14 March 2012 | 18:06
The Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate, Kurt Beck, voiced firm support for Bulgaria’s accession to the Schengen zone.
Bulgaria relies heavily on the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate in the area of judicial reform, co-operation is at a very high level and is a good basis for upgrading bilateral relations. This view is shared by Vice President Margarita Popova and the Prime Minister of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Kurt Beck. Vice President Popova is on a working visit to Germany. The Prime Minister of the Federal State expressed appreciation for the personal contribution of Vice President Margarita Popova to progress in judicial reform in Bulgaria.
8 March 2012 | 08:08
The Presidential institution will continue to be an active partner in addressing important social issues in Bulgaria. We have good contacts with the trade unions and this dialogue will develop in the future. This was said by President Rosen Plevneliev, who met today at 2 Dondoukov Boulevard with the General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, Sharan Burrow. Ms Burrow is visiting Bulgaria for the opening of an international conference entitled "Employment and Income - Dialogue for Growth and a Better Future for Bulgaria”.
7 March 2012 | 11:11
In this lies the new role of the presidential institution, President Rosen Plevneliev and the President of Movement for Rights and Freedoms, Ahmed Dogan, emphasised.
The Bulgaria 2020 Strategic Development Programme must be arrived at on the basis of non-partisan consensus and this is a new and very important part of the role of the presidential institution. This view was shared by President Rosen Plevneliev and the President of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, Ahmed Dogan, meeting at 2 Dondoukov Boulevard as part of the “month of political consultations” initiated by the Head of State.
3 March 2012 | 18:06
Education, spirituality, consistent work and a clear vision – these are necessary to ensure a strong future for Bulgaria, President Rosen Plevneliev said in his speech at the official ceremony in the capital on the occasion of Bulgaria’s National Day on March 3. "Today we not only honour the victims, but also we are aware that we must work for the fulfillment of the hopes and towards finding the genuine and true road that modern Bulgaria must take – the road that leads us to dream of a pure and sacred Republic in the interest of its citizens,” the President said.
3 March 2012 | 12:12
President Rosen Plevneliev received congratulations from His Beatitude Patriarch Maxim and from Pope Benedict XVI, head of the Roman Catholic Church, on the occasion of Bulgaria’s national holiday, March 3.
“As we once again congratulate you on the occasion of your having assumed office as President of the Republic of Bulgaria, in the name of the Holy Synod and in our own name personally, we welcome with you the Fatherland’s National Day, March 3, the Day of Bulgaria’s liberation from Ottoman rule,” Patriarch Maxim said in a letter to the Head of State.
