ON MAY 10th, 2016 MRS DESISLAVA TANEVA - MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD AND MRS BONNIE PETRUNOV - DEPUTY MINISTER OF CULTURE VISITED THE LIBRARY AND PART OF THE EVENTS OF XVIII NATIONAL CHILDREN'S BOOK FESTIVAL-SLIVEN, 9 - 11 OF MAY 2016
On May 10, 2016, the Minister of Agriculture and Food - Ms. Desislava Tanev and Deputy Minister of Culture Mrs. Bonnie Petrunova visited "Sava Dobroplodni" Regional Library - Sliven and part of the events of the program of the XVIII National Children's Book Festival /Sliven, May 9 – 11, 2016/. This year's festival was held under the patronage of the Culture Minister Mr. Rashidov and Mrs. Desislava Taneva - Minister of Agriculture and Food.
During her visit to "Sava Dobroplodni" regional library Mrs. B. Petrunova donated to the director Mrs. Rositsa Petrova-Vasileva, books from the private library of the Minister of culture Mr. Rashidov, including valuable editions in the fields of "History", "Ethnography", "Archaeology", "Art Criticism", "Plastic and monumental arts" and fiction by contemporary Bulgarian writers. Later Ms. D. Taneva and Ms. B. Petrunova, along with the Mayor of Sliven - Mr. Stefan Radev and many guests of the festival welcomed the carnival procession and attended the gala concert show and ceremony for awarding the National Award "Konstantin Konstantinov" - for contribution to children's publishing for 2016. At the ceremony, Minister Desislava Taneva handed in the award in category "For outstanding contribution" to Mrs. Velichka Nastradinova and the Deputy Minister B. Petrunova handed in the award in category "Author" to the writer Rumen Ivanchev. The award in category "Publishing" was handed in to "Kragozor" publishing house by the mayor of Sliven Municipality - Mr. Stefan Radev, the prize in category "Illustrator" went to the artist Sylvia Kaloyanova handed in by Mrs. Rositsa Petrova - director of "Sava Dobroplodni" regional library.
