default Bulgaria shouldn’t have election campaign in Turkish.

Bulgarian MP from the Parliamentary Group of Patriotic Front, Slavcho Atanasov, told the aforementioned at a parliament session, responding to the speech of Lütfi Mestan, leader of Bulgarian ethnic Turks’ Movement for Right and Freedoms (HÖH) party , Bulgarian Focus information agency reports. The campaign relates to the presidential elections which are to be held in Bulgaria in 2016.

Mestan made a smart move defending the Turkish language by the history of the Slavs, showing off his knowledge of Old Bulgarian. He reminded that Cyril and Methodius invented a writing system so that the Slavs could study the word of God in their native tongue, which wasn’t welcomed under the doctrines of that time. Following this, Methodius went on citing from the rostrum the texts in Old Bulgarian.

After this, he showed the invoice for a fine, which was imposed on him by the governor of Razgrad for addressing the voters in Turkish during the opening of election campaign.

However, Slavcho Atanasov objected to him. According to the former, there is nothing wrong with talking to God in one’s tongue. But the election campaign in Bulgaria should be held in the official language, Bulgarian, Atanasov stressed.

In 2015, Slavcho Atanasov participated in a march commemorating the Armenian Genocide in Plovdiv city. And on April 24, he was the only politician from Plovdiv to visit the liturgy held in the city’s Armenian church of St. Kevork.

BRUSSELS (ARMENPRESS)—Vice Chair of the Europe Ecologie-The Greens Group and member of the European Parliament Michele Rivasi expressed her concerns over the latest ceasefire violations by Azerbaijan which resulted in the death of three civilians in Armenia border settlements. Rivasi represents South East France for The Greens political party in the European Parliament.

Rivasi spoke to an Armenpress correspondent in Brussels and said that she was “scandalized” by the violence.

“I am scandalized by this violence. We know of the historical enmity which exists between Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh, but this time it directly concerns Armenia,” Rivasi said.

“I will ask the European Commission to denounce this act of violence, this act of war. It is unacceptable. This is a provocation which resulted in the death of three women which is completely unacceptable.”

“The European Commission has to react to the actions of Azerbaijan,” said Rivasi.

Rivasi continued her strong condemnation of Azerbaijan’s provocations, echoing statements made by Armenian officials that Azerbaijan’s actions were an attempt to halt negotiations on the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

“This is done to provoke Armenia and to get [a] reaction from Armenia. That would be the beginning of the end. The European Commission has to denounce the acts of Azerbaijan and also to sanction them. I find this unacceptable and very grave.”

“This is a way to prevent any negotiations. An encounter [between the foreign ministers] was planned and this is a sterile provocation which can be very dangerous for the future.”

“I want everybody to calm down and I want the commission to react in regards to this. This is not only a matter between Armenia and Azerbaijan. European and international institutions have to denounce these acts,” Rivasi said.

“Two civilians were killed and two were injured due to rival shooting in Berdavan community of Tavush region on September 24. Sona Revazyan, 1974, and Shushan Asatryan, 1921, are the victims. Earlier it became known that in another bordering community of T

Bulgarian MP denounces sweet speech of his Turkish colleague

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