhi
centering its activities on the cultural diplomacy, and the Bulgarian ambassador in Delhi had
the interaction in the area of education and the meetings and talks with many high-ranking In-
people to people contacts. dian officials from the Centre and various states
The special post card validated on the throughout the country.
occasion of the 60th anniversary, as well as the 2015 began with several visits to India by
edition of the “Svetilnik” magazine dedicated to Bulgarian delegations. By 26 October 8 Bulgarian
it were distributed to official Indian institutions officials altogether visited the country and
and Indian friends of Bulgaria. conducted talks with their counterparts. The
The members of the team are proud with the ambassa dor also continued his series of inter-
standing exhibition at the Embassy’s premises actions with representatives of the host country.
consisting of 16 posters compiled with the Books were donated to the library of the Sla-
assistance of colleagues from the respective vonic languages department on 16 February and
directorates of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a seminar on Bulgarian history and culture for
Sofia. The exposition was inaugurated during an students from Delhi University was organised in
official function on 14 December. September. Other universities in the focus of the
Furthermore, a book on the occasion was Embassy were the Maharaja Agrasen Univer-
published in a limited edition and copies of sity in Badi, the Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute
it were presented to the participants in this in Delhi and the Kurukshetra University. An
function at the Embassy dedicated to the achievement of the Embassy was the first edi-
anniversary. Two Indian nationals were awarded tion of an internship programme for students
the highest distinction of the Minister of Indologists from Sofia University in September.
Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria for their contribution On 4 September 2015 in Delhi the 3-year
to the development of the bilateral relations. programme for cooperation in the fields of
A contribution to the celebrations was made culture, science and education between the
by 10 young Bulgarians from the “Folklorika” governments of the two countries was signed
dance group who performed in November in by the Bulgarian ambassador and the Secretary
four Indian cities. at the Indian Ministry of Culture. The Day of
The bilateral contacts in the areas of culture the Bulgarian culture and education and the
and education in 2014 and 2015 were focused Slavonic script was marked at the Bulgarian
on young people. The Embassy organised a residence by a meeting with Indian intellectuals.
number of activities to assist the students Bul- The Embassy took up close cooperation with the
garists from Delhi University, priority amongst International Chamber for Media and Enter-
which was the training program for them at the tainment Industry in Noida. The ambassador
Embassy’s premises. Similar programme was in- participated in October in a seminar on “The Тадж махал
troduced in 2015 for students Indologists from Future of the European Integration” in the O.P.
Sofia University. Gindal Global University and the Indian Model
Among the other activities of the Embassy United Nations 2015 Conference organized by
in 2014 it is worth mentioning the visit to “G. the Ryan International School, Delhi.
S. Rakovski” Secondary School in Delhi, the The Embassy also worked actively for the
meeting with the author of the first ever San- encouragement of trade and economic relations
skrit – Bulgarian dictionary Prof. Kaushik, the between Bulgaria and India with the ambassa-
participation of three Bulgarian universities in dor taking part in a number of important fora.
the European Higher Educational Fair, the visit The preparation and conduct of several visits
of Indian Rotarians to Plovdiv, the exhibition on a high and highest level is on the agenda and
in Delhi on the 10th anniversary of Bulgaria’s work on some of them is already underway.
Включената в материала нформация е към 26 октомври 2015 г. Текуща информация за дейността на българското посолство в Делхи се
публикува редовно на https://www.facebook.com/bulgarian.embassy.delhi – б. р.