As of now, as of this second, Bulgaria is a member of the European Union!<\/p>\n
Congratulations to all of the Bulgarians, who contributed to this historical fact! Congratulations to all my friends and colleagues, who made this possible: Bulgaria is back to its origins, to its family. Finally.<\/p>\n Congratulations, and good luck!<\/strong><\/p>\n ____ As of now, as of this second, Bulgaria is a member of the European Union! Congratulations to all of the Bulgarians, who contributed to this historical fact! Congratulations to all my friends and colleagues, who made this possible: – Ivan … Continue reading
\n– Ivan Kostov, former prime-minister (1997-2001);
\n– President Peter Stoyanov<\/a> (1997-2002);
\n– President Georgi Parvanov<\/a> (2002-current);
\n– PM Simeon Sax-Coburg Gotha (former PM, 2001-2005):
\n– PM Sergey Stanishev (PM, 2005-current);
\nall foreign ministers
\n– Nadezhda Mihaylova, Solomon Passy, Ivailo Kalfin<\/a>, and all their deputies, among them Petko Draganov, Nikolai Milkov, Lyubomir Kyuchukov, Gergana Grancharova, Todor Churov, Evgenia Koldanova, Feim Chaushev, to name a few;
\n– Meglena Kuneva – our Minister for the European Integration, and first Bulgarian EU Commissioner;
\n– the cheif-negotiators for the EU Membership – Alexander Bozhkov<\/a>, Vladimir Kissiov;
\n– Bulgarian ambassadors to the EU-member countries, to the USA, and to the UN: Amb. Elena Poptdorova, Stefan Tafrov (who was in Paris, London, Rome and in New York as Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the UN), Dimitar Tsanchev;
\n– members of the Parliament;
\n– hundreds of employees at the Foreign Ministry, Parliament, Council of Ministers, other Ministries;
\n– and last, but certainly not least – to all Bulgarian people<\/strong>. Each of them… each of us who has done a little, had actually done a lot. Because when we put together all the little pieces, they formed together our European membership.<\/p>\n
\nP.S. from 00:30. Just finished watching on the Internet, live, the official program on the Bulgaran National TV, from Alexander Batenberg square in Sofia. Wonderful show – and with participants from all over Bulgaria. Thank you all, who made this show and the Internet broadcasting possible! Special thanks go to Mitko<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"