Austria–Bulgaria relations
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Diplomatic relations between Austria (then a part of Austria-Hungary) and Bulgaria were established in 1879.{{Cite web |last=Österreich |first=Außenministerium der Republik |title=Двустранни отношения |url=https://www.bmeia.gv.at/bg/avstriisko-posolstvo-sofija/dvustranni-otnoshenija/ |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=www.bmeia.gv.at |language=bg}} Austria has an embassy in Sofia and an honorary consulate in Burgas while Bulgaria has an embassy in Vienna and an honorary consulate in Salzburg.{{Cite web |last=Österreich |first=Außenministerium der Republik |title=Австрийски институции |url=https://www.bmeia.gv.at/bg/avstriisko-posolstvo-sofija/dvustranni-otnoshenija/avstriiski-institucii/ |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=www.bmeia.gv.at |language=bg}}
Both countries are members of the European Union, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the Council of Europe.
History
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During World War II, Bulgarian prisoners of war were among Allied POWs held in the Stalag XVII-A German POW camp in German-annexed Austria.{{cite book|last1=Megargee|first1=Geoffrey P.|last2=Overmans|first2=Rüdiger|last3=Vogt|first3=Wolfgang|year=2022|title=The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV|publisher=Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum|page=484|isbn=978-0-253-06089-1}}
In April 2005, President of Bulgaria Georgi Parvanov paid a state visit to Austria.{{cite web |title=Bulgariens Präsident von pünktlichem EU-Beitritt 2007 überzeugt |url=http://www.hofburg.at/show_content2.php?s2id=168 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822141415/http://www.hofburg.at/show_content2.php?s2id=168 |archive-date=22 August 2007 |access-date=19 November 2008 |publisher=Federal President of the Republic of Austria |language=de |df=dmy-all}}
European Union
Resident diplomatic missions
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.bmeia.gv.at/europa-aussenpolitik/voelkerrecht/staatsvertraege/bilaterale-staatsvertraege/suchergebnisse/?tx_bmeiadb_piresults%5Bq-partner%5D=29 Austrian Foreign Ministry: list of bilateral treaties with Bulgaria (in German only)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019092507/https://www.bmeia.gv.at/europa-aussenpolitik/voelkerrecht/staatsvertraege/bilaterale-staatsvertraege/suchergebnisse/?tx_bmeiadb_piresults%5Bq-partner%5D=29 |date=2020-10-19 }}
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