Ninth Annual BBLF Meeting With Foreign Ambassadors

June 26, 2025
Ninth Annual BBLF Meeting With Foreign Ambassadors

Ninth Annual BBLF Meeting With Foreign Ambassadors 

When: Thursday, 26 June 2025, 09:30 hrs.

Where:  InterContinental Sofia, Ballroom

The event: A regular round-table discussion between the responsible business community, the heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Sofia and senior policy makers.

The concept: The high-profile event provides a platform for dialogue between businesses, members of the executive, and the diplomatic community on current economic issues, business climate, investment

Partners: The event that gathers the responsible business community, the public sector and the diplomatic corps is traditionally held in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a diplomatic partner. Our diplomatic cohost this year is H.E. Nathaniel Copsey, British Ambassador to Sofia.

Format: Discussion and networking cocktail

Participants: Ambassadors of EU countries, neighbouring countries, current and potential economic partners; senior members of the government; executives of leading companies operating in the Bulgarian market

Working language: English (BG-EN-BG interpreting will be provided).

Draft agenda:

09:30 - Registration, seating and welcome coffee

10:00 - Greetings

  • Anton Panayotov, BBLF President
  • Levon Hampartzoumian, BBLF Vice President
  • Maxim Behar, BBLF Board Member

10:10 - Keynote speech

  • H.E. Nathaniel Copsey, British Ambassador to Sofia

10:30 - Bulgaria Today and Tomorrow: Prospects and Incentives for Investors

  • Georgi Georgiev, Minister of Justice 
  • Nikolay Pavlov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Doncho Barbalov, Deputy Minister of Economy and Industry
  • Mila Nenova, InvestBulgaria Agency Executive Director

11:00 - Q&A session

  • Moderated by Maxim Behar, BBLF Board Member

11:45 - Conclusions

12:00 - Networking cocktail

13:00 - End 

Entry fee: BGN 100 for BBLF members / BGN 200 for non members

Registration: To confirm your attendance please fill in the online registration form by 23 June 2025 or until capacity reached. To this end please sign up for our webpage or, if you have signed up, please enter your name and password in the field above. Please note seats are limited.


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