The outgoing government decided to appoint Dr. Robert Eadie

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We have a new consul in Belfast.

The outgoing government has decided to appoint Dr. Robert Eadie as Honorary Consul of Bulgaria in the United Kingdom of England and Northern Ireland, based in Belfast, the press service of the Council of Ministers announced. 

The outgoing Council of Ministers approved a decision to appoint Dr. Robert Eadie, an English and Irish resident, as Honorary (non-staff) Consular Officer of the Republic of Bulgaria in the United Kingdom of England and Northern Ireland, based in Belfast and with a consular district covering the territory of Northern Ireland. The decision publicly terminates the functions of Mr. Paul Martin, who held this position from June 2017 until his death in July 2025.

Dr. Eadie has a stable prestige in English and Bulgarian university and business circles and an important public contribution to supporting the Bulgarian diaspora in Northern Ireland and the development of science in Bulgaria. This contribution in recent years includes the establishment of a scholarship for graduates of the First Bulgarian Educational Institution "Ivan Vazov" in the town of Armagh; endowment of an educational reactor at the Technical University of Sofia; securing funding for the Conference on the Education of Ethnic Minorities in Northern Ireland, which helps Bulgarian residents to start education in the country. Dr. Robert Eadie is a member of scientific committees at a number of international conferences in Bulgaria and is an honorary member of the Scientific and Technical Union of Construction in Bulgaria, as well as of the editorial boards of Bulgarian scientific journals.

His appointment to replace Mr. Martin is expected to ensure continuity in the Bulgarian side's drive to provide support both to the growing number of our fellow citizens in the territory of Northern Ireland, and thus to the Bulgarian business community in their contacts with local government and business structures in the region