The finalists of the 2026 “Best Youth Startup in Bulgaria” competition, organized by the Fund of Funds, were recognized for their well-developed entrepreneurial ideas At an official event held on June 10, 2026, in Sofia, the awards were presented for the fifth edition of the “Best Youth Startup in Bulgaria” competition, organized by the Fund of Funds (FoF) and Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski,” under the patronage of the Minister of Innovation and Digital Transformation. The event brought together finalists, competition partners, the media, the academic and scientific community, and representatives of various institutions. The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, through the activities of the PhD Training Center of BAS, is among the academic partners in the “Best Youth Startup in Bulgaria 2026” competition for the [...]

The Center for National Security and Defence Research (CNSDR) at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences organized a booth of the Academy within the framework of the 17th International Defence Equipment and Services Exhibition "HEMUS 2026" which took place from June 3 to 6, 2026 at the International Fair – Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The booth presented the results achieved by the units of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences within the framework of the National Scientific Program "Security and Defense", the Academy's research capacity in areas of strategic importance, as well as successful practices for the transfer of aerospace technologies for security and defence. Meetings were held at the booth with representatives of the state administration, business and scientific communities from Bulgaria and abroad. Within the framework of [...]

The President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member Evelina Slavcheva, participated in the 2026 General Assembly of the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA) which took place on May 26–29 in Warsaw. This year, the General Assembly was hosted by the Polish Academy of Sciences. During the meeting, the Action Plan for the implementation of the ALLEA Strategy for 2025–2030 was presented which aims to  operationalize the organization’s strategic document as well as a report on deepening the partnership between ALLEA and the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC). ALLEA’s leadership provided an overview of the organization’s activities in 2025, including the Science Advice for Policy by European Academies (SAPEA) and the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) projects, funded [...]

  Corresponding Member Alexandre Kostov delivered a plenary presentation at an international forum organized by the Institute of Global and Area Studies at Capital Normal University in Beijing. The conference took place on May 23 and 24, 2026, in the Chinese capital with the participation of over 100 scholars from three continents. The main focus was on Southeast Europe - a region in which the aforementioned institute is the leading research center in the country. Alongside numerous Chinese participants, 23 scholars from the Balkan countries (Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Slovenia), Germany, and the United States also presented papers at the forum. In his introductory report, Corr. Memb. Alexandre Kostov presented the current state of Balkan studies and the prospects for their development. He was also [...]

  Academician Vasil Gyuzelev was awarded the Ministry of Culture’s highest honor, the “Golden Century” (Zlaten vek) award (a necklace and a certificate). Minister Evtim Miloshev presented the awards at a ceremony held on May 20 in the Ballroom of the National Gallery – “The Palace.” The Ministry of Culture’s “Golden Century” awards were announced in honor of the upcoming Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, of the Bulgarian alphabet, education and culture and of the Slavonic literature. A total of 40 artists and public figures from various fields of culture and the arts were honored. Acad. Vasil Gyuzelev is one of Bulgaria’s most prominent historians, medievalists, and Byzantinists whose research places the Bulgarian Middle Ages within the global context of European history. [...]