Rosen plevneliev biography of michael
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Marking its first anniversary, DEBATI.bg awarded a prize for Pro-Bulgarian policy
"I know that we, Bulgarian Jews, have a very deep moral debt to Bulgaria which we can never repay. And it is not only to Bulgaria as a country - it is to the Bulgarian people, the Bulgarian church and Bulgarian intellectuals”, said Professor Bar-Zohar.The prize for Pro-Bulgarian Policy awarded by DEBATI.bg is a statuette of the mythical figures Pygmalion and Galatea. Dozens of esteemed citizens and guests of Bulgaria attended
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Bulgarian president names new caretaker government
He told reporters: "While we follow strictly the 2013 budget framework, we will take steps to improve the incomes of pensioners and the poorest."
Deputy Central Bank Governor Kalin Hristov was named as the new finance minister.
Bulgaria joined the European Union in 2007 but is its poorest member. Bulgarians had hoped EU membership would see prosperity rising,
But a quarter of the country's population still lives below the poverty line, with incomes half that of the European average.
Anger had also grown with the previous government over a perceived failure to tackle cronyism and corruption.
Winter electricity bills have risen sharply - for some they are higher than the monthly wage.
The death of at least two protesters by self-immolation fuelled public anger.
After more than a week of protests, former Prime Minister Borisov tried to calm the protests by promising to slash electricity prices and by sacking his
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GERB Presidential Candidate Rosen Plevneliev: Bulgaria's Goal Must Be Modern European State
Interview of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) with Rosen Plevneliev, candidate for President of the Republic of Bulgaria in the 2011 presidential elections of Bulgaria's ruling center-right party GERB led by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.
Rosen Plevneliev served as Bulgaria's Regional Development Minister in the Borisov Cabinet in 2009-2011, quitting in order to run for President. Before joining the government he was a renowned construction entrepreneur with background on large-scale projects in Germany and Bulgaria.
Why did a technocrat like yourself decide to bid for probably the "most political" office in the state, which, even though it is technically non-partisan, requires a very good mastering of political "games" to put it that way?
I don't think that politics and the technocratic approach are incompatible. The results are always important because there is no policy for