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https://www.festivaldelladiplomazia.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Photo-Maria-Simeonova-ECFR-1-1.jpg25602560Maria Simeonova is the Head of the Sofia Office and Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Her topics of focus include Bulgaria in the EU, Black Sea security and the Western Balkans region.