Scientists from the Academy will deliver plenary presentations at the two-day event The President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member Evelina Slavcheva, participated in the third international forum on the Cyrillic alphabet, “Spiritual Heritage in the Digital Age,” organized by President Iliana Iotova. The opening ceremony took place at the National Palace of Culture. Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva delivered a welcoming address in which she emphasized that the forum had become an important part of the academic calendar. Scholars from various countries are sharing their research with the general public, reinforcing the foundations of our national identity’s self-esteem, she said in her speech. The enduring elements of this self-confidence are culture, religion, and letters, and the affirmation of the Cyrillic alphabet as the [...]

  Today, at the Institute of Robotics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IR-BAS), the official launch took place for the construction of the first cross-border quantum communication infrastructure between Bulgaria and Romania - a key element of the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI). The event took place at the QUASAR Center of Competence at IR-BAS which serves as the lead national coordinator for Bulgaria under the EuroQCI initiative, affirming the strategic role of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in the development of secure next-generation communication technologies. The establishment of the Sofia–Bucharest quantum communication will provide a secure information channel for government institutions, research organizations, and strategic enterprises while also laying the groundwork for the development of quantum services in support of Europe’s digital transformation, [...]