Rosen Plevneliev

At a meeting with his Brazilian counterpart Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia on Monday, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev noted that Sofia will seek to attract more Brazilian investments to the Bulgarian economy.

Plevneliev expressed hope that the intensified political dialogue between Bulgaria and Brazil will have a positive effect on the commercial-economic relations.

The same old people affiliated to the Bulgarian Communist Party (BKP) that ruled the country during the Cold War are still attempting to dominate society, President Rosen Plevneliev has said.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev will be on a five-day official visit to Brazil and Argentina from Monday to Friday.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev is due to discuss opportunities of drawing investment from Brazil and Argentian during his visit to the countries next week.

Bulgaria wants to enter the Schengen Area which is one of the best achievements of the European Union, the country's President Rosen Plevneliev has said in an interview with Italian daily Corriere della Sera.

Plevneliev was on a working visit to Italy on 27-28 January

The presidents of Bulgaria and Italy have discussed trade and investment links between their countries, diversification of energy supplies to Europe and the migration crisis during a meeting in Rome.

Democracy in Europe cannot be taken for granted and has to be defended on a daily basis, Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev said on Tuesday.

Ten commercial chambers representing the leading trade partners of Bulgaria, which have invested more than 20 billion euros direct in the country in the past two decades, have written to the Bulgarian authorities urging them to reform the courts.

President Rosen Plevneliev is to deliver an address to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, one of the two key organs of the CoE, on Tuesday.

The Bulgarian head of state is to answer to questions of national parliaments' representatives from all of its 47 member states, his press office has said.

In an open letter addressed to state institutions, foreign investors called on Bulgarian authorities to carry out an effective reform of the judiciary.