From September 18 to 25, 2024, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dimitar Zlatinov, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and Head of the Department of Economics, Prof. Dr. Nadia Velinova-Sokolova, Chair of the Faculty Research Committee, Prof. Dr. Stefan Petranov, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Stela Raleva, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Milen Velushev from the Department of Economics, and PhD candidate Dilyana Slavova from the doctoral program "Economics and Economic Policy" held a series of meetings with academic institutions and were welcomed at the National Congress and the Ministry of Economy of Argentina. The visit was organized at the invitation of the Argentine-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and with the assistance of the Embassy of the Republic of Argentina in Bulgaria.

On September 19, 2024, the Bulgarian academic delegation, in the presence of the Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to Argentina, Mr. Stoyan Mihaylov, held a meeting with members of the National Congress of Argentina – Mrs. Cecilia Ibañez, Mr. Oscar Zago, and Mr. Eduardo Falcone – as well as representatives of the parliamentary administration. During the meeting, the economic challenges faced by both Bulgaria and Argentina, opportunities for academic cooperation and joint analyses and research, as well as the potential for expanding trade and investment between the two countries were discussed.

The visit was covered on the National Congress of Argentina’s website at the following link.

At the meeting with Mr. Eduardo Regondi, Mr. Christian Bauab, and other representatives of the Ministry of Economy of Argentina, discussions focused on the state of bilateral trade relations, the prospects for financial markets at a regional level, fiscal and monetary policy directions in both countries, and labour market conditions. The Argentine side expressed interest in exchanging research on current economic topics and sharing information on bilateral economic relations. The Bulgarian delegation presented the key findings and conclusions of the team from the Department of Economics regarding Bulgaria's integration into the eurozone, as discussed in the collective monograph "Challenges for the Bulgarian Economy on the Path to Eurozone Membership". The research projects on labour market changes in Bulgaria and the eurozone, conducted by the Bulgarian researchers, also sparked interest among the Argentine colleagues.

The visit of the Bulgarian delegation to Argentina was funded under the SUMMIT project and the National Science Research Fund.