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We have established a new type of policy that excludes running away from responsibility and I hope that more Bulgarian politicians will infected by this example, said President Rosen Plevneliev, who along with Vice President Margarita Popova gave a presentation on the activities of the presidential couple since the inauguration.

For the first time, the President's Administration today opened its doors to citizens, and the first visitors were greeted personally by President Rosen Plevneliev. Until 4pm today, in front of the Coat of Arms Hall in the Presidency, visitors can see the original battle flags of the Bulgarian Army - from 1881, from the 1920s and 1937. This is the first time that these exhibits are on display at a venue other than the National Museum of Military History. On display in the Coat of Arms Hall are medals and decorations awarded by the Presidency to prominent Bulgarian and foreign public figures and politicians.

President Rosen Plevneliev, together with representatives of municipal government and many guests and residents of the town of Gotse Delchev, attended a service at the city’s cathedral to commemorate the 109th anniversary of the death of Bulgarian revolutionary Gotse Delchev. The President laid a wreath at the monument to the revolutionary.

I welcome the political will of the Government and Parliament to adopt the law on the forfeiture of assets acquired through crime, President Rosen Plevneliev Ribnovo told reporters in response to a journalist's question.

Vice President Margarita Popova, at a meeting with Bulgarian students in Paris in the French capital late last night, launched the idea of creating a “global Bulgarian student community”. The Vice President has initiated a meeting of representatives of the Bulgarian student communities around the world, to be dedicated to public policy on Bulgarians abroad. The forum, which is expected to take place in Brussels in late October or early November this year, is intended to contribute to the development of an updated strategy for Bulgarians Abroad.