4 September 2012 | 13:01
Use Bulgaria as Vietnam’s bridge to Europe, President Rosen Plevneliev said during a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Nguyen Thien Nhan. The Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister is on a working visit to Bulgaria at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov.
3 September 2012 | 13:01
A member of the EU since 2007, the Southeast European country of Bulgaria has a population of 7.3 million people whose main sources of concern are now law and justice. Presidential elections in October last year were won by Rosen Plevneliev, an entrepreneur and independent politician who continues to inspire hope in a nation that still has not completely shaken off the remnants of communism.
31 August 2012 | 19:07
The Cohesion Policy should be maintained as a factor of economic growth, President Rosen Plevneliev and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso agreed today at a meeting at the Bulgarian President’s office at 2 Dondoukov Boulevard. "Thanks to these European funds, one euro spent can be effective in various directions - towards economic prosperity, environmental and on people’s wellbeing,” Barroso said.
31 August 2012 | 12:12
The Sofia Metro is a symbol of a modern and successful Bulgaria, President Rosen Plevneliev said at the opening ceremony of the second line of the subway, which was attended by European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, ministers and others. The President compared the metro project to the building of Trakiya Motorway, which had a 45-year history and had been implemented only in recent years. "This is no accident, the success of this endeavour has proven our country’s capability to manage large projects fairly, transparently and according to the rules, President Plevneliev said.
28 August 2012 | 20:08
The President attended the memorial ceremony for the victims of the bombing in Bourgas
The fight against terrorism is a common cause of the democratic world, and only together can we prevent such violent hatred and ensure that no one again need experience the horror that the relatives of the victims had experienced in such a terrible way. This was said by President Rosen Plevneliev at a memorial ceremony marking 40 days since the death of victims of the terrorist attack in Burgas on July 18 2012. At Central Sofia Synagogue, the President laid flowers and bowed before the memory of the victims of the bombing, which killed one Bulgarian and five Israeli civilians.
