SOFIA, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Bulgarian President Rumen Radev here on Tuesday called for comprehensive measures against corruption.

Speaking at an international conference on "European Practices and Capacities to Combat Corruption," Radev said fighting corruption in Bulgaria was much talked about but too little was done about it. Corruption was a big obstacle to the attainment of the country's strategic goals, such as the development of a modern competitive economy and the full integration into European structures.

"When business people focus their efforts not on promoting innovation and competitiveness but on looking for the right person in the public administration who can secure a government contract for them in exchange for certain financial gains, this is killing our economy," he noted.

He called for comprehensive measures against corruption, including large-scale legislative initiatives aimed at uncovering, disrupting and investigating corruption schemes, relentlessly prosecuting the culprits and preventing further cases of corruption.

The conference discussed counter-corruption practices in various European countries, compared various models and looked at the interaction between counter-corruption authorities and prosecution services.