Fifty years since the establishment of the Institute of Thracology were solemnly celebrated in "Prof. Marin Drinov" Hall of BAS. The Institute was transformed into the Centre of Thracology "Prof. Alexander Fol" at the Institute of Balkan Studies (IBSCT-BAS). The Director of IBSCT-BAS, Prof. Dr. Roumiana Preshlenova, opened the celebration and recalled that for 50 years more than 50 outstanding scholars have worked in the structure. In her words, the research of the great Bulgarian scientists Ivan Velkov, Hristo Danov, Gavril Katsarov, Georgi Mihailov and many others created the foundation on which Prof. Alexander Fol to set the beginning of the independent institutional development of this science at BAS. The Vice-President of BAS Corr.-Mem. Stefan Hadjitodorov congratulated the scientists and presented the Director of IBSCT, [...]

On 15 May 2022, in the building of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences was opened the International Jubilee Conference of the Institute for Bulgarian Language "Prof. Lyubomir Andreichin", dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Institute. Official guests were the Vice President of the Republic of Bulgaria Mrs. Iliana Iotova, His Excellency Mr. Maciej Szymański, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Bulgaria. Alsao present were Corr. Mem.  Evdokia Pasheva, Vice-President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elka Traykova, Scientific Secretary of Division “Cultural and Historical Heritage and National Identity”, Directors of Institutes of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Director of "Az-Buki” National Publishing House for Education and Science, representatives of the Local Office of DG “Translation” of [...]

Photo: President of the Republic of Bulgaria A national conference "European perspective for good neighbourly relations between the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia" in memory of the Bulgarian revolutionary Gotse Delchev was held on May 4, when we mark 119 years since his death. The forum was organized by the Institute for Historical Studies of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Macedonian Scientific Institute and was held under the patronage of Bulgarian President Rumen Radev. Participants in the conference were scholars from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Macedonian Scientific Institute, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", diplomats, journalists, representatives of Macedonian patriotic organisations in Canada and the USA, as well as representatives of the Bulgarian community in the [...]

The book of Prof. DSc Kamelia Nikolova “Directors in the European Theatre” was awarded the IKAR Prize for Critical Text. The nomination was made by the Guild of Repertory Theatre Directors, Dramatists and Critics of the Union of Bulgarian Artists, and the publication - by the Institute of Art Studies of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, “Homo Ludens” Foundation and “Literary House” Association. In her research, Prof. Nikolova examines the development of a director from his appearance in the 1870s to the present day. The historical conditions and aesthetic reasons for his formation are analysed, and then his manifestations and transformations in the main periods of modern European culture are chronologically traced. Each period is represented by its defining theatrical ideas, directorial names and their [...]

The customs related to the Martenitsa and spring in the different countries were presented by the Ambassadors of Romania and Moldova in Bulgaria. The event took place on 7 March, in cooperation with the National Ethnographic Museum. The meeting was also attended by a representative of the Republic of North Macedonia, and guests included representatives of various diplomatic missions in Bulgaria as well as representatives of the Bulgarian government. The meeting was hosted by the Romanian Embassy in Bulgaria. The participants called for peace and unity, just as the martenitsa unites four countries in the Balkans. […]