Representatives of international academies and partner organisations participate in the celebration of 155 years of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences which is marked today. Scientists from 15 world scientific organisations and from the European Academies Scientific Advisory Council (EASAC) are in Sofia for the celebration. They took part in a meeting with the Academy's leadership,which was held at BAS and delivered greetings on the occasion of the anniversary. International cooperation is one of the priorities for the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, said President Prof. Julian Revalski, Member of BAS. He greeted the guests and presented the history and activities of the Academy in various scientific fields. Currently, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences carries out 40 percent of the country's scientific production, the President said and [...]

The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences will celebrate 155 years since its establishment with a solemn assembly and concert at the Sofia Opera and Ballet. The celebration will take place on 12 October at 18:00 (entrance by invitation). Invited to attend the celebration are representatives of the Council of Ministers, the National Assembly, diplomatic corps, local authorities, academia, foreign academies, international partner organizations, etc. For the first time, the "BAS Grand Prize for Science" will be awarded. The competition for the prize is organized by the Assembly of Academicians and Corresponding Members of BAS (AACM). The "Grand Prize for Science" is awarded to a scientist from a Bulgarian scientific organization or HEI for outstanding achievements in science that have received high international recognition. The President of [...]

An exhibition dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the archaeological research of the oldest prehistoric salt mining and urban center in Europe, Provadia-Solnitsa, was officially opened on June 11 at the National Archaeological Institute and Museum of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NAIM-BAS). The exposition presents more than 530 artifacts discovered during the research of Provadia-Solnitsa. The exhibits date back to the Late Prehistory (6th and 5th millennium BC), and objects from the Late Hellenistic period and Antiquity are also represented. They testify to the large-scale development of the region's only early salt industry, the salt trade, the accumulation of wealth by communities in the area, the need to protect them behind massive stone walls, and the social hierarchy of a complex [...]