Prof. Dr. Massimo de Leonardis received the Honorary sign “Marin Drinov” of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences at a ceremony held in the Academy on 21 May 2019. Prof. Julian Revalski, Full member of BAS and President of the Academy awarded Professor de Leonardis for his outstanding contribution in the field of historical science and the dissemination of the Bulgarian diplomatic and military history around the world. Professor Massimo de Leonardis is one of the most prominent European scientists in the humanities, an undeniable authority on the issues of diplomacy, war and peace. He is a Professor of History of International Relations and Institutions and of International Politics at Milan Catholic University. He is also President of the International Commission on Military History at UNESCO [...]

Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member of BAS and Prof. Evdokia Pasheva, General Scientific Secretary, were on a working visit to the United States from April 21 to April 25, 2019. During the visit, they participated in a number of meetings at NSF (the National Science Foundation) in Washington, as well as at Harvard University. The US National Science Foundation is an independent federal agency founded by the US Congress in 1950 to fund fundamental research. Its budget for 2019 is 8,1 billion USD. The purpose of the visit was to discuss concrete opportunities for the financing of bilateral scientific Bulgarian-American projects in priority areas and the steps to be taken by both parties to achieve this goal. A number of meetings were held with managers [...]