Bulgarian president awards Serbian writer and historian

President of the Republic of Bulgaria Georgi Parvanov awarded Thursday Serbian writer and Vice President of the Serbian PEN Center prof. dr. Mihailo Pantic and historian and byzantinist Srdjan Pirivatric, the Serbian Ministry of Culture stated.

At the awarding ceremony in the Bulgarian Presidency, Pantic was presented with the Holly Brothers Cyril and Methodius award for his contribution to the popularization of the Bulgarian culture in Serbia and promotion of relation between the Bulgarian and Serbian people.