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President Rosen Plevneliev awarded the Stara Planina medal to Irina Bokova, director general of UNESCO. This highest state medal is an expression of Bulgaria’s appreciation of Irina Bokova’s contribution to world peace and security by strengthening the cooperation between the nations in the education, science and culture sectors, the Head of State said at the ceremony held at 2 Dondukov street.

Bulgaria and Israel will launch concrete projects which will make the economic cooperation between the two countries more dynamic and will encourage the contacts between the business circles in the two countries. This was the position President Rosen Plevneliev and Israeli Foreign Minister Avdigor Lieberman agreed on. The two held talks at 2 Dondukov street today.

President Rosen Plevneliev received a delegation of the Chinese city of Shenzhen, led by the mayor of the city Xu Qin, which is visiting Bulgaria to attend the joint Bulgarian-Chinese business forum “Plovdiv- Shenzhen: cooperation and development 2014.” Within the visit Shenzhen and Plovdiv signed a fraternization agreement between the two cities.

24 March 2014, 2 Dondukov street

The Consultative Council for National Security discussed the development of the crisis in Ukraine and the ensuing risks for Bulgaria.