Mihaela Dotsova, speaker of Bulgaria's National Assembly, is in Rome for the European Conference of Speakers of Parliament of the Council of Europe's member states. The forum runs on 15 and 16 October 2026, the parliament's press office said.

Dotsova will speak on the third topic on the agenda: "Renewing the international rules-based order: the role of parliaments in dealing with and responding to current crises". She will also hold bilateral meetings with fellow speakers.

The conference will be opened by Lorenzo Fontana, president of Italy's Chamber of Deputies, Ignazio La Russa, president of the Senate of the Italian Republic, Petra Bayr, president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and Italian foreign minister Antonio Tajani.

The other two topics are "Sustainable democracies: united against hybrid threats" and "Artificial intelligence and the labour market".

On the same two days, prime minister Rumen Radev is taking part in a regular meeting of the European Council in Brussels, the Council of Ministers said. EU leaders will discuss Europe's competitiveness, energy prices, the EU's Multiannual Financial Framework for 2028–2034, the war in Ukraine, migration, EU enlargement and the situation in the Middle East.