At the ceremony in London, the writer said in Bulgarian: "Happy holiday, happy miracle of language!" The novel "Time Shelter" by the writer and poet Georgi Gospodinov, who is a corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, won this year's Booker International Prize. The novel was translated into English by Angela Rodel. The prize is shared between Georgi Gospodinov and Angela Rodel, giving the author and the translator equal recognition. The winner was announced on 23 May at a ceremony at the Sky Garden in London. "Writers not only from my country but also from the Balkans often feel outside the sphere of English-speaking attention," said Gospodinov. "It is usually assumed that 'big themes' are reserved for 'big literatures' or literatures written in [...]

The Fourth Interdisciplinary Doctoral Students Forum with International Participation was held from 16 to 19 May 2023 at the Spartak Hotel in Sandanski. The event was organised by the Training Center (TC) of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Career Center of TC. The Forum was officially opened by Prof. Julian Revalski, President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Full Member of BAS and Prof. Dr. Evdokiya Pasheva, Vice President of BAS and Director of the Training Centre - BAS. For the first time, the traditional event of the Training Center - BAS brought together young scientists and lecturers from both home and abroad to exchange scientific ideas. In an atmosphere of scientific creativity over 90 PhD students from Bulgaria, France, Germany, Poland, [...]

The President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, Member of BAS, presented a diploma of foreign member of the Academy to Prof. Konstantinos Nihoritis. The ceremony took place on May 18 at the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of BAS. Prof. Nihoritis was elected in March as a foreign member by the Assembly of Academicians of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He is a distinguished Greek Old Bulgarian scholar and theologian with numerous publications on Bulgarian cultural history and its links with Mount Athos. He is the author of 12 books in Greek and Bulgarian, over 100 scientific articles and studies, said Acad. Dimitеr Dimitrov at the presentation of the newly elected foreign member of the Academy. I am honoured to be in the Bulgarian Academy of [...]

The Annual National Library Awards for 2022 were presented on 16 May at the Ancient Cultural and Communication Complex "Serdika". The event was held within the XVII National Library Week under the theme "Sustainable Libraries for a Sustainable Society". The awards are presented in four categories. In the Librarian of 2022 category, Dr. Silvia Naydenova, Director of the Central Library of BAS, was selected. The National Library Week is organized by the Bulgarian Library and Information Association (BLIA) with the aim of attracting the attention of the legislative, executive and local authorities, as well as the public to libraries and their potential. It is the position of the library community that access to information is a prerequisite for achieving all the Sustainable Development Goals. Worldwide, [...]