site.btaBTA's Europe on Balkans Conference to Take Place in Kazanlak

A local conference under the "Europe on Balkans: Cohesion Skills" project will be held in Bulgarian News Agency's (BTA) National Press Club in Kazanlak, Central Bulgaria. The Agency implements the project with the support of the European Commission.

The forum will discuss the new developments in the cohesion policy in the European Union for the period 2021-2027 and the results achieved in the period 2014-2020.

The forum will be opened by the BTA Director General Kiril Valchev. The conference is expected to be attended by BTA Deputy Director General Evgenia Drumeva, Kazanlak Mayor Galina Stoyanova, Stara Zagora Deputy Regional Governor Levent Palov, Kazanlak Municipal Council Chair Nikolay Zlatanov, Kazanlak Deputy Mayor Akseniya Tileva, Regional Information Centre Manager Radka Tileva and the Director of Kazanlak's Profiled Mathematics and Natural Sciences Secondary School “Academician Nikola Obreshkov” Director Krasimir Damyanov.

BTA's Europe on Balkans: Cohesion Skills project aims to raise public awareness and foster open dialogue about cohesion policy, local achievements, and the implementation of the EU's policy priorities.

The project kicked off with a conference in Veliki Preslav in November 2024. The schedule of conferences until the end of September 2025 includes events in the following cities: Blagoevgrad, Burgas, Varna, Veliko Tarnovo, Vidin, Vratsa, Gabrovo, Dobrich, Kazanlak, Kardzhali, Kyustendil, Lovech, Montana, Pazardzhik, Pernik, Pleven, Razgrad, Ruse, Samokov, Svishtov, Sliven, Smolyan, Sofia, Stara Zagora, Troyan, Targovishte, Haskovo, Shumen, and Yambol.

Cross-border conferences will be held in Belgrade, Bosilegrad, Bucharest, Edirne, Skopje, and Thessaloniki. The project builds on the Europe in the Balkans: A Common Future and Europe in Bulgaria: A Common Future projects, implemented by BTA in 2023 and 2024, respectively.