Contrary to the prevailing public opinion that corruption is the number one problem, business in Bulgaria manages to overcome it. This was stated by Prof. Spartak Keremidchiev from the Economic Research Institute at BAS during the conference "Economic Development and Policies: Reality and Prospects. European Integration, Convergence and Cohesion" organized on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Institute. In his paper "Unanswered Questions on Business Corruption", the economist compares the results of 3 international studies on business corruption in the country in order to draw attention to the fact that policies to curb this parasitic phenomenon for the economy require correct information on its state and dynamics and that corruption in the private sector has so far escaped the attention of researchers, even [...]

On November 23-24, 2024, the eleventh scientific session of the High-School-Students’ Institute of BAS (HSSI-BAS) at the PhD Training Centre - BAS took place in the central building of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The event was opened by the Vice-President of BAS Corr. Memb. Evdokia Pasheva who noted how many young people had been touched by the magic of science. Regardless of who will be honored at this competition, all participants present are already winners, said Corr. Memb. Pasheva. The head of HSSI – BAS, Acad. Petar Kenderov, congratulated the participants and reminded them of the mission of the High-School-Students’ Institute - to encourage young people to explore, to present their developments and to establish links between Bulgarian education and science. The two-day forum [...]

On 25 November, the Assembly of Academicians at BAS elected Prof. Prof. Yuri Tschinkel from the USA foreign member of BAS. Yuri Tschinkel is a professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, USA. He is one of the leading contemporary mathematicians with outstanding contributions to the development of algebraic geometry, algebraic topology, and geometric aspects of mathematical physics. His main results have been published in over 130 papers in the most prestigious mathematical and physics journals and have been cited more than 1550 times. He is the editor of 19 mathematical books and 23 surveys. He was Editor-in-Chief of the Experimental Mathematics journal, and currently serves on the editorial boards of Springer's Progress in Mathematics book series as well as a number [...]