Aníbal Cavaco Silva

The European Union should generate sustainable solutions for resolving the crises in Syria, Iraq and the entire Middle East, Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev said in Lisbon on Monday following a meeting with his Portuguese counterpart Anibal Cavaco Silva.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev will be on a two-day official visit to Portugal at the invitation of his Portuguese counterpart Anibal Cavaco Silva on Monday and Tuesday.

The President of Portugal, Anibal Cavaco Silva, on a state visit to Romania, and the Mayor of the Bucharest's Sector 3, Robert Negoita have visited on Thursday the construction site of the Park Lake Plaza new commercial centre, near the Titan Park.

The project is a private investment worth 180 million euro and it is to be opened next year.

Vice Prime Minister Gabriel Oprea met Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva on Thursday, at the Victoria Palace (the Government offices); the Portuguese head of state is paying an official visit to Romania.

Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva (L) and Romanian Vice PM Gabriel Oprea shake hands before official talks at Victoria Palace

President Klaus Iohannis has received on Wednesday, at the Cotroceni Palace, his Portuguese counterpart, Anibal Cavaco Silva, who is on a state visit to Romania.

President Klaus Iohannis (R) and his wife Carmen flank Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva and his wife Maria while the national anthems of Romania and Portugal are rendered

Portugal's president said on Monday an agreement between Greece and the troika should be reached, "this week if possible."

President Anibal Cavaco Silva, who is head of state in Portugal, told reporters in Sofia: "The situation in Greece is of concern to all countries in the European Union."