Selected – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

HYDROGEN ENERGY – the second in the series of training courses of IEES-BAS under the Green Skills for Hydrogen programme

A team of scientists from the “Acad. Evgeni Budevski” Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems at BAS (IEES-BAS) headed by the President of BAS Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva, DSc, started the second of a series of training courses under the Green Skills for Hydrogen project. The start of the training sessions was given on 24 March with a welcome address by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nedelina Kostadinova, Secretary General of Trakia University, Stara Zagora. On behalf of the hosts and especially on behalf of the Rector of the University, Prof. Dr. Dobri Yarkov, she congratulated the participants for their decision to join this key course on hydrogen energy and expressed her confidence that all present in the room were part or would be part of the [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-03-25T09:28:14+02:00Monday, 24 March 2025|Categories: Energy Resources and Energy Efficiency, Selected|

Presentation of the book “Slavic World. Freiburg Lectures 1923/1924”

Ivan Shishmanov's book of lectures "Slavic World. Freiburg Lectures 1923/1924" was presented on 19 March at the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of BAS. The compilers of the volume are Prof. Elizabeth Cheauré and Prof. Rumjana Koneva. The event was opened by the Vice-President of BAS Corr. Memb. Evdokia Pasheva. "Prof. Shishmanov communicated with the world's intellectual elite as an equal. He used his great international authority and accumulated experience in the cause that marked his creative and life path - to create bridges between the national and European cultural space", Corr. Memb. Pasheva said in her speech. Prof. Elisabeth Cheauré of the University of Freiburg has deciphered the notes and lecture notes of Shishmanov's lectures in German. In a speech in Bulgarian, she thanked the [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-03-21T09:27:21+02:00Thursday, 20 March 2025|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity, Selected|

The mathematician Prof. Yuri Tschinkel with a diploma of a foreign member of BAS

The diploma for foreign member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences was presented by the President of BAS, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva, to Prof. Yuri Tschinkel. The ceremony was held today in “Prof. Marin Drinov" Hall of the Academy. The Assembly of Academicians had elected Prof. Yuri Tschinkel from the USA as a foreign member of BAS in November 2024. On the occasion of the awarding of the diploma and in the framework of the academic seminar "Current Problems of Science", Prof. Yuri Tschinkel delivered a lecture on "Geometry of Numbers". Yuri Tschinkel is a professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, USA. He is one of the leading contemporary mathematicians with outstanding contributions to the development of algebraic geometry, algebraic topology, [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-03-12T09:57:52+02:00Monday, 10 March 2025|Categories: Selected|

The President honours scientists from BAS with highest state awards

President Rumen Radev has awarded three scientists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Academician Krassimir Atanassov, Acad. Ilsa Pajeva and Corr. Memb. Georgi Mihov. The ceremony, which took place in the Coat of Arms Hall of the Presidential Institution today, was also attended by the President of BAS, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva. "Bulgaria can develop as a modern and prosperous country only if we treat people of science and progress with respect and appreciation," the Head of State said. For outstanding merits in the field of artificial intelligence, informatics and mathematics, the mathematician Acad. Krassimir Atanassov has been awarded the "Stara Planina" Order first degree. He is among the most successful scientists of Bulgaria in the field of informatics and mathematics. He works at [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-02-28T12:40:52+02:00Thursday, 27 February 2025|Categories: General news, Selected|

The Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Acad. Asaf Hajiyev visits BAS

The role of the academies of sciences in improving the cooperation between the countries of the Black Sea region was discussed at a meeting today at BAS by the President of the Academy, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva and Acad. Asaf Hajiyev - Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC). The possibility for the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences to host a meeting of the academies to be held in 2026 in Bulgaria was the focus of the conversation. The meeting was attended by PABSEC Vice-President in charge of Financial Matters Petar Kanev and Prof. Julian Revalski, Member of BAS and President of the Academy (2016 - 2024) who had been elected PABSEC Special Representative to international organizations working in the [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-02-07T10:04:27+02:00Thursday, 6 February 2025|Categories: General news, Selected|

Shadow Economy Tolerance Index

The Institute of Philosophy and Sociology - BAS (IPS) has completed the implementation of a three-year research project "Shadow economy factor determination and approaches to limit it in Bulgarian society" (Contract KP-06-H35/9 of 18.12.2019), funded by the Bulgarian National Science Fund and implemented by a team under the scientific leadership of Prof. Emilia Chengelova. The project is a continuation of a decade-long tradition of scientists from IPS - BAS to study shady practices in the Bulgarian economy. What is new is the focus of the research lens on the empirical study of the "shadow economy" factor determination. As a result of the activities carried out, the team was able to get to the heart of the problem, to unravel the layers of multi-layered causal determinism [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-02-07T09:58:27+02:00Thursday, 6 February 2025|Categories: Man and Society, Selected|