22 November 2012 | 15:03
“Bulgaria is part of a very dynamic region between the Western Balkans and the Black Sea, which borders the Middle East. That is why our country is interested in the processes of integration and the sharing of resources and defence in NATO and in the European Union.”
This was said by President Rosen Plevneliev in a speech today on “Current issues and priorities in the national security of the Republic of Bulgaria” to the Atlantic Club at the Sheraton Hotel Sofia.
22 November 2012 | 14:02
We live in turbulent times, triggered by profound global transformation. The world, as we know it, is changing rapidly and irreversibly. The processes are highly dynamic, and they are characterised by numerous challenges to the sustainable development of countries. In terms of security and national priorities, we need to think and plan not just only for 2020, but for much further ahead.
21 November 2012 | 12:12
Early childhood development programmes can prevent the passing of poverty from one generation to the next, President Rosen Plevneliev said today, opening the two-day UNICEF high-level conference entitled “Ending the placement of children under three in institutions: Support nurturing families for all young children”.
21 November 2012 | 11:11
“I am guided in my actions by the interests of the citizens, by the rules and spirit of the Constitution. Those who become members of the Constitutional Court should be the best and most suited to be a beacon of democracy and justice for Bulgaria’s citizens,” President Rosen Plevneliev said in regard to developments around the nomination of a Constitutional Court judge from the quota of the National Assembly.
15 November 2012 | 12:12
Allow me to inform you that I shall not attend the scheduled swearing-in today of the last of the new members of the Constitutional Court.
The reason for this step that doubts have been aired publicly about the moral qualities of one of the people elected to the Constitutional Court. For this reason, in recent days I have called repeatedly for that candidate to take the oath only after her name has been cleared.
