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 [...]

On 30.05.2025 in Sofia the "CLEAN METALS - FOR A STRONG AND INDEPENDENT EUROPE" conference organized by the BULGARIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE METALLURGICAL INDUSTRY was held. Prof. Margarita Popova, Scientific Secretary of BAS, introduced the participants in the conference with the research and projects that the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences was working on for the implementation of decarbonization and green transition. Assoc. Prof. Svetoslav Georgiev, Director of the Geological Institute, presented the "Critical and Strategic Raw Materials for Green Transition and Sustainable Development" National Scientific Programme funded by the Ministry of Education and Science and coordinated by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The conference was attended by Axel Eggert, Director General of EUROFER, Roman Stiftner, Member of the Board of EUROMETAUX, Managing Director of the [...]

The President of BAS Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva is participating in the Astana International Forum which is held on 29 and 30 May in the capital of Kazakhstan. The aim of the event is to bring together leaders in the field of politics, business and science to seek solutions to current societal problems through dialogue and cooperation. Foreign Policy and International Security; Energy and Climate Change; and Economics and Finance are the three main themes of the forum. During her visit to Astana, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva has met with Prof. Akylbek Kurishbayev, President of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan. During the meeting, the possibilities for implementation of joint initiatives and cooperation between scientists from Bulgaria and Kazakhstan have been [...]

Four hundred and thirty are the patents and utility models of the scientific units of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in the last five years. These data were presented by the Vice-President of BAS Prof. Shtelian Shterionov at a conference on innovative education and professions of the future, organized by the Higher School of Telecommunications and Posts on May 29. During the forum, he made a presentation on "Bridge between science, innovations and modern education" and presented some of the successful innovations of the BAS institutes implemented in practice. "BAS participates in the largest European and global platform for international cooperation and technology transfer Enterprise Europe Network in searching and finding project and business partners - over 600 partners from around the world," Prof. Shterionov [...]