15 August 2013 | 17:05
Bulgaria will support every effort put into achieving success in the direct negotiations between the Palestinian Authority and the State of Israel. We are ready to make our contribution, including that within the EU, in support of the Middle East peace process. This is what President Rosen Plevneliev said. Today he met Riyad al-Maliki, foreign minister of the Palestinian Authority, at 2 Dondukov street.
15 August 2013 | 14:02
The number of asylum seekers in Bulgaria has considerably increased compared to 2012, Vice-president Margarita Popova, who visited Strazhitsa to commemorate the day of the municipality, said. Margarita Popova told journalists that only in the first six months of the current year the refugee flow to Bulgaria outnumbers the asylum seekers throughout the entire 2012. The asylum seekers were 1380 in 2012, while in the first half of the current year they have reached 1880 people.
14 August 2013 | 15:03
President Rosen Pleveneliev expressed his firm support for the cause of wrestling as an Olympic sport. At a meeting held with Nenad Lalovich, president of the International Wrestling Federation, the Head of State emphasized that wrestling is a sport with an ancient history and traditions in many countries throughout the world and must definitely remain to figure in the program of the sports included in the summer Olympic games.
7 August 2013 | 15:03
The President returned for further debate in the National Assembly the provisions of the Law amending the State Budget Act of the Republic of Bulgaria for 2013.
6 August 2013 | 14:02
The President expresses his conviction that the principles of division of powers and the independence of the judiciary lie at the heart of the rule-of-law state and cannot be put under condition, no matter what the aim of the amendments of an individual law is. Therefore the Head of State will use the powers that the Constitution provides him with and will refer the case to the Constitutional Court.
