16 January 2014, 13:04
Bulgarian President and Prime Minister agree to visit opening ceremony of 2014 Olympic Games
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and Plamen Oresharski, Prime Minister of Bulgaria, have confirmed their intention to come to Sochi to attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games. This was reported by the administration of the Bulgarian President. The Bulgarian National TV Company is preparing to a large-scale coverage of the 2014 Olympic Games.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that earlier, Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen, the Presidents of Switzerland, the Czech Republic, and Latvia, and the Italian Prime Minister have announced their consent to attend the Olympic celebrations in Sochi. On January 12, it was reported that Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, planned to attend the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
When speaking about the boycott of the Olympic Games by some European leaders, Plamen Oresharski has noted that "our country is not high-powered", the website "Bulgarian news in Russian" reports.
Let us remind you that in total, about 8000 participants and 1.5 million guests are expected to come to the 2014 Olympic Games.
