On February 13, Minister of Energy Zhecho Stankov and Executive Director of Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) Valentin Nikolov visited the Geological Institute of BAS. The meeting was also attended by BAS Vice President Prof. Shtelian Shterionov. During the visit, they discussed Bulgaria's potential for exploring and extracting critical and strategic raw materials as well as energy resources, including through research under the current National Science Program “Critical and Strategic Raw Materials for Green Transition and Sustainable Development.” The main focus of the talks was the detailed study of critical raw materials in the Maritsa East coal basin which is being carried out under a recently concluded tripartite agreement between BEH, Maritsa East Mines EAD, and the Geological Institute of BAS. A key moment of the [...]

The President of BAS, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva, attended the opening of the “Bulgarian Archaeology 2025” exhibition organized by the National Archaeological Institute with Museum of BAS (NAIM-BAS). The exhibition showcases the most significant discoveries made by Bulgarian archaeologists over the past year and is traditionally held on the eve of Archaeologist's Day which is celebrated on February 14. NAIM Director Prof. Hristo Popov opened the exhibition and presented the exhibits that had been discovered and restored over the past two to three months. He recalled that Archaeologist's Day was first celebrated 55 years ago. “Archaeology is both a science and a craft. I have enormous respect for the people who practice this craft and who develop this wonderful science. I wish everyone to maintain [...]

Assoc. Prof. Vasiliy Chitanov took office as Director of the Central Laboratory of Applied Physics – Plovdiv (CLAP) on January 22 this year. He was elected by the Governing Council of BAS in a competition for director for the period 2026–2030. His research activity is mainly related to the development of technologies and the characterization of the physical and mechanical properties of multicomponent, multilayer, and nanostructured hard coatings obtained by the closed-field unbalanced magnetron sputtering technique. In his development program for the CLAP, Assoc. Prof. Chitanov will strive to develop the Laboratory in the field of nanotechnologies and nanostructured materials for surface modification, high-efficiency energy elements and emitters, and innovative optical sensors, as well as researching new areas of application for the unit's topics, focused [...]

    Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ivelin Vladov takes office today as director of the Institute of Experimental Morphology, Pathology and Anthropology with Museum (IEMPAM) of BAS. He was elected by the BAS Governing Council in a competition for director for the period 2026–2030. The scientific activity of Assoc. Prof. Vladov and the institute he heads is focused on two main areas: Biomedicine and quality of life, and Anthropological characteristics and national identity, including clarification of the pathogenesis and development of modern diagnostic and therapeutic methods for socially significant diseases, combined with research into the impact of environmental factors and biologically active substances on health, as well as comprehensive anthropological studies of the Bulgarian population from ancient times to the present day for the needs of [...]

The annual Evrika Awards for achievements in science and for the best young manager, inventor, and farmer were presented at a ceremony held on January 28. The Vice-President of BAS Prof. Shtelian Shterionov participated in the award ceremony and presented the awards to three of the winners. The Evrika Award for achievements in science went to Dr. Monika Mutovska from Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. The award for young inventor was presented to Dr. Daniel Denev from Shumen University “Bishop Konstantin of Preslav”. Doctoral student Elena Blagoeva from the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies of BAS was awarded an honorary diploma for her excellent performance in the Young Inventor competition. She is co-author of a protected patent for the “Device for dosing the food [...]