The winner of the Pythagoras Grand Prize for lifetime contribution to science is Prof. Radostina Stoyanova from the Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of BAS. The official ceremony for the highest awards for science of the Ministry of Education and Science took place on 14 October and was opened by the Minister of Education and Science Krasimir Valchev. It was held for the 17th consecutive year, with 52 scientists applying for the eight categories. Minister Valchev presented the award to Prof. Radostina Stoyanova who had laid the foundation for the development of a new scientific field in the country - the chemistry of materials for clean and affordable energy storage. Her publications have been cited over 5 000 times and have a Hirsch [...]

The eminent Italian palaeoslavist and Bulgarian scholar Prof. Alessandro Maria Bruni was honored by the President of BAS, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva, with a diploma of foreign member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The ceremony took place today in the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of the Academy.  It is a great honour for me and I accept my election not only as the highest appreciation for my scientific contribution, but also as an incentive to continue my research together with Bulgarian colleagues so that there will be even greater development of this very important discipline - Old Bulgarian Studies or Palaeoslavistics, Prof. Bruni said with gratitude. This support from the Academy is very important for the development of international cooperation, he stressed. The Assembly [...]

The Vice-President of BAS Corr. Memb. Evdokia Pasheva attended the ceremony of awarding the winners of the John Atanasoff Award for 2025. The presidential initiative was held for the twenty-third time, and this year the awards were given to young talents in the field of informatics and information technology. President Rumen Radev awarded deserving Bulgarian pupils - Olympic competitors in informatics and information technology, promising young visionaries who had developed projects with high public contribution as well as renowned teachers who had trained successful competitors and professionals in computer science. “The authority of our country in the field of computer science and informatics has been built for decades with the dedication of several generations of wonderful scientists, leaders and young people who have given shape [...]