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Newsline: Estonia to Close Embassy in Bulgaria
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will close the Estonian Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria by the end of this year. The embassy’s closure memorandum foresees that the cancellation of contracts and staff reduction will gradually take place over the course of this year. The main reasons for the closure are that Estonian entrepreneurs have reportedly become less interested in Bulgarian business opportunities and the trade relations between the two nations have remained relatively modest since the embassy’s opening in 2006. According to embassy data, there are around 50 Estonian citizens permanently residing in Bulgaria, whose needs will be covered by the Estonian Honorary Consulate in Sofia.
http://news.err.ee/politics/cdca998a-6aaa-41f5-8131-0c08d693e6e0
Newsline: Portugal to Temporarily Close Embassy in Estonia
To ease the Eurozone debt crisis impact, Portugal has decided to temporarily close down several of its foreign embassies next year, including the one in Tallinn. The Portuguese Embassy in Helsinki will take over the functions of the office in Estonia. In addition, embassies in Kenya, Malta, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the other two Baltic nations will also be temporarily closed and their jurisdiction passed on to nearest delegations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Portugal said in a statement. With cutting back on staff numbers and merging embassies, Portugal hopes to save around 12 million euros next year.
http://news.err.ee/politics/e2a2c190-62f3-44ad-bf4d-d89936e2e897
