The Beijing publishing house World Affairs Press publishes the monograph “The Rose of the Balkans. History of Bulgaria” by Academician Ivan Ilchev

The book is published on the eve of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Bulgaria and the People's Republic of China. The book has been translated at the request of the Beijing Foreign Studies University which trains Bulgarian-speaking specialists for China. Especially in this edition, Acad. Ilchev added materials on the history of the development of Bulgarian-Chinese diplomatic, political and economic relations. More than 60 years have passed since the last Chinese translation of the history of Bulgaria, which was written in the not-so-distant 1963 and was the work of academicians D. Kossev, Ch. Christow and D. Angelov. With the monograph, Ivan Ilchev continues his attempts to present Bulgarian history to foreign readers but not with direct translations, as is usually [...]

2024-10-03T16:10:19+03:00Thursday, 3 October 2024|Categories: General news|

Honorary medal of the President of BAS for the Director General of BTA Kiril Valchev

Professor Julian Revalski, Member of the Academy, presented today the Honorary Medal of the President of BAS to the Director General of BTA Kiril Valchev. The award is given for high professionalism, journalistic ethics and long-standing contribution to the coverage of the Academy's achievements in the international and national media space. The cooperation between the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Bulgarian News Agency deepened after Mr. Valchev took over as Director General, said Prof. Revalski at the ceremony. He thanked the journalists of the media for their efforts to promote the activities of scientists not only in the country but also abroad. The quality of scientific production is very high and it is necessary for this to be heard around the world because the [...]

2024-12-16T14:19:20+02:00Monday, 30 September 2024|Categories: General news|

Memorial prayer for the founders of the Bulgarian Learned Society (BLS)

A memorial prayer for the founders of the Bulgarian Learned Society (BLS), the donors of the Ascension of Christ Church, the clergy and Hristo Botev was celebrated in Braila, Romania, during the second day of the official visit of the delegation of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences led by the President, Prof. Julian Revalski, Member of BAS. The prayer (said in Romanian and Bulgarian) was led by His Eminence Archbishop Cassian of the Lower Danube, in communion with Archpriest Kiril Sinev (representative of the Bulgarian Patriarchate in Bucharest, Romania). "The Bulgarian Learned Society, which later became the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), is undoubtedly the most significant contribution to the Bulgarian National Revival in the field of the spiritual sphere," said the President of BAS, [...]

2024-09-25T09:55:49+03:00Friday, 20 September 2024|Categories: General news|

New Agreement on Scientific Cooperation between the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Romanian Academy

A new Agreement on Scientific Cooperation between the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) and the Romanian Academy (RA) was signed on 17 September in Bucharest by the Presidents of the two Academies, Prof. Julian Revalski, Member of BAS, and Acad. Ioan-Aurel Pop. With this act the two-day official visit of a delegation from BAS dedicated to the 155th anniversary of the establishment of the Bulgarian Learned Society (today BAS), started. The document, signed at the Club of Academicians of the Romanian Academy, provides for the continuation of cooperation in various fields of scientific and academic research such as history, chemistry, medicine, nuclear physics, ethnography and folklore, linguistics. The first agreements on scientific cooperation between BAS and RA were signed in the 1950s and 1960s. They [...]

HAPPY 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF ACADEMICIAN VASSIL KAZANDJIEV!

Acad. VASSIL KAZANDJIEV is among the brightest names that have established themselves as contemporary classics in Bulgarian music. He graduated from the Music Academy in Sofia (1957), studied composition in the class of Prof. Pancho Vladigerov and conducting under Prof. Vladi Simeonov. In 1957, while still a student at the Academy, he won the laureate title for his Symphonietta for large orchestra at the Sixth International Youth Festival in Moscow, Dmitri Shostakovich was the chairman of the jury. He began his career as a conductor at the Sofia Opera (1957-1964). In 1962, he headed the Sofia Soloists chamber orchestra and worked as its chief conductor until 1978. Under the leadership of Vassil Kazandjiev, the ensemble established itself as one of the leading orchestras in Bulgaria [...]

2024-09-11T11:54:34+03:00Tuesday, 10 September 2024|Categories: General news|

International School of Condensed Matter Physics

From 26 to 30 August 2024, the 23rd International School on Condensed Matter Physics (ISCMP'23) was held at the Frederic Joliot-Curie International House of Scientists. With the scientific forum entitled "Modern Advances in New Materials and their Applications", the Institute of Solid State Physics celebrated the 155th anniversary of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Traditionally, at the Multidisciplinary Forum, distinguished scientists from all over the world and young specialists exchange experiences and ideas on problems in the fields of solid state physics, laser technologies, functional materials, soft matter, etc. This year's topics discussed were relevant to both the scientific community and society, such as new materials and processing, green technologies and clean energy, biomaterials and sensing. Participants at ISCMP'23 had the opportunity to hear presentations [...]

2024-09-03T12:43:59+03:00Monday, 2 September 2024|Categories: General news|
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