News - South Africa, Pretoria, Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria

As part of the national information campaign on the Republic of Bulgaria’s adoption of the euro on 1 January 2026, the Embassy organised an open lesson on 15 February 2026 for pupils of the Sluncho Bulgarian Sunday School, dedicated to the adoption of the euro as the country’s official currency.

On 18 February 2026, a seminar on “Countering Disinformation to Protect Local Democracy” was held in Cape Town. The event was organised by the Delegation of the European Union in Pretoria, together with the Embassies of Spain, Poland, Lithuania and Bulgaria, as well as Belgium (Flanders), under the Team Europe initiative.

On 1 December 2025, Ambassador Maria P. Tzotzorkova presented her Letters of Credence to the President of the Republic of Mauritius, H.E. Mr Dharambeer Gokhool, at a ceremony held at the State House in Port Louis. During the meeting with the President, Ambassador Tzotzorkova highlighted the longstanding relations of friendship and mutual respect between Bulgaria and Mauritius, established in 1975. She expressed her satisfaction that her accreditation coincided with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, providing an opportunity to reinvigorate bilateral cooperation, cultural exchange and people-to-people contacts.

We would like to express our gratitude to the competent authority – the Department of Home Affairs as well as to the Department of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa for this decision, which reaffirms the traditionally friendly relations and the deepening cooperation between our two countries.

The Bulgarian Embassy in Pretoria in collaboration with the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science and the Department of Science and Innovation of the Republic South Africa initiated a Panel Discussion on the topic of “Bulgaria-South Africa Perspectives for Research and Innovation Cooperation”, which took place in Pretoria on the 3rd of December within the framework of the Science Forum of South Africa (SFSA 2024) – the most prestigious event in the sphere of science and technologies in the RSA and in the Southern African region.

On the 3rd of October 2024 the newly appointed Honorary Consul of the Republic of Bulgaria in the Republic of Mauritius Mr. Puman Vishal Ramlall received his Exequatur from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade of Mauritius, HE Maneesh Gobin at a ceremony which took place in Port Louis. The seat of the newly established Honorary Consul will be in the town of Ebène Cybercity and his consular region will cover the entire territory of the Republic of Mauritius.

On Friday, the 4th of October, the cartoon exhibition “Our Common World - Smiling Messages from Bulgaria” was showcased at the National Library of South Africa. The initiative was implemented together with the Gabrovo Museum "House of Humour and Satire” and the National Library of South Africa.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in the process of implementing a large-scale project, coordinated in advance with all responsible institutions in Bulgaria and the EU, including the implementation and launch of a new version of the National Visa Information System (NVIS).