The Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) is of geostrategic importance for diversification of supplies for Bulgaria, Macedonia and the region of Southeastern and Central Europe, Trend reports citing the Draft of Bulgaria’s Integrated Energy and Climate Plan for the Period from 2021 to 2030 issued by the country’s energy ministry.

Bulgaria’s Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova will visit Baku in February, Trend learned from a diplomatic source.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will visit Baku, Azerbaijan, in March, Trend reports on Feb. 4.

Azerbaijan and Bulgaria are eager to expand cooperation in all fields, where the sides see great potential, in order to achieve more visible results, Nikolay Yankov, Bulgarian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, told Trend.

A feature film "Man of the third day" will take part in the 11th Sofia MENAR Film Festival.

Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR is starting a detailed feasibility study for participation in the gas distribution market of Bulgaria, head of SOCAR Balkan Murad Heydarov told Trend.

An administrative contract for direct grant awarding was signed between the Project Company ICGB AD and the Managing Authority of the Operational Program "Innovation and Competitiveness" 2014-2020 for the project "Construction of Gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria” amounting to 39 million euros, Trend reports citing ICGB AD.

On Nov. 29, 2018, at the Art Tower Gallery in Baku, the Embassy of Bulgaria in Baku held an opening ceremony of a documentary photo exhibition called “The Power of Civil Society: The Fate of the Jews in Bulgaria 1940-1944.”

The Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) is of great importance for Bulgaria for receiving gas via the Southern Gas Corridor (SGC), said Chairman of Bulgarian Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (KEVR) Ivan Ivanov.

A memorandum of cooperation was signed between the Azerbaijan Theater Workers Union, the Azerbaijan State Academic National Drama Theater and the National Theater of Bulgaria.