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 During the academic sessions, unpublished works from Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Ottoman period, and the National Revival were presented and discussed for the first time.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 [...]

A musical evening dedicated to the richness and diversity of classical music from the countries of the Danube region took place on April 21 in the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall. The concert by the mozARTE Salzburg Trio was organized by BAS and the Austrian Cultural Forum Sofia to mark Bulgaria’s presidency of the European Union Strategy for the Danube Region and in the spirit of Earth Day. The event was opened by the President of BAS, Corresponding Member Evelina Slavcheva, and Austrian Ambassador, H.E. Ms. Andrea Ikić-Böhm. Corr. Memb. Slavcheva noted that this was the second joint initiative following the highly successful “Scientist for a Day” event which inspired and encouraged young people to engage in science. “Today’s event also fits into the broader context [...]

On April 7, Corresponding Member Vladimir Chukov delivered a lecture titled “Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy (2.0) Toward Iran and Syria” as part of the academic seminar “Current Issues in Science.” Prof. Chukov emphasized the deep historical roots of Islamic movements and their contemporary transformation, as well as the role of the Kurdish factor in the Middle East - a topic of direct relevance to current international stability and security. During the lecture, both of Corr. Memb. Chukov’s monographs, “Assassins versus the Muslim Brotherhood” and “The Kurds in Rojava: North and Northeast Syria” were showcased. Their presentation sparked a lively discussion involving both representatives of the academic community and practitioners in the field of national security. The “Current Issues in Science” academic seminar has reaffirmed the [...]

Writer Georgi Gospodinov, a corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO) in Paris. Corresponding Member Gospodinov was honored for his contribution to European and world literature. The ceremony took place at the INALCO building in Paris on March 30. “Telling stories, writing books, and translating books is part of saving the world. Because it saves the human in us. And from there, it saves life itself,” said Georgi Gospodinov in his speech at the ceremony. At the ceremonial presentation of the Bulgarian writer, Marie Vrinat-Nikolov, a longtime translator and professor of Bulgarian language and literature at INALCO, described Gospodinov’s contribution to world literature and the deeply human ideas [...]