On 17 September, Prof. Nikolai Spassov from the National Museum of Natural History gave a lecture at BAS entitled “The first bipedal hominids originated in the Balkans, not in Africa”. The lecture took place as part of the academic seminar “Current Issues in Science”. Prof. Spassov is a zoologist, palaeontologist and palaeoanthropologist. He is the author of more than 280 scientific publications, many of which have appeared in leading international journals. His main contributions are in the fields of mammalian systematics and evolution, palaeozoogeography and early human evolution. During his lecture, Prof. Spassov examined one of the key issues in the field of palaeoanthropology which has long been the subject of serious debate: the time and place of the origin of the first bipedal [...]

A specialised seminar as part of the “Security and Defence” National Science Programme was organised on 16 September by the Center for National Security and Defense Research (CNSDR-BAS) and the Joint Innovation Centre of BAS. The main theme of the forum centred on opportunities for collaboration and cooperation in the fields of defence and high technology, and it attracted considerable interest amongst representatives of Bulgarian scientific organisations, universities, defence industry firms and innovative companies. The seminar was opened by Mr. Kamen Iliev, Director of CNSDR-BAS, who highlighted the importance of the event for deepening cooperation between the institutes of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and international high-tech companies with a view to the transfer of knowledge and technology in the fields of defence, national security [...]

Academician Bogdan Petrunov is one of the most distinguished and leading scientists in the field of allergology and immunology – a highly erudite scholar with a wealth of general and medical knowledge who has safeguarded the health of thousands of people and gained widespread national and international renown. Throughout his remarkable professional career, Acad. Petrunov has established himself as the founder of modern Bulgarian allergology. As the long-standing director of the National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) and an active member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, he has devoted decades to the development of Bulgarian science, to the creation of unique Bulgarian allergens for diagnosis and treatment, and to the training of generations of leading medical specialists. His immense scientific contribution has [...]

The President of BAS, Corresponding Member Evelina Slavcheva, received Bulgaria’s Ambassador to Croatia, H.E. Iva Kruleva, at the Academy today. The meeting was attended by Prof. Emmanuel Moutafov, DSc, Vice-President of BAS, and Prof. Neli Koseva, PhD, Scientific Secretary-General of BAS. The main topic of discussion was scientific cooperation between the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU) and the opportunities for strengthening this cooperation. Ambassador Kruleva and Corr. Memb. Slavcheva agreed that the re-signing of the bilateral agreement between BAS and HAZU would help to consolidate this cooperation. A suitable occasion for this will arise in 2027 which marks the 30th anniversary of the beginning of scientific cooperation between the two academies. Cultural exchange initiatives were also discussed, [...]