The Honorary sign of the President of BAS was presented to the French Ambassador H. E. Éric Lebédel at an official ceremony at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The distinction was given for his significant contribution to the development of the Bulgarian-French relations in the field of science and culture and his active support for the role of BAS in this process. […]
Eighty young scientists exchanged scientific ideas during an interdisciplinary doctoral forum dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The Scientific Secretary-General of BAS and director of the PhD Training Center – BAS, Prof. Evdokia Pasheva, opened the event. “The purpose of the meeting is to present your scientific results in a comprehensible way to a wider audience, to find like-minded people and to establish closer contacts in all divisions for possible future cooperation,” Prof. Pasheva noted. “I hope you will continue to pursue science in the future,” she said. […]
President Rumen Radev awarded the “Prof. Marko Semov” prize on the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences for its bright presence in the spiritual life of the nation and on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the Academy. The ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the birth of the great Bulgarian writer, publicist and national psychologist Prof. Marko Semov took place on July 10 at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. […]
The President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member of BAS, accompanied by Professor Evdokia Pasheva, Scientific Secretary-General of the Academy and Professor Sevdalina Dimitrova, Scientific Secretary of division “Energy Resources and Energy Efficiency”, visited the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna in the period 2-4 June 2019. The visit was in the framework of the 12th International Meeting "JINR Expertise for Member States and Partner Countries" (JEMS-12). As part of the JEMS-12 program, the Bulgarian delegation acquainted itself with the scientific infrastructure of the Institute and met with leading scientists from various laboratories. Besides the planned meetings in the JEMS-12 program, the Bulgarian delegation also met with the leaders of the Laboratory of Information Technologies and the Laboratory [...]
Early Neolithic grave, about 7 600 years old, was discovered by a team of archaeologists led by corr.-member Vassil Nikolov, Vice-President of BAS, in Slatina settlement. The find is extremely rare. The forthcoming studies will provide information on the physical characteristics of the people who gave birth to the first European civilization in today's Bulgarian lands. According to corr.-member Nikolov, the scientists have enough data on the way of life of the people in the settlement of Slatina but it has not yet been established what the funeral practices were. It is well known that the settlement lasted for about 500 years: from the end of the seventh millennium BC, when the first settlers arrived, until around the middle of the sixth millennium BC. The [...]
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 [...]