Vice President Iliana Yotova is visiting Star Beshenov, Romania, BNR reported.
Here she will open the school year at the oldest school established by Bulgarians abroad, which this year celebrates its 280th anniversary - Theoretical Lyceum "St. St. St. Cyril and Methodius". Yotova will be a guest at the ceremonial session of the Star Beshenov Municipal Council, her program includes a meeting with representatives of the Union of Banat Bulgarians in Romania and a visit to the Museum of the Bulgarian Minority.
Star Beshenov is the largest village inhabited by Banat Bulgarians.
The settlement is in the western part of Romania, very close to the border with Hungary and Serbia. Besides the school established in 1745, the other pride of the residents is the Roman Catholic church "Assumption of the Virgin".
The Banat Bulgarians are the oldest Bulgarian diaspora in Romania. The first Bulgarians settled nearly three centuries ago after the suppression of the Chiprovtsi Uprising. The Bulgarian national minority is officially recognized in Romania and has its own deputy in the Romanian parliament.