The President of BAS Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva has taken part in the expert panel "Transforming Higher Education through Innovation and Research" at the Green Transition Forum 5.0, which is taking place in Sofia from 16 to 20 June. "No matter how inspiring innovations are, they need fundamental scientific knowledge and research to happen," Corr. Memb. Slavcheva said. She recalled that "scientists from BAS and universities work together in centres of excellence and competence. These centres are the place where the link between science and business can happen because modern laboratories provide opportunities for obtaining a commercial product," the President of the Academy further mentioned. According to her, "the drive for innovation should not be age-restricted and therefore these centres can become a place [...]

  At its meeting on 19 June, the Assembly of Academicians of BAS elected Prof. Alessandro Maria Bruni from Italy Foreign Member of the Academy. Professor Alessandro Maria Bruni was born on 9 September 1978 in Rome. He works in the fields of Byzantine and Slavic palaeography, codicology, textual studies, historical linguistics and hymnography as well as in the field of Kartvelology. He has specialised with some of the most eminent medievalists, such as Prof. Enrica Follieri in Rome and Prof. Boris Fonkich in Moscow. Until 2024, he was a professor at the University of Ca Foscari in Venice, and then at the Oriental University of Naples, today the largest Italian centre for the study and research of foreign languages and cultures. He has lectured [...]

The short-term forecast in the Annual Report of ERI at BAS is for GDP to grow at a rate of around 2.5-3.5% per year, driven mainly by European investment and domestic consumption. Inflation in Bulgaria in the past 2024 slowed down to 2.2% which brought our country closer to meeting the Maastricht criteria for euro area membership. This is stated in the regular Annual Report "Economic Development and Policies in Bulgaria: Evaluations and Prospects" of the Economic Research Institute (ERI) at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The report examines the state and development of the global and national economy in 2024 and presents projections for economic development over the medium term to 2027. According to it, inflation continues to be [...]

Acad. Vassil Nikolov, the Director of the National Archaeological Institute with Museum of BAS Assoc. Prof. Hristo Popov, and Prof. Necmi Karul from Istanbul University received "Guardian of Heritage" awards during the "Diplomacy of Wonders" event, which took place on June 16 (at the Ramada Hotel). It was hosted by the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey and the Cultural Heritage Society. The event was opened by Mrs. Slavka Bozukova, President of the Cultural Heritage Society and H.E. Mehmet Sait Uyanık, Ambassador of Turkey to Bulgaria. Acad. Nikolov was honored for his work on the prehistoric complex Provadia-Solnitsa, considered the oldest salt mining center in Europe, and Assoc. Prof. Popov for Ada Tepe near Krumovgrad considered the oldest European open-pit mine. Necmi Karul is the [...]

  A delegation from Shanghai Jiao Tong University visited the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences on June 5. The university is among the most prestigious higher education institutions in China as well as among the top 100 universities in the world, specializing in the teaching and development of engineering and STEM. The Vice-President of BAS Prof. Emmanuel Moutafov presented the main directions of the Academy's activities and the current mechanisms for the implementation of bilateral cooperation. The successful projects and initiatives between scientists from both countries were discussed by Prof. Denitsa Borisova and Prof. Ventzeslav Dimitrov from the Space Research and Technology Institute and Prof. Petar Nojarov from the Climate, Atmosphere and Water Research Institute. Chairman of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Council Prof. Yang Zhenbin [...]

Academician Ivan Ilchev, Head of the “Heritage BG” Centre of Excellence, was on a working visit to China from 18 to 30 May at the invitation of Capital Normal University in Beijing and Beijing Foreign Studies University. Acad. Ilchev delivered a series of five lectures on the history of the Balkan peoples for students and PhD students and discussed the possibilities of deepening cooperation with the Center for the Study of Civilizations at Capital Normal University. During the visit, it was agreed to hold a summer school for PhD students and postdocs Homo Balkanicus in the autumn of 2025 at the base of the University of Sofia in the village of Slaveyno.  By the end of June, the status of a joint institute for cultural [...]