Greek Students of Bulgarian Studies at University of Athens Congratulate BTA on Opening of New Press Club

Vanya Nakova, Filip Pavlov

Greek students of the Bulgarian studies specialty of the University of Athens at the opening of the National Press Club of BTA in Athens, February 14, 2026 (BTA Photo/Milena Stoykova)

Athens, Greece,

14.02.2026 15:03

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Greek students of the Bulgarian studies specialty of the University of Athens read a eulogy by St. Clement of Ohrid to his teacher St. Cyril the Philosopher during the opening of BTA's National Press Club in Athens on Saturday.

The topic was chosen in connection with the feast day of St Constantine Cyril the Philosopher, celebrated by the Bulgarian Orthodox Church on February 14. The texts were read in Church Slavonic, New Bulgarian and Greek, translated by the students, who wished success to the new Press Club.

Children from the Bulgarian Sunday school in Athens also also offered greetings to BTA, as they performed an excerpt from a Greek dance.

As of Saturday, BTA will have 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.

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