The President and the Prime Minister are in the square in front of the Parliament for the ceremonial fireworks
This year we celebrate our national holiday, when our homeland accepts refugees and the war rages near us. The sons of two fraternal peoples are fighting, whose ancestors have laid bones on our land, fighting side by side for our freedom in the army of Tsar Alexander II, which overthrew the Ottoman Empire.
For us, this war is especially painful today. My first call is not to give in, not to allow the devastation of the lands in Ukraine to settle in our hearts, to enter our home. Let us open our arms to all those in need today, just as our ancestors found protection from slavery in Kyiv, Odessa, Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Rumen Radev PHOTOS: Nikolai Litov
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With these words, President Rumen Radev addressed the Bulgarian nation on the National Assembly Square during the solemn celebration on March 3 in the capital. The Prime Minister Kiril Petkov is also on the square, who, unlike the President, went to Shipka Peak today. There is also the Speaker of the Parliament Nikola Minchev and the Deputy Speakers of the National Assembly.
Cornelia Ninova
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Let’s be human! Voices were raised not to celebrate today’s holiday. No, we are here to honor the names of our national revivalists and rebels – Paisii, Rakovski, Levski and Botev. And no memory deserves to be thrown at political demons. It is our duty to protect our history from outcasts and desecrators, because a nation that allows itself to lose its memory is doomed to lose its freedom as well. Eternal glory to the thousands of known and nameless heroes who gave their lives for the freedom of the fatherland, he added.
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He noted that on March 3, we also pay tribute to the “valiant wars of the Liberation Army”, regardless of whether they are Russians, Belarusians, Ukrainians or Finns.
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Kiril Petkov
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