Academician Vassil Sgurev was awarded the Order of St. Cyril and Methodius” – collar for his contribution to the development of electronics, robotics and information technologies. At a ceremony in the Coat of Arms Hall at 2, Dondukov Blvd., President Rumen Radev presented state awards to prominent Bulgarians for their significant merits in the field of medicine, information technologies and defence. […]
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, as a member of the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC), participates in the vaccination campaign of the international organisation. The aim of the campaign is to combat the mass misinformation on this topic by means of scientifically based facts. The main channels of communication are social media, BAS participating with a presentation of Prof. Penka Petrova – Director of the Institute of Microbiology. […]
The organizer of the international conference LABAT`2021 is the Evgeni Budevski Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems The President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member of the Academy, awarded virtually Dr. Herbert Giess with the Gaston Planté Medal, with which the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences honours scientists and inventors for their outstanding contribution to the development of lead-acid batteries. The event took place on 9 June from the studio of the Eleventh International Conference on Lead-Acid Batteries – LABAT`2021. Although it was the first time that the scientific forum was held online, the organizers from the Electrochemistry of Lead-Acid Batteries Department at the Evgeni Budevski Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems (IEES-BAS) carried out the ceremony to announce the result of the secret ballot [...]
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences celebrated 24 May - the Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, of the Bulgarian alphabet, education and culture and of the Slavonic Literature with a ceremonial assembly. The President of the Academy Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member of BAS, delivered a speech on the occasion. "Our mission is to be convinced and to convince that every talented creative act, every scientific discovery marks a significant, respectable trace not only in the national memory," said Prof. Revalski. Prof. Iliya Iliev from the Institute for Historical Studies of BAS delivered a festive speech on the topic “The work of Cyril and Methodius and medieval Bulgaria”. "Bulgaria became a leading cultural center of medieval Europe. Armed with this spiritual shield, [...]
On the occasion of 24 May – the Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, the Bulgarian alphabet, education and culture and the Slavonic Literature, at the Institute of Microbiology the prize of “Academician Stephan Angeloff” Foundation was awarded for best work of a young microbiologist. After the ceremony, the professors and associate professors elected in 2020 at the Institute presented public academic lectures. […]
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great revolutionary Georgi Stoykov Rakovski with a poster exhibition which is arranged in the central foyer of BAS. The exposition traces the diverse performances of the great revolutionary, diplomat, publicist, poet, scientist through books and periodicals by and about Rakovski which are stored in the rich funds of the Central Library of BAS. Old printed editions from the Revival collection (original first editions of Rakovski's own books), books from the personal libraries of Felix Kanitz (with autograph by Rakovski himself), Nikola Nachov and others were used. In the year dedicated to the life and work of the great Bulgarian, on Rakovski's Day – 14 April, when Bulgaria celebrates 200 years [...]
