site.bta International Forum on the Cyrillic Alphabet Opens in Sofia

An International Forum on the Cyrillic Alphabet initiated by Vice President Iliana Iotova will open here on Thursday. Themed "Alphabet. Language. Identity", the two-day conference is a follow-up to a forum organized in 2022 with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science.

The event will be opened by Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev and Iotova at the National Palace of Culture. On Friday, the forum will take place at Plovdiv’s Regional History Museum.

Over 30 renowned Slavic studies specialists from 11 countries, together with their Bulgarian colleagues, will discuss the importance of letters, words, language, and culture for the Slavic heritage, its preservation and dissemination in today’s world, and the importance of language and identity in the processes of globalization. The key role of Bulgaria in the creation of the third Christian civilization - the Slavic one - will be highlighted.