Meeting of the President of BAS, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva with the Ambassador of Kazakhstan H.E. Viktor Temirbayev

The implementation of joint projects and initiatives between the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan were discussed at a meeting at the Academy by the President of BAS, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva and the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Bulgaria, H.E. Viktor Temirbayev. Among the topics of the discussion was research in the field of green energy. Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva briefed Ambassador Temirbayev on the activities of BAS related to the study of the potential of hydrogen technologies. The two sides agreed that the signing of the Memorandum of Cooperation between the two Academies, signed in 2023 in Astana, Kazakhstan, provides a framework for joint activities and underlined their readiness to strengthen cooperation [...]

2025-02-13T09:37:34+02:00Wednesday, 12 February 2025|Categories: General news|

New Scientific Secretaries of BAS

  Scientific secretaries in seven of the nine research areas of BAS were elected by the General Assembly of the Academy at a meeting held on 10 February. According to the Statutes of BAS, the Scientific Secretaries have a term of four years and are part of the leadership team of the President of the Academy. In the Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies division, Prof. Ivan Georgiev from the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies will serve a second term as the Scientific Secretary. Prof. Liliya Angelova from the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy has been elected in the "Energy Resources and Energy Efficiency" division, and Prof. Margarita Popova from the Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry will be a [...]

2025-02-12T09:42:01+02:00Monday, 10 February 2025|Categories: General news|

Meeting of Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva with H.E. Huseyn Huseynov

  The cooperation between BAS and the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) in the field of cultural and historical heritage was discussed at a meeting at BAS by the President Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva and the Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan H.E. Huseyn Huseynov. Among the topics of discussion was the role of the institutes of the two academies of sciences in promoting the culture and history of Bulgaria and Azerbaijan. H.E. Huseynov said that 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the establishment of ANAS. The Academy has been a long-standing partner of BAS with successfully implemented joint projects and a number of joint scientific publications, and a new agreement on scientific cooperation in areas of common interest was signed on 4 July [...]

2025-02-06T14:43:27+02:00Thursday, 6 February 2025|Categories: General news|

The Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Acad. Asaf Hajiyev visits BAS

The role of the academies of sciences in improving the cooperation between the countries of the Black Sea region was discussed at a meeting today at BAS by the President of the Academy, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva and Acad. Asaf Hajiyev - Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC). The possibility for the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences to host a meeting of the academies to be held in 2026 in Bulgaria was the focus of the conversation. The meeting was attended by PABSEC Vice-President in charge of Financial Matters Petar Kanev and Prof. Julian Revalski, Member of BAS and President of the Academy (2016 - 2024) who had been elected PABSEC Special Representative to international organizations working in the [...]

2025-02-07T10:04:27+02:00Thursday, 6 February 2025|Categories: General news, Selected|

The President of BAS meets with the Ambassador of France H.E. Joël Meyer

The President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva met with the Ambassador of France in Bulgaria H.E. Joël Meyer. The meeting was held at the Academy and was dedicated to the long-standing successful cooperation between BAS and French scientific institutions. The main focus of the talks was the preparation of a joint event to mark the 60th anniversary of the first agreement between BAS and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). The upcoming event is expected to renew the bilateral agreement between the two institutions which will provide new opportunities for scientific cooperation. Ambassador Joël Meyer stressed the importance of science as a key pillar in the bilateral relations between Bulgaria and France. He paid special attention to nuclear [...]

2025-02-07T10:03:04+02:00Thursday, 6 February 2025|Categories: General news|

A young scientist of BAS receives the Eureka Prize

The Eureka Awards were presented for the thirty-fifth time. They are awarded to young people for their significant achievements in science, for inventions of great social significance, for achievements in the management of business organisations, and for top results in the development of agricultural activities. The event was held on 30 January at the National Palace of Culture. The winner of the 2024 Eureka Prize for achievements in science is Dr. Maria Argirova - Senior Assistant Professor at the Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry of BAS. She was awarded the prize for the defense of her dissertation on "Synthesis of 1H-benzimidazol-2-yl hydrazones and investigation of their anthelmintic, antineoplastic and radical-scavenging activity". The main contribution of her thesis is the synthesis of a [...]

2025-01-31T14:35:33+02:00Friday, 31 January 2025|Categories: General news|
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