From June 23 to 27, 2026, a major international academic forum was held in Varna: the 26th symposium of CIÉPO (Comité International des Études Pré-Ottomanes et Ottomanes). CIÉPO is a prestigious academic organization that, since 1974, has been organizing biennial symposia that bring together researchers from around the world working on issues related to the history of the Ottoman Empire, the Balkans, and the Black Sea region from the 15th to the early 20th century. This is the second time Bulgaria has hosted such a forum (following Sofia in 2018), and the first time BAS has been a co-organizer. The chair of the Organizing Committee was Corresponding Member Prof. Ivan Roussev. The symposium’s co-organizers included the University of Economics - Varna, the Institute for [...]

A meeting of the National Academic Network of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences was held in Varna to mark the 150th anniversary of the April Uprising On June 19, an expanded meeting of the National Academic Network (NAN) was held at the BAS Creative House in Varna, attended by Corresponding Member Evelina Slavcheva, President of BAS; Prof. Shtelian Shterionov, DSc, Vice-President; regional coordinators; and members of the Advisory Council. The meeting was opened by Corr. Memb. Alexandre Kostov, chief coordinator of the NAN. In his opening remarks, he outlined the successes and challenges in the regional centers’ work to date, as well as their short-term prospects. In the presentations by the coordinators and during the discussion, the key priorities in the planned activities of the [...]