2004 - 2009

On Sunday, 29 April 2012, H.E. Tove Skarstein, together with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, attended the official opening of the Ancient Stadium of Philipoppolis in the city of Plovdiv. EU Funds Minister Tomislav Donchev, Minister of Finance Simeon Djankov and Minister of Economy Delyan Dobrev among others were also attending the event. Read more

On 27 April 2012, Norwegian government submitted a white paper to the Storting on the EEA and Norway Grants. The purpose of the white paper is to sum up the results achieved in the period 2004–09 and set out the objectives for the period 2009–14. Read more

23 photos showing the results of some of the projects supported by EEA and Norway Grants were on display this summer in six Bulgarian cities. Read more

EEA and Norway Grants successes in Bulgaria pave way for strengthened cooperation in new funding period. A photo exhibition featuring some of the 66 financed projects and funds will travel across Bulgaria over the next two months. Read more

The President of Bulgaria Mr. Georgi Parvanov and the Ambassador of Norway H.E. Tove Skarstein officially opened the reconstructed building of the Onbashieva house in Karlovo. The house, which is situated next to the home of Bulgarian national hero Vassil Levski in Karlovo and is now integrated into Vassil Levski memorial complex as a library and an information centre, had been renovated with a... Read more

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov visited a Daily consultation center for children, adolescents and parents on substance abuse problems, which has been established in Sofia with support from EEA Grants. Read more

The results of the 3-year work of the Fund for support of Bulgarian NGOs, which was launched in 2008 under EEA Grants, were presented at a conference in Sofia on 7 April 2011. Read more

The renovated building of the first class school in Bulgaria, situated in the town of Koprivshtitsa, was inaugurated on 25 February 2011. The building is now turned into a living museum, where ethnographic and school exhibitions and animations take place. Read more

A booklet presenting EEA and Norway Grants in Bulgaria is already available in English. Grant support worth 41.5 million euro and earmarked for the period 2007 - 2009 has been awarded to 64 individual projects, 2 funds and technical assistance in Bulgaria. Norway provides 97% of the total funding. You can download the booklet in pdf format here . Read more

H.E. Tove Skarstein, Ambassador of Norway to Bulgaria, and Mr. Tomislav Donchev, Minister of EU Funds Management, presented to Bulgarian media the projects supported by Norway through the Norwegian Cooperation Programme with Bulgaria and the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area. Read more

Ambassador Tove Skarstein, the Minister of EU Funds Management Mr. Tomislav Donchev and the Mayor of Gabrovo Mr. Nikolay Sirakov officially opened last week the renovated building of children’s daily centre “Zora” in Gabrovo. Read more

Ms. Dagfrid Hjorthol, First Secretary and Deputy Head of mission, and Mrs. Svetla Semerdzhieva, Programme Manager EEA Grants at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Sofia paid a visit to Yablanitza. The objective of the visit was to follow up the implementation of a project for renovation and operating of a social services centre in the town. Read more

On the occasion of Bulgarian National Awakeners’ Day, November 1, the National Library St. St. Cyril and Methodius presented to the public its modernized digitization centre, which had been renovated and equipped with the financial support of Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein. Preserving the written legacy of Bulgaria is one of the main objectives of the National Library, which is currently... Read more

H. E. Tove Skarstein held an opening speech at a conference entitled “Prostitution and Sexual Exploitation” organized jointly by Risk Monitor Foundation and the National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings. The event took place on 26 October 2010 at the National Assembly as part of the project “Sexual Exploitation in Bulgaria: Myths and reality”, financed by Norway, Iceland and... Read more

On Friday, 29 October 2010, H.E. Tove Skarstein, Bulgarian Culture Minister Vezhdi Rashidov, EU Funds Minister Tomislav Donchev and Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova cut the ribbon on the reconstruction of the listed building of the Sofia Arsenal into a museum of contemporary art. The project goes under the abbreviation SAMCA (Sofia Arsenal Museum of Contemporary Art). Read more

В събота, 16 октомври 2010, посланикът на Норвегия г-жа Тове Скарстейн взе участие в конференция на тема “Ракът е диагноза, а не присъда”, организирана от Асоциация на пациентите с онкологични заболявания и приятели (АПОЗ). Събитието се проведе в гр. Пловдив в рамките на проект в подкрепа на последващата грижа за пациенти с онкологични заболявания, изпълняван от АПОЗ и финансиран по линия на... Read more

На 20 септември, в присъствието на посланика на Норвегия г-жа Тове Скарстейн, официално бе даден старт на реставрацията и консервацията на Шуменската крепост. Основният камък бе положен от посланик Скарстейн, кмета на Шумен Красимир Костов и заместник-министъра на културата Тодор Чобанов. Read more

Разкопките, както и реставрацията на манастирския комплекс на остров Св. Иван край Созопол, са финансирани от норвежкото правителство по линия на Европейското икономическо пространство (ЕИП). Общата сума, отпусната от Норвегия за проекта, е 584 028 евро, които покриват 90% от всички разходи. Read more

На 31 юли и 1 август 2010 г. посланикът на Норвегия Н.Пр. г-жа Тове Скарстейн посети Община Смолян по покана на кмета г-жа Дора Янкова и проведе серия от срещи с ръководители на проекти, финансирани от Норвегия. Read more

Launch of the project “Listen to Child – improvement of preventive measures and increasing the accessibility of services for children and adolescents experimenting and abusing drugs” – financed by the Financial Mechanism of the EEA Read more