On the occasion of the exhibition of the Russian Cultural Center in Sofia on the eve of the holiday of Bulgarian education and culture, presenting the brothers St. Cyril and St. Methodius as "reformers of the Slavic alphabet", "creators of the Church Slavonic language" and "first propagators of literacy and education in Russia”, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences expresses its bewilderment at the replacement of the historical and linguistic facts which are alphabetically known to all unprejudiced Slavic studies in the world, including Russian. It is sufficient to mention the name and work of the world-famous Russian scholar Academician Dmitry Likhachev who defines Bulgaria as the "cradle of Slavic culture", as the country that gave "the Eastern Slavs the highest layer of language." The world-famous [...]

Additional funds for the National Scientific Program “Petar Beron. Science and Innovation with Europe” were voted by the Council of Ministers at today's meeting, announced at a briefing the Minister of Education and Science Krassimir Valchev. The briefing was also attended by the Deputy Minister of Education and Science Karina Angelieva, the President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, full member of the Academy, and the Rector of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” Prof. Anastas Gerdjikov. The program is designed for Bulgarian scientists who return to the country to continue their scientific research and continues for the third consecutive year, the minister added. The planned funding this year is 1 million and 300 thousand levs but the amount may increase to 1 million and 900 thousand [...]

BGN 2 400 000 will be provided by the government for the Science Fund (BSF) which will be used for a thematic competition for developments in the field of COVID-19. This was announced at a briefing at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences by Deputy Minister of Education and Science Karina Angelieva. There are new challenges in science and scientists from different countries cannot cope alone, so we must provide an opportunity to work in interdisciplinary teams, to have access to published data and results, Deputy Minister Angelieva added. The Director of the Bulgarian Science Fund, Prof. Georgi Vaysilov, announced that the forthcoming competition will cover two thematic areas: for medical-biological and socio-economic sciences. In the first area, projects related to the fight against the virus will be [...]

photo: BNA The Institute of Microbiology of BAS has received a donation of BGN 30 thousand for the continuation of the research of scientists from the Virology Department. The funds were collected by MPs from the “BSP for Bulgaria” parliamentary group and will be used to find substances with antiviral activity. We are making this donation in the name of the future, in the name of science, BSP leader Korneliya Ninova announced before reporters. She added that she and her colleagues believed in the capacity and capabilities of Bulgarian scientists to seek and find a cure for coronavirus. The director of the Institute of Microbiology Assoc. Prof. Penka Petrova thanked for the donation and announced that the scientists were ready with 22 chemically [...]

Samples of masks with activated charcoal filters made of apricot stones that do not leak viruses of a size similar to coronaviruses were presented by Prof. Pavlinka Dolashka of the Institute of Organic Chemistry with Center for Phytochemistry of BAS at a meeting with the Minister of Economy Emil Karanikolov. The filters have already been tested at the Virology Laboratory of the Faculty of Biology, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski". Tests have shown that 50 hours are observed during which the virus cannot pass through the mask. The filter can be used for masks many times, sterilized under steam to be used again, Prof Pavlinka Dolashka explained during the meeting. Филтърът може да се ползва за маски многократно, като се стерилизира под пара, за да [...]