Council for Electronic Media member Gabriela Naplatanova talked on Saturday about her expectations that BTA's newly opened National Press Club in Athens would provide extensive coverage of a wide range of news, not only about Greece but about the Bulgarian community in Greece.
"We know there is a large Bulgarian community in Greece, which deserves thorough coverage reaching not only Bulgaria but all corners of the world," Naplatanova said, adding that she felt honoured to take part in the press club's opening.
"This region is extremely important for Bulgaria, which has a very large diaspora here. It is important that infrastructure, transport connectivity and all of Bulgaria's joint projects with Greece receive thorough coverage," said Naplatanova, adding that "the endeavour will be highly responsible, but also very inspiring".
She recalled that her first foreign assignment as a journalist was in Athens and that she remembers those moments from over 20 years ago with great emotion.
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.
