NEWS

27 January 2015, Prague

“The crimes of Nazism should not be forgotten. We cannot let the memory of the Holocaust just slip away with the last surviving witnesses,” President Rosen Plevneliev said at the session of the Heads of State within the 4th International "Let My People Live!" Forum in Prague. The event is dedicated to the commemorating the victims of the Holocaust during World War II and was held in the capital of the Czech Republic, Prague.

We can respond to the serious challenges the world is facing, related to climate change, political crises and terrorism only if the democratic states pool efforts to this effect. This is what President Rosen Plevneliev said at the traditional reception given for the heads of the diplomatic missions accredited in Bulgaria.

President Rosen Plevneliev called on for updating the national defense budget in 2015, whereby Bulgaria will fulfill the commitment assumed at the NATO summit in Wales for more investments in its defense capabilities. The Head of State held talks today at 2 Dondukov street with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, after which the two gave a joint press conference.