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 [...]

  The President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva met with the Ambassador of the Republic of Romania to Bulgaria H.E. Brândușa Predescu. The meeting took place at the Academy and discussed the cooperation between the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Romanian Academy, as well as the possibility of holding joint conferences, round tables and exhibitions. Н.E. Brândușa Predescu and Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva also discussed cooperation beyond the bilateral agreement between the two academies. As it is known, during the celebrations of the 155th anniversary of BAS in the Romanian Academy last September, the Agreement on Scientific Cooperation between the two academies was re-signed. The new agreement provides a framework for scientific cooperation in the form of joint research [...]

Scientists from the Institute for Bulgarian Language and the Institute for Historical Studies of BAS presented at a press conference today their opinions on the speculations that challenged the Bulgarian national identity of the Bulgarians in Serbia. Prof. Ana Kocheva from the Institute for Bulgarian Language said that once again the idea of the existence of a separate "Shopi nation", speaking the "Shopski language", inhabiting both sides of the Bulgarian-Serbian border, as well as both sides of the current Serbian-North Macedonian border, was being circulated. She added that the Bulgarian dialect and literary language extended beyond the state borders as Bulgarian territories at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century remained outside the country's borders. At the Institute for Historical [...]

The funding of the Academy's activities and research was discussed at a meeting at BAS by the President Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva, the Minister of Education and Science Krasimir Valchev and Deputy Minister Acad. Nikolay Vitanov. The participation of scientists from the Academy in national scientific programs and as lecturers in Bulgarian universities were also among the topics of the discussion. The President of BAS briefed the Minister on the priorities in her programme for managing the Academy. The meeting was held immediately after a meeting of the General Assembly of BAS to elect three Vice-Presidents and a Scientific Secretary-General.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from 14 to 16 January, hosted the fourth edition of the Future Minerals Forum - one of the most important conferences for the mining industry, setting global priorities and trends not only in the mining and processing industry but also in the world economy. At the center of the discussions were society's rapidly growing needs for critical raw materials needed for renewable energy production and the actions needed to scale up their extraction (https://www.futuremineralsforum.com). Ministers from more than 80 countries, heads of the largest mining and processing companies, leading global investors, representatives of educational and scientific institutions with a geological focus were participating. At the personal invitation of the organizers, the Director of the Geological Institute at BAS, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Svetoslav [...]

On 17.01.2025, the Honorary Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium in Sofia - H.E. Philippe Beke presented a lecture on "Leadership in Environmental Responsibility, Social Commitment and Efficient Governance as a Marker of the EU in Global Affairs" at BAS. The event was organised by the Centre for National Security and Defence Research (CNSDR) at BAS. The Director of CNSDR Kamen Iliev opened the meeting and gave the floor to the Vice President of BAS – Corr. Memb. Prof. Stefan Hadjitodorov for a welcome speech on behalf of the Leadership of the Academy. The event was attended by experts and representatives of academia, state administration and public organizations. Special guest was HRH Tsar Simeon II - a long-standing supporter of BAS. As an introduction to [...]