The “Prof. Marin Drinov" prize for young scientists and "Ivan Evstratiev Geshov" for youngest scientists of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences were awarded during the solemn assembly on the occasion of May 24 which was held at the Academy. Seventeen young scientists were awarded for their achievements. The President of BAS Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva presented the awards. I am happy to be at BAS because it is the institution that embodies the spirit of knowledge and culture, an institution not only with traditions but also on which we rely to live in a better future, Minister of Education and Science Krasimir Valchev said in his address on the occasion. The Bulgarian Patriarch and Metropolitan of Sofia Daniil was an official guest at the ceremony [...]

The sixth Interdisciplinary Doctoral Forum was officially opened on 13 May 2025 at the Grand Hotel Velingrad. The event is organized by the PhD Training Center - BAS and the Career Center at TC-BAS and will last until 16 May 2025. Ninety PhD students from BAS, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” and Medical University – Sofia are presenting their scientific developments. The forum was officially opened by Corr. Memb. Evdokia Pasheva, Director of the Training Center - BAS and Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva, President of BAS. They wished the PhD students fruitful and successful work. Corr. Memb. Evdokia Pasheva congratulated the participants in the event and shared her joy in seeing new faces which means that the PhD students from the previous forums had already [...]

  The participation of scientists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in the Horizon Europe Framework Programme has been discussed at a meeting at the Academy by the President of BAS Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva and the Commissioner for Start-ups, Research and Innovation Ekaterina Zaharieva. The meeting, which took place today, was attended by BAS Scientific Secretary-General Prof. Neli Koseva and the Head of the European Commission Representation in Bulgaria Yordanka Chobanova. Bulgaria has made progress in the field of hydrogen technology, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva said during the conversation. The President of BAS presented her idea to initiate an international regional project for the introduction of hydrogen fuel in heavy transport and told about the first hydrogen charging station for Bulgaria and the region [...]

Scientists from three institutes of BAS participated in an initiative to reforest the campus of Scientific Complex 1. Several species of saplings were planted at the idea of young scientists from the Institute for Population and Human Studies, among which ginkgo biloba, common sycamore and red oak predominated. The event coincided with the celebration of "Forest Week" (7 - 14 April 2025) which this year is under the theme "A Century of Eternity in Creation, Conservation and Care". Scientists from the Forest Research Institute and the Space Research and Technology Institute also participated in the planting. "Such events help to bring the teams from the various institutes on these campuses together," BAS President Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva said, adding that the idea could be expanded [...]