On March 26, 2025, at the Bulgarian Defence Institute "Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov", a working meeting was held on the topic: Space for Security and Defence between representatives of Bulgarian science and state administration and the European Space Agency - Major General Pascal Legai - Senior Security Adviser to ESA DG Director General’s Services and Dr. Christopher Topping - Head of the ESA Civil Security from Space (CSS) programme. The event was jointly organized by the Bulgarian Defence Institute, the Armaments Policy Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Center for National Security and Defence Research (CNSDR) at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The meeting was officially opened with a welcome address on behalf of the Ministry of Defence of [...]

The priorities in the programme of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences for the term 2024-2028 were presented by the President of BAS, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva, at a meeting held in the meeting hall of the Burgas Municipality today. The Regional Academic Center (RAC) of BAS and the Burgas Chamber of Commerce and Industry were the organizers of the event. One of the main priorities is to support and expand the role of the Regional Academic Centres, said the President of BAS. "The campaign is under the title "BAS is visiting the regions" and the goal is to grow into "BAS is present in the regions", noted Corr. Memb. Slavcheva and said that her confidence was that only with very active contacts between science and [...]

The Scientific Archives of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences presented archival fund 250 "Vasil Seizov" in the "Ivan Evstratiev Geshov" Hall of the Academy on March 26. The event was organized on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of the prominent journalist and public figure and the announcement of newly acquired documents donated by his daughter Froska Seizova. She shared moving memories of her father. The Scientific Archives of BAS has launched an initiative to present to the public newly processed archival funds containing the documentary heritage of prominent Bulgarian scientists and public figures, announced the Director of the Archives, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rumyana Chukova. Vasil Kotsev Seizov (Kavadartsi, 1899 - Sofia, 1975) was a prominent defender of the Bulgarian national cause [...]

The President of BAS Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva met on 12 March with the Senior Commercial Officer at the US Embassy in Bulgaria, Ms. Hannah Kamenetsky. They discussed the possibilities of organizing meetings of American companies working in the field of science and innovation with BAS institutes. The participation of the Academy in formats such as Science for Business and cooperation with Sofia Tech Park was presented. The potential of BAS as a modern and flexible institution with high-tech equipment for international cooperation in other fields of knowledge was presented. The meeting was also attended by Ms. Stanislava Dimitrova, Senior Commercial Advisor at the US Embassy and Prof. Emmanuel Moutafov, Vice-President of BAS.

The book "Icons from the National Church Museum of History and Archaeology" was officially presented on 11 March in the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of BAS. The publication is the work of the Institute of Art Studies of BAS and the National Church Museum of History and Archaeology under the Holy Synod. The President of BAS, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva, attended the event and congratulated the team that prepared the unique in content, form and significance edition. "The material is organized as artifacts are published in a thematic exhibition with a conference. An important achievement of the publication is the authors' statement that the origin of many icons that had been lost or misplaced has been recovered. New icon painters have been identified, and a [...]

On March 11, 2025, a public meeting-discussion on "Bridging Cultures: The Albanian View on Cultural Diplomacy" was held at the “Ivan Geshov” Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. It is part of a series of events on cultural diplomacy in Bulgaria and the Balkans organized by the Institute of Balkan Studies with Center for Thracology at BAS (IBSCT-BAS) in partnership with the State Institute for Culture under the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria (SIC). The initiative is implemented within the framework of the "Cultural Diplomacy in the Balkans in the 20th and 21st Century: Achievements, Problems, Challenges and the Way Forward" project funded by the Bulgarian National Science Fund of MES. The public meeting-discussion was opened by the Vice-President of [...]