Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information
Country-Specific Information: Bulgaria has 13396 reported cases of COVID-19 within its borders. Bulgaria has 447 reported fatalities from COVID-19 within its borders. Bulgaria is following…
Travel Advisory: Reconsider Travel to Bulgaria Due to COVID-19
Read the Department of State’s COVID-19 page before you plan any international travel. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 3 Travel Health Notice for Bulgaria due to COVID-19.…
Solicitation Announcement – Annual Maintenance of the Fuel Management System
PR9332189 (August 7, 2020 – August 18, 2020) Annual maintenance of the fuel management system and underground fuel storage tank in U.S. Embassy Sofia, Bulgaria…
Solicitation Announcement – Irrigation System Expansion
PR9003149 (August 7, 2020 – August 18, 2020) Irrigation System Expansion (PDF 307 KB)
Green Libraries – Summer Campaign of Sofia City Library
The sixth edition of the traditional Summer campaign of the Sofia City Library, called Green Libraries has started. The Library promotes reading and attracts new…
Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Sofia, Bulgaria
Location: Bulgaria Event: Health Alert: Ministry of Health Order revises and extends entry restrictions and quarantine requirements. Entry restrictions: U.S. citizens are still prohibited from entering Bulgaria unless…
Message for U.S. Citizens: Voting 2020
Location: Bulgaria Event: August 1, 2020 is the Recommended Deadline to Request Ballot The Federal Voting Assistance Program recommends requesting your ballot by August 1. To vote…
Statement on the Visit to Bulgaria by Ambassador Khalilzad
U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad visited Bulgaria July 29-30. He and U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria Herro Mustafa held meetings with Foreign…
World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
Trafficking in persons is a serious crime and a grave violation of human rights. Every year, thousands of men, women and children fall into the…
Ambassador Mustafa Visits Varna’s Prevention Directorate
Young volunteers donate their time to Varna’s Prevention Directorate, in cooperation with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, to fight drug addiction in their community. Ambassador…
Official Inauguration of the Maritime Coordination Center in Varna
We celebrate the Bulgarian Navy and the military’s official inauguration of the Maritime Coordination Center in Varna, which is an important step towards greater NATO…
Meet Our YES Alumni – Tsvetomil Ivanov
Tsvetomil Ivanov is one of our first Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program alumni. He spent a year in the United States, and, as…
Do You Have Questions About Absentee Voting?
The Voting Assistance Officer will be available online on Friday (July 17) from 2 – 4 p.m. to answer any of your questions in English…
Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Sofia, Bulgaria
Location: Bulgaria Event: Health Alert: Ministry of Health Order revises entry restrictions and quarantine requirements starting July 16, 2020. Entry restrictions: U.S. citizens are still prohibited…
Farewell Lunch for Female Ambassadors to Bulgaria
At a lunch for female ambassadors to Bulgaria, Ambassador Mustafa said a fond farewell to our friends Ambassador of Finland Paivi Blinnikka, Ambassador of the…
Statement by the U.S. Embassy
The right to peacefully assemble is a fundamental democratic value. Demonstrations and protests are a sign of a thriving, vibrant civil society. Peaceful protest has…
Security Alert – U.S. Embassy Sofia, Bulgaria
Location: Bulgaria, Sofia Security Alert: Ongoing Protest Activity in Downtown Sofia, July 11-16, 2020 Various political groups are currently protesting and counter-protesting in and…
Breeze 2020 – Annual Naval Exercise of Bulgaria’s Black Sea Coast
The U.S. and Bulgaria are proud to be together for Breeze 2020. This annual naval exercise of Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast will involve 27 vessels,…
