The President of FIDE and the President of the Initiative Committee holding the chess match between Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov in Sofia, Martin Batkov signed a contract for the host match in the presence of the Prime Minister Boyko Borissov

“The decision of the FIDE leadership, for Bulgaria to be the hosting country is not accidental. Recently, your country has proved itself to have become a great chess nation. Although a small country, Bulgaria has two world-class chess players - Veselin Topalov and Antoaneta Stefanova. No other country has in recent times shown such results – two world champions. This shows that the Government has paid great attention to the development and promotion of this sport”, said the President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov after signing the contract for the host match in the presence of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov.

The Prime Minister met with the President of the European Council, as he was on a short visit in the country

A major priority for the European Union is the economy and tackling the challenges of the economic crisis, which is also a major challenge for Bulgaria. That view was shared between the Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and the President of the European Council Herman van Rompuy. The President of the EC was on a brief working visit upon the invitation of the Bulgarian Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister took part in the final Second session of the European Council in Brussels

From 2011 Bulgaria will give an annual contribution of  € 20 000 to the Global Fund supporting the struggle of developing countries with climate changes, the Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has announced after the Second working session of the European Council in Brussels. Our country will make its first contribution in 2011, since the budget for next year has already been passed by the Bulgarian Parliament.