The importance of linguistic data for the development of language technologies and tools based on artificial intelligence is discussed by experts from Bulgarian technology companies, public administration and academia at a seminar held today at “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The European Language Data Space and the Institute for Bulgarian Language at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences are the organisers of the event in Bulgaria. “In the context of increasing globalization and depersonalization of national languages, I believe that the Bulgarian language, as one of the symbols of our national identity, will find its worthy place in the digital future of the European language data space,” Assoc. Prof. Mario Ivanov, who is the Scientific Secretary in the “Cultural and Historical [...]

The team of the “Prof. Lyubomir Andreychin” Institute for Bulgarian Language helped over 100 visitors of different ages to cope with various language "challenges" related to the use of the Bulgarian language during this year's Language Fair. The event, which traditionally marks the European Day of Languages in Bulgaria, took place on 27 September between 10:00 and 14:00 in the garden in front of “Ivan Vazov” National Theatre. The language tasks and games prepared for young and old by the team of “The written remains. Write correctly!” campaign were not intended to assess the knowledge of Bulgarian language, but to be an occasion for free dialogue between the scientists and the visitors of the Fair as well as an opportunity for people to ask their [...]

1160 years since the conversion of Bulgarians, 1170 years since the creation of the Glagolitic alphabet and 1140 years since the Dormition of St. Methodius The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is hosting a scientific forum on the occasion of the celebration of three significant anniversaries - 1160 years since the conversion of the Bulgarians, 1170 years since the creation of the Glagolitic alphabet and 1140 years since the Dormition of St. Methodius. The official opening took place today in the "Prof. Marin Drinov" Hall. The President of BAS, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva, welcomed the participants in the forum. "These three dates are a living testimony to the deep roots of Bulgarian identity, faith and language. They illuminate our national history  but also the entire Slavic [...]

The Vice-President of BAS Prof. Shtelian Shterionov welcoms the participants The International Scientific Conference "The Treaty of Craiova - Diplomacy instead of Violence. The Intertwinning Histories of the Balkans and Europe" was officially opened today in the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The two-day event is dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Craiova on 7 September 1940 and the return of Southern Dobrudzha to Bulgaria. For the first time, the Treaty of Craiova has been the subject of an international conference in Sofia, with Bulgarian, Romanian and Italian scholars discussing the events that changed history. The aim of the scientific forum is to show a contemporary scientific view of the important events of the [...]

An archaeological exhibition on the life of the earliest settlement in the Sofia Valley, established by the first farmers and cattle breeders in Europe at the end of the 7th millennium BC and inhabited for more than 500 years, was officially opened on the eve of Sofia Day at the Regional History Museum in the capital. The exhibition includes dozens of artifacts, numerous photographs, graphic images and reenactments that show the lifestyle and spiritual world of the people who laid the foundations of the first European civilization. Еveryday objects, objects of cult and reconstructions related to the life of the community are among the highlights. The exhibition has been prepared on the idea of the archaeological team of Slatina - Sofia and is arranged on [...]