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The region of Southeast Europe is the strategic bridge which connects Europe and Asia and may achieve a lot more to encourage the trade exchange between the two continents. This is what President Rosen Plevneliev said in his statement at the first session devoted to stimulating the economic cooperation within the framework of the 10th Europe-Asia (ASEM) summit which is held in Milan.

“Bulgaria’s membership in CERN raises the professional level of our scholars, engineers and computer specialists. I am convinced that Bulgaria has found the correct mechanisms ensuring that through science and education we can show that the Bulgarian talent can offer something to the world. However, above all I would like Bulgaria and the Bulgarians to see the result of the labor of our scholars.” This is what President Plevneliev said during his visit in CERN within the framework of his official visit to Switzerland.

In the past years Bulgaria has become a preferred destination for setting up companies or opening outsourcing centers of leading firms in the high technologies sector, such as HP, SAP, IBM, Cisco, Oracle, R&M. This is what President Rosen Plevneliev said at a business forum attended by approximately 70 representatives of the Swiss business circles in Bern.