The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Bulgarian National Radio will cooperate and implement joint initiatives for the development of science in society. This is stated in the Memorandum signed today at the Academy by the President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, Member of BAS, and the Director General of BNR Milen Mitev. The President of BAS thanked that BNR often gives scientists the opportunity to present their work on its programmes and noted that he hoped this would continue and be further developed with new ideas. We live in a time of overinformation, the BNR Director General said. He said the mission of the medium is to tell more about science and suggested that through the resources of the radio, science books could be [...]

In the period 30 July - 3 August 2024, a delegation from BAS consisting of the President of the Academy Prof. Julian Revalski, Member of BAS, and the Scientific Secretary-General of BAS Prof. Neli Koseva is visiting the Mongolian Academy of Sciences (MAS) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. At the official meeting with the MAS leadership, held on 31 July, the delegation was introduced to the stages in the historical development of the MAS and its current structure and functions in society and the state as well as its international activities. Prof. Koseva presented the activities of the BAS and the participation of scientists from the Academy in bilateral and international projects, including European ones. The relationship between the two Academies was established in 1968 with a [...]

On the initiative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC), the First Meeting of the Presidents of the Academies of Sciences of the BSEC Member States was organized in Istanbul with the participation of the rectors of leading Turkish universities. The President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Prof. Julian Revalski, Member of BAS, participated in the meeting which took place on 14 and 15 February. The meeting was attended by representatives of the academies of sciences of Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, North Macedonia, Romania, Türkiye and Ukraine as well as the Black Sea Universities Network. Mr. Fatih Dönmez, Vice President of PABSEC, Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, Secretary-General of PABSEC and Ambassador Merve Safa Kavakcı, First Deputy Secretary General of the Permanent [...]

The Vice-President of BAS Corr. Memb. Evdokiya Pasheva presented four prizes to young scientists who were awarded in the competition for the best publication in the field of humanities and social sciences, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of Nayden Gerov. Kalina Tomova from the Institute of Art Studies received first prize in the competition. The second prize was awarded to Darina Boykina from the Institute of Art Studies. The jury awarded two third prizes to Julia Popcheva from the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies and two young researchers from the National Archaeological Institute with Museum - Eva Tonkova and Veselina Dimitrova. Each year the prizes are named after distinguished scientists of BAS as well as foreign members of the Academy, on [...]