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• Embassy of India, Sofia celebrated the 70th Republic Day of India with great enthusiasm.

  January 31, 2019

• The National Voters Day Pledge was administered by Ambassador Pooja Kapur to the India based Embassy officers and staff on Friday 25 January 2019 at 1100 hrs at the Embassy Premises.

  January 25, 2019

• The Embassy of India Sofia celebrated the Vishva Hindi Diwas on 10 January 2019 in partnership with Indology Department of Sofia University, Indira Gandhi School, Lyulin, East-West Indological Foundation & Devam Foundation

  January 16, 2019

• Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was celebrated at the Embassy of India Sofia on 9 January 2019 which was attended by members of the Indian community, PIOs, friends and well-wishers of India as well as representatives of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria.

  January 11, 2019

• Eminent singer from Macedonia Ms. Lina Gjorcheva sang Gandhiji's favourite bhajan 'Vaishnav Jan To' which was recorded at iconic sites in Macedonia.

  December 31, 2018

• To commemorate the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Devji, the Embassy of India and the Centre for Eastern Languages and Cultures of Sofia University organized a joint event at Sofia University on 22 November 2018.

  November 27, 2018

• Ambassador Pooja Kapur inaugurated the Indus Medika medical laboratory in Skopje, Macedonia on 14 Nov 2018. The inauguration was attended by the Hon'ble Minister of Investment and the Deputy Minister of Health of Macedonia and received widespread media coverage.

  November 26, 2018

• The 2018 issue of Svetilnik an annual publication on India and Bulgaria relations.

  November 06, 2018

• The video of eminent Bulgarian singer Dyana Dafova, singing Mahatma Gandhiji's favourite Bhajan 'Vaishnav Jan' was released by Ambassador Pooja Kapur at an elegant ceremony held at the historic city centre at Todor Alexandrov Boulevard, Sofia on 2 October 2018”

  October 10, 2018

• Ambassador Pooja Kapur hosted the ITEC Day Reception at the Embassy Residence. Alumni from across Bulgaria attended the event and enthusiastically shared very positive experiences from their time in India.

  October 10, 2018

• The 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi were launched in Bulgaria on 2nd October 2018 with a function held at the newly installed Gandhi statue at Sofia's iconic South Park

  October 03, 2018

• 72nd Independence Day was celebrated at Embassy of India, Sofia

  August 20, 2018

• Ambassador Pooja Kapur called on Hon'ble President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhawan and seek his guidance and support for further enhancing the multi-faceted India-Bulgaria relationship.

  August 07, 2018

• International Day of Yoga 2018

  June 21, 2018

• Hon'ble Minister of State for Textiles, Shri Ajay Tamta visited Macedonia from 6-8 May 2018. He had bilateral discussions with the Economy Minister Mr Kreshnik Bekteshi and met senior representatives of the Textiles Cluster as well as the Balkan India Business Association. He also engaged with the Indian diaspora and visited textile & garment factories and agri-farms.

  May 14, 2018

• The 2017 issue of Svetilnik, an annual publication on India and Bulgaria which has been spreading light to bring Bulgarians closer to the magic of India. The special edition commemorating 20 years of the start of the publication of Svetilnik is dedicated to 70 years of India's independence.

  April 20, 2018

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address at Defexpo 2018 in Chennai was telecast to an appreciative gathering of leading Bulgarian defence companies at an event at the Embassy in Sofia on 12 April 2018

  April 12, 2018

• Vishwa Hindi Diwas was celebrated with great fanfare in Sofia. Over 250 people attended the event organised jointly by the Embassy of India, Indology Department of Sofia University, Indira Gandhi School, East West Indological Foundation and Devam Foundation at the National Science & Technology Centre to mark the occasion.

  March 21, 2018

• Ambassador Pooja Kapur called on the Hon'ble Vice President of Bulgaria, H.E. Mrs. Iliana Iotova on 15 February 2018. They comprehensively discussed bilateral relations and took positive note of their reinvigoration.

  February 16, 2018

• The Embassy of India and the Indian-Bulgarian Business Chamber jointly organised a business forum titled Modern India-Business Opportunities in Sofia on 24 January 2018. Leading CEOs representing a wide cross-section of Bulgarian industry and services attended the forum.

  February 15, 2018