site.btaBulgarian Top Athletes Alexander Vezenkov, Kiril Despodov Congratulate BTA on New National Press Club in Athens

Bulgarian basketball player Aleksandar Vezenkov and Bulgarian national football team captain Kiril Despodov congratulated BTA on the opening of its National Press Club in Athens on Saturday.

In a video message played during the opening ceremony, Vezenkov, who plays for the Greek team Olympiacos, wished the club success and expressed regret that he could not attend the opening in person. "I am very glad that Bulgaria will once again have a permanent correspondent in Athens," he emphasized, adding that he hopes that there will be many occasions for good news and many victories for all Bulgarians.

Also in a video message broadcast during the opening, Despodov, who plays for Greek team PAOK, congratulated the entire BTA team for their initiative. 

As of Saturday, BTA has 44 press clubs. Of these, 27 are located in the regional centres of Sofia, Blagoevgrad, Burgas, Varna, Veliko Tarnovo, Vidin, Vratsa, Gabrovo, Dobrich, Kardzhali, Kyustendil, Lovech, Montana, Pazardzhik, Pernik, Pleven, Plovdiv, Razgrad, Ruse, Silistra, Sliven, Smolyan, Stara Zagora, Targovishte, Haskovo, Shumen, and Yambol. There are six press clubs in the non-regional cities of Gotse Delchev, Kazanlak, Petrich, Samokov, Svishtov, and Troyan. There are nine outside the country - in Ankara (Turkiye), Athens (Greece), Belgrade (Serbia), Bosilegrad (Serbia), Bucharest (Romania), Odesa (Ukraine), Skopje (Republic of North Macedonia), and Taraclia (Moldova), and at the Bulgarian Antarctic base on Livingston Island. Two press clubs are temporary - aboard the first Bulgarian naval research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (RSV 421) and the Book Fair.