At a special ceremony held on April 23, 2025 at the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Bulgarian National Science Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science awarded diplomas for the most successful projects reported in 2024. Of the 22 awarded projects, 13 are by scientists from BAS. Two projects were awarded for each of the scientific fields, and their leaders were honoured with diplomas. For a project within international cooperation - contracts for national co-funding of COST Actions and bilateral agreements, a diploma was awarded to Prof. DSc. Margarita Popova from the Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry - BAS. A diploma for an excellent project in the field of bilateral cooperation was also awarded to [...]

The President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva met today at BAS with the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany H. E. Irene Maria Plank. During the meeting, the relations between the two countries in the field of science were discussed as well as the long-standing successful cooperation with the German scientific research community. Opportunities for expanding the partnership with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and for organizing joint events aimed at promoting scientific contacts between young Bulgarian and German scientists were discussed. H.E. Irene Maria Plank expressed her interest and willingness to visit BAS units in different scientific fields.

Intermediate stage of the implementation of the research project "Adaptation of the labour market in the conditions of euro area membership: socio-economic dynamics, technological modernisation, demographic changes and educational restructuring" were reported at the Economic Research Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. It is funded by the Bulgarian National Science Fund at the Ministry of Education and Science and is implemented jointly by ERI at BAS, the lead organization SU "St. Kliment Ohridski" and the University of Reading in the UK. Six project papers were presented at the round table. The issues discussed were related to the labour supply in Bulgaria for the period 2003-2024, the expected effects of our accession to the euro area, shadow work, employment in the green transition, labour productivity [...]

  On 03.04.2025, Dr. Totka Grigorova from the Cyrillo-Methodian Research Center at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences gave a lecture on "The Images of Cyril and Methodius - Memory Through the Centuries" to students and lecturers at the University of Messina (Italy). The seminar was organized by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Marco Scarpa from the Department of Ancient and Modern Civilizations of the University of Messina.  The lecture was supported by the ERASMUS+ programme. Link to the event page on the University of Messina website: https://lingue-letterature-straniere-tecniche-mediazione.cdl.unime.it/it/avvisi/seminario-di-filologia-slava-cura-della-dottssa-totka-grigorova-accademia-delle-scienze?fbclid=IwY2xjawJgaw5leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHipp0QsELMOPME4cSm8o2zW1JZLy7aLCVW-OvnrgkKaa0-y6g5KUUAdQzm84_aem_TCZpf1-L_3-VlvSFgqqJIw    

On March 26, 2025, at the Bulgarian Defence Institute "Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov", a working meeting was held on the topic: Space for Security and Defence between representatives of Bulgarian science and state administration and the European Space Agency - Major General Pascal Legai - Senior Security Adviser to ESA DG Director General’s Services and Dr. Christopher Topping - Head of the ESA Civil Security from Space (CSS) programme. The event was jointly organized by the Bulgarian Defence Institute, the Armaments Policy Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Center for National Security and Defence Research (CNSDR) at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The meeting was officially opened with a welcome address on behalf of the Ministry of Defence of [...]