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Your visit is a boost for the deepening of cooperation in education between Bulgaria and Portugal. With these words, the Rector of the University of Lisbon, Prof Luís Ferreira, welcomed the Vice President Iliana Iotova. The meeting was also attended by Prof Hermenegildo Fernandes, Dean of the Faculty of Philology.

 

The largest university in Portugal has 52 thousand students, 20 thousand of whom are foreign. Prof Ferreira expressed gratitude for the good cooperation with Bulgaria. The University of Lisbon has a lectureship in Bulgarian language and culture, and the director of the Centre for Slavic Languages and Cultures at the Faculty of Philology is Bulgarian - prof. Georgi Hristovski.

 

The Vice President emphasised the strong tradition in Bulgaria of studying Portuguese in secondary schools and Universities. She also highlighted the active work of the Camoes Institute for Portuguese Language and Culture. Iotova pointed out that opportunities for student exchange under European programmes and membership in the European University Network should be used to the maximum.

 

The Vice President invited the Dean of the Faculty of Philology, who is a specialist in medieval history, to visit Bulgaria. Bulgaria has many significant archaeological sites. You should definitely visit Veliki Preslav, where the Golden Age of Bulgaria developed. In my country, the third Christian civilisation was born - the Slavic one, Iliana Iotova said.

 

The Vice President is in Lisbon to participate in the forum "Innovative methods and materials for teaching Bulgarian history and geography in Bulgarian schools abroad," which is held under her patronage.

 

 

The meeting was held at the initiative of Denmark's ambassador to Bulgaria Flemming Stender within the framework of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU

In his speech, the president pointed out that Bulgaria highly values its relations with Iraq, which is an important partner in the Middle East region

Taking advantage of their geostrategic position, Bulgaria and Georgia have the potential to deepen their connectivity in various areas such as transport, energy, and the digital sector, which will contribute to promoting the economy, investment, and prosperity in the Black Sea region. This was stated by President Rumen Radev, who held a meeting with the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili.

The two were unanimous that restoring peace in Europe through diplomacy is a priority for the EU and the only way to ensure the long-term security and stability of the Old Continent.