site.btaPM Zhelyazkov: Bulgaria Is the Greatest Asset

Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said in his National Day message: "Bulgaria - the home that we live in, where we want our children to live better - is the greatest asset for which we must make efforts together every day." "Our future is encoded in Bulgaria's heroic past. The best way to honour the memory and preserve the legacy of our ancestors who put the Fatherland before all is to focus on the prosperity of our country today," Zhelyazkov said on the Facebook page of the Council of Ministers.

In his greeting to the Bulgarian people on the 147th anniversary of the Liberation, the Prime Minister stressed that on this day "we honour all heroes - enlighteners, spiritual leaders, revolutionaries and soldiers - who won our freedom and passed on to us the unifying power of the national ideal".

"Our freedom was won with the last bullet, the last piece of bread, the last breath of those who did not surrender. They also showed us that freedom always goes hand in hand with a sense of honour and dignity," Zhelyazkov said.

"History has repeatedly shown that we in Europe love and value freedom. Today's challenges are different, but once again the stake is lasting peace on our continent. Only unity, foresight and leadership in our democratic European family will guarantee a prosperous and strong Europe," the Prime Minister concluded.