President confers Stara Planina awards on outgoing Belgian, Italian ambassadors
At a ceremony on July 31 2012, President Rossen Plevneliev conferred Bulgaria’s highest state honour, the Stara Planina, on two outgoing ambassadors – Marc Michielsen of Belgium and Stefano Benazzo of Italy. Both are moving on from the posts after having served as their countries’ ambassadors in Sofia since 2008.
Photos: V Nikolov/president.bg