site.btaPM Zhelyazkov to Attend Opening of New Academic Year at University of National and World Economy

Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov will take part in the opening of the 2025/2026 academic year at the University of National and World Economy (UNWE) on Tuesday, the Government Information Service said.

Eurostat Director General Mariana Kotzeva will join the Prime Minister at the ceremony, the UNWE reported. The event will be hosted by the university’s Rector, Prof. Dimitar Dimitrov.

Following the ceremony, flowers will be laid at the monument to Prof. Stefan Bobchev.

The UNWE was established in 1920 by 11 prominent professors, businessmen and public figures, historians, sociologists and lawyers as the Free University of Political and Economic Sciences by order of the Minister of National Enlightenment and a decree of Tsar Boris III.

The university's founder and first rector was Prof. Stefan Bobchev, a European graduate, patriot, Minister of National Enlightenment, corresponding member of several foreign academies of sciences.