30 August 2013 | 12:12
One million Syrian children are paying the cost of a war which is driving them away from their homeland. It is a shameful record, as noted by the UNHCR and UNICEF. Children are the most vulnerable victims of the civil war in Syria. It is a severe wound for the world to face homeless children in distress and suffering and divided families. It is a plague that undermines the democratic and humanistic foundations of mankind that has embraced the values of rule of law and humanism.
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.
26 May 2013 | 17:05
“To develop Slavonic Studies without Bulgarian Studies is like depriving a child of childhood and view of life.” These are the words with which Vice-president Margarita Popova addressed the guests at the opening ceremony of the “Taras Shevchenko” National University of Kiev.
19 April 2013 | 16:04
The allegations about the use of special surveillance means undermine public trust in the institutions and statehood. This is what Vice-President Margarita Popova told journalists in Lovech, commenting the suspicions about illegal use of operational technical devices by the specialized unit in the Interior Ministry.
21 January 2013 | 15:03
“The Presidential institution will continue to be pragmatic, transparent and orientated towards the problems of society, and seek not only bipartisan consensus, but also results,” President Rosen Plevneliev told a news conference at the Coat of Arms Hall at 2 Dondoukov Boulevard to mark the first anniversary of his inauguration. The President and Vice President Margarita Popova presented to the media a report on the activities of the Presidential Administration in the past year.
