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President Rumen Radev presents the national flag to the participants in the 27th Bulgarian Antarctic expedition

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President Rumen Radev presented the national flag to the participants in the 27th Bulgarian Antarctic expedition. The flag was handed over to the expedition’s leader Prof. Hristo Pimpirev.

Rumen Radev stated that this was a tradition started by President Zhelev which has invariably been followed by all subsequent presidents of the country.

This year the members of the expedition will be working on seven Bulgarian projects, four of which in the sphere of biology. They will be studying the diversity of animal and plant life in the aquatoria of the Bulgarian base. 



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