Balgarianovinite.com The Academic Council of the Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski has unanimously supported an open letter calling for the continuation of the Czech Centre in Sofia, after the institution announced it is about to end its operations in the Bulgarian capital.
“With great sadness, we inform you that, by a decision of the Director General of the Czech Centres network, the Czech Centre in Sofia will be closed and will bring its cultural and educational activities in Bulgaria to an end,” the institution said earlier on Monday.
According to the announcement, planned events will continue to be carried out until the end of May.
The Czech Centre in Sofia, which is the oldest Czech institution of its kind abroad and one of the longest-running foreign cultural organisations in Bulgaria, marks its 77th anniversary on May 5.
The centre recalls that on May 5, 1949, under an intergovernmental cultural agreement between Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria (1947) and a related protocol (1948), an art and craft shop called Ceskoslovenska tvorba Orbis was opened at 100 Rakovski Street in Sofia, alongside Bulharská tvorba in Prague. Following the emergence of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic as independent states in January 1993, the Czech Republic established the Czech Centres as successors to the former Czechoslovak cultural centres abroad.
Against this background, the Academic Council of Sofia University expressed strong concern over the planned closure and urged that the decision be reconsidered, stressing the centre’s historical and cultural significance and its role in maintaining long-standing Czech-Bulgarian cultural relations. Sofia University Calls on Czech Authorities to Reconsider Closure of Czech Centre in Sofia 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-04-30 13:15:24 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law