site.btaSofia to Host 20th World Meeting of Bulgarian Media on May 24, 2025

Sofia will host the 20th World Meeting of Bulgarian Media on May 24, 2025, BTA Director General Kiril Valchev said at the end of the 19th World Meeting of Bulgarian Media in Ukraine organized by BTA.

Bulgaria celebrates May 24 as the Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, of the Bulgarian Alphabet, Education and Culture, and of Slavic Literature.

BTA has had five strategic goals in recent years and BTA has organized meetings dedicated to four of them, Valchev said. The 2018 meeting in Skopje was mottoed "Media and Memory", the 2021 meeting in Bulgaria's Rila monastery and Kyustendil was about "Media and the Truth", the 2022 meeting in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv was about "Media and Salvation", the 2023 meeting in the Bulgarian town of Kazanlak was about "Media and Freedom". "The fifth, and probably major goal of the media, is knowledge," he said, referring to the motto of the next meeting. The current meeting is mottoed "Media and Community".

The point of these meetings is for the Bulgarian media to help preserve the Bulgarian community. According to Valchev, there should be a permanent narrative about Bulgarians abroad, which should be directed to them by the Bulgarian media around the world and the media in Bulgaria. There should be a much more systematic media coverage of educational opportunities in universities in Bulgaria, BTA's Director General said.

BTA is organizing the 19th World Meeting of Bulgarian Media in Odesa, Bolhrad, and Izmail, Ukraine, from June 18 to June 21, 2024. The event is taking place with the support of Aurubis Bulgaria, A1 Bulgaria, Glavbolgarstroy Holding AD, Euroins Insurance Group, Postbank, SOF Connect, and the 13 Centuries of Bulgaria National Endowment Fund.