Argentina's Comodoro, Patagonia's National University to Partner with Bulgaria's Burgas, Sofia University

The leader of the 32nd Bulgarian Antarctic expedition, Prof. Hristo Pimpirev, handed over letters from the Mayor of Burgas Dimitar Nikolov and the Rector of the St Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia Prof. Dr. Georgi Valchev with proposals for partnership to the Argentine city of Comodoro Rivadavia, which is home to some 2,000 descendants of Bulgarians who immigrated there a century ago. Together with a group from the expedition, Pimpirev arrived in the largest city of the province of Chubut in Patagonia on board the Bulgarian naval research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (NAVAL RSV 421), which is returning to Bulgaria from the Bulgarian base on Livingstone Island in Antarctica.

Comodoro Rivadavia Mayor Othar Macharashvili returned a letter to the Mayor of Burgas accepting the proposal for partnership and for taking further steps for the twinning of the two cities.

The Rector of the National University of Patagonia San Juan Bosco, Prof. Lidia Blanco, also accepted the offer of partnership with Sofia University.

Part of the Bulgarian expedition group held meetings with officials of City Hall and the Provincial Government of Chubut. The Ambassador of Bulgaria to Argentina Stoyan Mihaylov, the Rector of the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy, Flotilla Admiral Prof. Boyan Mednikarov and Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) Director General Kiril Valchev, among others, also took part in the talks.

During the 32nd Bulgarian expedition to Antarctica, which started on November 8, 2023, the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) is publishing interviews with Antarctic researchers. The Bulgaria-Antarctica BTA's Log again provides coverage of the voyage of the Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii to Antarctica and back and its stay there, as it did during the 31st expedition between December 27, 2022 and May 2, 2023. Back then, only BTA had a correspondent, Daily News Editor Konstantin Karagyozov, who covered the 127-day expedition with text, video and photos during the entire voyage (including across the Atlantic in both directions) and throughout the stay in Antarctica. In June 2023, BTA published in Bulgarian and in English an issue of its LIK magazine "To Antarctica and Back under the Bulgarian Flag" dedicated to the historic expedition.

Again, all of BTA's information on the Bulgarian scientific research in Antarctica and the support provided by the Bulgarian naval research vessel, as well as on the other activities at the Bulgarian Antarctic Base, will be available to all media outlets in Bulgarian and in English on BTA's website in the Bulgaria - Antarctica: BTA's Log section.

BTA has a National Press Club on board the ship and opened a National Press Club at the Bulgarian Antarctic Base on Livingston Island.

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