On 17 and 18 October 2016 Sofia hosted the congress of the European tobacco growers' organisation UNITAB. Bulgaria's Minister of Agriculture and Food, Desislava Taneva, opened the 35th congress, held in Sofia for the first time.
Growers came from Hungary, Greece, Romania, Poland, France, Spain, Italy and Portugal. The Polish group was one of the largest, with more than 30 representatives of the tobacco sector; in total over 300 delegates from more than 15 countries attended.
The Bulgarian-Polish Chamber of Commerce and Industry was invited and was represented by Deputy Chair Desislava Skoczylas-Zheliazkova.
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