April 4, 2024 Good afternoon and thank you to Dr. Passy and to the entire Atlantic Club team for organizing today’s event. It is a pleasure to be here. President, Members of Parliament, Ministers, President Plevneliev, Ambassadors,...
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EU Meets the Balkans 3.0: Regional Cooperation with a View to the Future of Europe
On April 8, 2024, Sofia Tech Park hosted the third edition of the EU Meets the Balkans forum – a strategic platform for dialogue between the European Union and the Western Balkans. Organized by the European Liberal Forum (ELF), the ALDE Party, and the Atlantic Club of...
H.E. KENNETH H. MERTEN ANNIVERSARY SPEECH “BULGARIA-US-NATO: ALLIES IN TWO CENTURIES”
The Atlantic Club of Bulgaria organized a lecture by the US Ambassador Kenneth Merten, with the participation of the President of the National Assembly Rosen Zhelyazkov, to mark its 33rd anniversary, alongside: 75th anniversary of the Alliance; 20 years of Bulgaria in...
The Importance of Multilateral Dialogue in the 21st Century
An article written by the Director "Regional Cooperation" of the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria, Thorsten Geissler, has been published in a publication edited by NATO Security Assistance Force Centre of Excellence titled "Out Thinking on NATO 2022 Strategic Concept". So...
The forum “Education: a path to peace in the Middle East” took place on 12 February
On 12th of February, the House of Europe hosted a forum dedicated to education as a tool for promoting peace and fighting radicalization in the Middle East. The event was organized by the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria and hosted by the head of the Bulgarian delegation to...
North Korea and the Defector’s Journey
The seminar, held on 27 November at the Hyatt Regency, discussed EU-North Korea relations and the way forward.Solomon Passy, Andrey Kovachev and N. Ambassador of Korea to Bulgaria Jongin Bae opened the discussion to address the pressing issues related to human rights...
The Atlantic Club of Bulgaria and the Embassy of the Republic of Korea host a seminar on EU-North Korea relations at the Hyatt Regency Sofia
On November 27, a seminar on "EU-North Korea Relations and the Path Forward," organized by the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria in partnership with the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Bulgaria, will be held at the Hyatt Regency Sofia. The seminar will focus on the grave...
Amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria
In 2004-2007, Bulgaria materialized its civilizational choice by joining NATO and the European Union - an aspiration formulated from the rostrum of the Grand National Assembly as early as 1990 and uniting several political generations since. This strategic orientation...
The Inaugural Speech of His Excellency Kenneth H. Merten
Ambassador Merten’s inauguration speech took place in Sofia Hotel Balkan, on the 27th of July 2023, Thursday. He had an opening speech, then followed by Q&A discussion, in which participants were representatives of Bulgarian civil society, the media and young...
Korea-Bulgaria Energy Forum
In critical times for European energy security and facing the current challenges for the implementation of the energy transformation strategy, the Atlantic Club in Bulgaria and the Embassy of the Republic of Korea have organized Korea-Bulgaria Energy Forum, with focus...