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 [...]

The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences presented a GOLDEN honorary plaquette to Krasimira Stoyanova, former interim Minister of Transport and Communications. The award was presented by the President of BAS, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva, for her significant contribution to the process of naming Sofia Airport after Vasil Levski. The ceremony which took place at the Academy today was attended by Prof. Julian Revalski, Member of BAS (President of the Academy - 2016-2024) and Corr. Memb. Atanas Semov. For many years, scientists and public figures have been trying to make this change which proved impossible without people like you. With these words, Prof. Revalski addressed Krasimira Stoyanova and recalled the important support of Tsveta Timeva – Secretary-General to President Rumen Radev. Krasimira Stoyanova thanked for the award [...]

"EVERY HISTORICAL VIEWPOINT IS NOT LAST, BUT NEXT" - Three historians organized an exciting celebration of historical science Far before the announced hour the Literary Club "Peroto" of the National Palace of Culture turned out to be narrow to accommodate the audience at yesterday's premiere of the scientific collection „Три погледа към Съединението от 1885 г.“ (Three Viewpoints on the Unification of 1885) (Knigomania, 2025, 312 pp.). The coquettish volume by the well-established professorial trio Milko Palangurski, Veselin Yanchev and Peter Stoyanovich, in the tradition of European scholarly debate, offered another occasion for reflection in scholarly circles without diminishing the wide readership. The review of Prof. Milko Palangurski of BAS skillfully outlined the limits of "Sanstephanism", went through the politics of the Great Powers towards [...]