site.btaCroats and Bulgarians International Conference Opens in Zagreb

An international conference entitled "Croats and Bulgarians. Diplomacy, Politics, Culture and Science" opened in Zagreb on Wednesday. The event was organized by the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, the Croatian-Bulgarian Society in Zagreb and the Institute of Balkan Studies with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

The conference is dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Bulgaria and Croatia and the 25th anniversary of cooperation between the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. The forum will continue until September 30.

The meeting was attended by 13 Bulgarians and 15 Croatians - scientific and cultural workers from the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, as well as from other cultural institutions, universities, institutes and museums. Over the past 25 years, nearly a hundred scientists have participated in the inter-academic Croatian-Bulgarian cooperation.

The conference was opened by Academician Josip Bratulich, Chairman of the Croatian-Bulgarian Society in Zagreb. On behalf of the President of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Academician Stjepan Cosic greeted the attendees. At the opening of the conference, Bulgarian Ambassador Genka Georgieva delivered an address on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.