Holidays In Bulgaria

Local Holidays (International)APIANew Year's Day    Monday, 3 JanGood Friday    Friday, 25 MarEaster    Monday, 28 MarAnzac Day    Monday, 25 AprMother's of Samoa Day    Monday, 9 MaySamoan Independence Day    Wednesday, 1 JunSamoan ... [Read More]

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AERA, CLO, and the Marine Security Guard Detachment work together to organize holiday gatherings for the Embassy community and friends. The annual Marine Birthday Ball is one of the highlights of the fall season, followed by the International Women’s Club (IWC) Charity Bazaar in early December. Opportunities abound to devote time to charity. Many institutions for orphans and handicapped welcome volunteeres. There are two English-speaking international clubs for women, the above-mentioned IWC, and the Women’s Network, made up chiefly of working women in Sofia. Official Functions Nature of FunctionsLast Updated:  12/2/2003 11:36 AM In Sofia, there ... [Read More]

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The legal requirement that groups whose activities have a religious element register with the Council of Ministers restricted the activities of some religious groups prior to or in the absence of registration. Affected groups included the Unification Church and the Church of the Nazarene (which has tried repeatedly to register for more than 6 years). Furthermore several municipal governments, including those of Burgas, Plovdiv, Pleven, Gorna Oryahovitsa, and Stara Zagora, established local registration requirements or adopted other restrictive laws curtailing the free practice of religious activities, often in contravention of the country's law. For example, a regulation passed by the Sofia municipality in February 1999 forbids references to miracles and healing during religious services, a provision that many fear may be employed as a pretext to ban or interrupt services by charismatic evangelical groups. The City Council in Burgas maintained its refusal to register the local branch o ... [Read More]

International Adoption Bulgaria

Required Documents for the I-600 Form I-600, Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative, Proof of the orphan’s age, A final decree of adoption, if the orphan has been adopted abroad, or proof of legal custody for purposes of emigration and adoption Proof of “orphan” status per definition above (ex. evidence of abandonment, written relinquishment, death certificates, etc.) Proof that the pre-adoption requirements, if any, of the state of the orphan’s proposed residence have been met, if the orphan ... [Read More]

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