A nationwide commemorative gathering marking the 150th anniversary of the outbreak of the April Uprising was held today at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences under the patronage of President Iliana Iotova. The event served as the culmination of the anniversary celebrations and was broadcast live on Bulgarian National Television. BAS created a National Calendar of Events for the 150th anniversary of the April Uprising, which brought together all initiatives across the country. “Dozens of institutes and universities, schools, community centers, and museums, municipalities, and civic organizations throughout the country are keeping the flame of national memory alive. Thousands of people are actively passing on to future generations the memory of the ideals and heroism of the Bulgarian people.”  With these words, Corresponding Member Atanas Semov [...]

The strengthening of scientific cooperation between Bulgaria and Algeria was discussed today at a meeting at the Academy between the President of BAS, Corresponding Member Evelina Slavcheva, and the Algerian Ambassador to Bulgaria, H.E. Ms. Asma Babouche. During the conversation, Corr. Memb. Slavcheva presented the history and structure of BAS. H.E. Ms. Babouche briefed the President of BAS on the activities of the Algerian Academy of Science and Technology. They discussed opportunities for signing a memorandum of cooperation between the two academies, the exchange of scientists, as well as joint cultural initiatives.

Last week, 41 scholars from eight countries: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Canada, Poland, Romania, North Macedonia, and Serbia participated in the “Old Art” module of the“Art Readings 2026”  international scientific symposium. The conference began with a presentation on the capabilities of the latest technologies and their application in archaeology, art history, and the reconstruction of destroyed monuments. Most of the presentations focused on the cultural heritage of the Balkans, but some also focused on the art of Western Europe and the Far East. During the academic sessions, unpublished works from Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Ottoman period, and the National Revival were presented and discussed for the first time. Conceptual questions regarding time and space (chronos, keros, eon, chronotope, hierotope, dichrony, ditopia, etc.) were interpreted in [...]