Bulgaria meets the Euro

The forum organized by the Bulgarian-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and Industry together with the Green Transition Forum on September 6 and 7, 2025, within the framework of the 89th International Exhibition in Thessaloniki was a great success. The forum was opened by Mr. Savvas Karafilidis, President of the Bulgarian-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Ms. Monika Stanisheva, founder of the Green Transition Forum and Chairman of the Board of Dir.bg. Speakers at the forum were Mr. Ivan Ivanov, Minister of Regional Development and Public Works of Bulgaria, Ms. Iva Petrova, Deputy Minister of Energy of Bulgaria, Mr. Lyuben Nanov, Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications of Bulgaria, Mr. Martin Danovski, Deputy Minister of Innovation and Growth of Bulgaria, Mr. Metodi Metodiev, Deputy Minister of Finance of Bulgaria, Mr. Panagiotis Theodorikakos, Minister of Development of Greece,  Mr. Konstantinos Gyulekas, Deputy Minister of Interior of Greece in charge of the regions of Central Macedonia and Thrace, Mr. Konstantinos Kyranakis, Alternate Minister of Infrastructure and Transport of Greece. Special addresses were made by Mr. Christos Dimas, Minister of Infrastructure and Transport of Greece, as well as by Mr. Anastasios Tzikas, President of the International Exhibition in Thessaloniki – Helexpo. In the panels were moderators and/or speakers: Mr. Sergey Stanishev, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (2005-2009), Member of SFC, GTF, Mr. Georgios Kremlis, Honorary Director of the European Commission and Ambassador of the European Public Law Organization in Bulgaria, Ms. Lilyana Pavlova, Vice-President of the EIB (2019-2023), Member of the SFC, GTF, Ms. Sofia Kasidova, Member of the Management Board for Bulgaria,  Three Seas Investment Fund, Mr. Veselin Todorov, Chairman of the Solar Academy Bulgaria, Mr. Iliya Lingorski, Member of the Management Board of the BNB, Mr. Theodoros Pelagidis, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece, Ms. Maya Aleksova, Director of Center International Clients, UniCredit Bulbank, Mr. Ivan Mihaylov, Chief Executive Officer of the American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria, Ms. Sashka Sashova, Chief Marketing Officer of Power Partner Solutions,  Dr. Dimitris Tsibanoulis, Managing Partner of Tsibanoulis & Partners Law Firm, Mr. Todor Ivandjikov, Chairman of the Bulgarian Aviation Industry Association, Mr. Dimitar Zarchev, Director of the National Dispatching Center of ESO, Ms. Kalina Todorova, NEK EAD, Hydroelectroinvest Branch, Mr. Tomas Achimastos, Vice Chairman of Copelouzos Group, Mr. Marian Pavel, Country Manager of Rezolv for Romania, Mr. Georgios Satlas, Member of the Board of ICGB AD,  Mr. Radoslav Andonov, Director of Energy Projects, Geotrading AD, Mr. Dragomir Tsanev, Executive Director of the Center for Energy Efficiency EnEffect, Ms. Nadezhda Myashkova, CEO of Power Partner Solutions.

Extremely constructive talks were held and visionary ideas for the development of not only Bulgaria and Greece, but also the entire region were presented.