Sun, Nov 22 2009

President Purvanov on official business visit to Moscow

Tue, Feb 03 2009 12:31 CET byNick Iliev 391 Views
President Purvanov on official business visit to Moscow

Photo: Julia Lazarova

Bulgarian President Georgi Purvanov will travel to Russia on an official visit starting February 4. Parvanov's visit will mark the beginning of Bulgaria's year in Russia which will be inaugurated with a ceremonial concert. Parvanov will meet his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, in a visit that will end on February 6, the Presidency's press service said in a media statement.

The programme includes a meeting with the Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin, the speaker of the upper house of parliament Sergei Mironov, the mayor of Moscow Yury Luzhkov and the recently-anointed Russian patriarch, Kiril.

As part of his visit, he will open a Bulgarian-Russian business forum. An exhibition marking the year of Bulgaria will be opened, entitled Bulgaria Today. Real Estate,Tourism and Wine.

The Bulgarian delegation that will join Purvanov in Russia will include Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin, Culture Ministers Stefan Danailov and Labour Minister Emilia Maslarova, the permanent UNESCO representative of Bulgaria, Irina Bokova, as well as a number of business people.

Write comment

Name:Comment:

Generate new code
Send your comment
Bulgarian President Purvanov on a visit to Moldova

Purvanov will meet with president Voronin and prime minister Greceanîi on a two-day official trip to Moldova.

Purvanov accused of trying to shut down newspaper and oust publisher

The Presidency denied allegations that President Georgi Purvanov has put pressure on Bulgarian-language daily Sega by trying to get all intermediary companies out of the deal between Bulgaria and Russia's natural gas provider Gazprom

Bulgarian President seeks Russian patriarch's assistance in orthodox schism

Strasbourg has ruled that the intervention of the Bulgarian Government in religious matters and its subsequent appointment of Patriarch Maxim as head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church is illegal and violates basic human rights and the freedom of religious worship. Bulgaria has retaliated with a plea for Russian help.

Plougchieva in Brussels - Bulgaria is fit to receive blocked funds

Deputy Premier Plougchieva arrived in Brussels on February 4 to meet representatives from the European Union to try to convince them that Bulgaria has made enough progress to receive blocked European funds.

Russian Orthodox Church crowns its 16th Patriarch

Patriarch Kirill is the new head of the Russian Orthodox Church after he was enthroned during a special ceremony on February 1 2009 in Moscow, Reuters news agency reported.

Greek foreign minister to meet US secretary of state Clinton

Greek foreign minister Dora Bakoyannis is to hold a meeting with US secretary of state Hillary Clinton in March or in the beginning of April, Greek daily Ta Nea reported.

Parliament plans to move to a new glass assembly in the communist-era 'Party House'

Bulgaria's MPs are to abandon the current National Assembly to relocate to the former Bulgarian Communist Party headquarters, commonly known as the Party House, where they will host their plenary sessions in a large glass hall. Plans are for the move to happen in the next two to three years.

More in this category

Mixed reactions to Van Rompuy, Ashton taking EU top jobs

Welcomed by the UK government, France and Germany, as well as the US, the naming of Belgium’s Herman van Rompuy as European Council President and Catherine Ashton as foreign policy chief has caused misgivings in some circles, including Turkey which believes that Van Rompuy will oppose Turkish membership of the bloc.

European Council set to make a meal of it

The dinner meeting of EU leaders to decide on the European Council President and the bloc’s new foreign minister and head of secretariat could take a few hours or all night, says host Fredrik Reinfeldt, Sweden’s prime minister.

Is the EU ready to face another Russian gas crisis?

Russia and the European Union have agreed on an early warning system if another natural gas cutoff looms. Some say that Bulgaria, among other countries hard-hit by the January 2009 crisis, is now better prepared. Not everyone is convinced.

Bulgarian cinema a hit at Bangkok festival

Five Bulgarian films screened at the World Film Festival in Bangkok.

Pieces of the European Commission jigsaw puzzle

A complicated game, played partly in the dark, and with elements of everything from poker to tug ‘o war – that’s the way Europe’s leaders will come up with its new European Council President, foreign minister and European Commission.

© 2000-2009, Sofia Echo Media Ltd.

Web Design by RIZN

Sofia Echo Media is part of the Economedia Group.
The news and information content on this website is provided by our editorial team and is copyrighted. Any unauthorised reproduction or use of it is strictly forbidden. Reproduction of this website's content is permitted only with prior written permission from the Editor-in-Chief, should be propertly acredited and provide an active link back to our site. Comments posted by the website's visitors are independent of the editorial materials and do not represent the views of sofiaecho.com. Sofia Echo Media cannot be held responsible for the statements contained in visitor comments. The percentаge change in the shares' prices are based on the price of the last transaction of the current session compared to the price of the last transaction of the previous session. Bulgarian Stock Exchange data is not real-time, but updated every 15 minutes, and should not be used as a basis for decisions about buying or selling stock options.