The importance of Bulgarian</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="The importance of Bulgarian"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="The,importance,of,Bulgarian"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">03-05-2005</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>The importance of Bulgarian</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Sofia, Bulgaria (Sofia Echo): The Sofia Echo has run the following editorial: “It has struck many Bulgarians as odd, if not infuriating, that Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg chose to make his formal speech at the country’s signing of the European Union accession treaty in a language other than Bulgarian. It may seem a small issue, but the question of language is one redolent with symbolism. The EU, and the very treaty signed by Bulgaria and all other parties to it on April 25, acknowledges the importance of the language rights of its member and candidate member states. […] The symbolic message of Saxe-Coburg’s decision may be read as reinforcing the notion that Bulgaria is a second-class state within the wider Europe.” <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/editorial-language/id_11279/catid_27 " target="blank">www.sofiaecho.com/article/editorial-language/id_11279/catid_27 </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show