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“At all my meetings, I receive recognition and appreciation for the work of the Bulgarian troops in Afghanistan,” Bulgarian President and armed forces Commander-in-Chief Rosen Plevneliev told officers and troops of the Bulgarian contingent.

Bulgaria can build a hospital in Afghanistan’s capital city Kabul and the Afghan side is ready to provide space for it. This emerged during a meeting between President Rosen Plevneliev and the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai.

Bulgaria will strengthen the administrative capacity of local authorities, President Rosen Plevneliev said at a meeting with President of the EU Committee of the Regions, Mercedes Bresso. According to Mercedes Bresso, local authorities will be able to actively participate in defining the priorities of regional development.

Continuinity and consistency are needed in defining and implementing the measures in the national priorities for Bulgaria 2020 because planning and funding them depends on future governments. There was agreement on this point at a meeting today between President Rosen Plevneliev and Sergei Stanishev, leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party and president of the Party of European Socialists.

Tourism is a top priority for the Government and the Presidency and we will continue to develop it in all its forms, President Rosen Plevneliev said when he officially opened the latest round of World Cup skiing - alpine skiing, for women - Downhill and Super G, which Bansko is hosting on Saturday and Sunday.